From the jaws of the “Leviathan”: A sperm whale tooth from the Valencina Copper Age Megasite

• Samuel Ramírez-Cruzado Aguilar-Galindo ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Samuel Ramírez-Cruzado Aguilar-Galindo, Miriam Luciañez-Triviño, Fernando Muñiz Guinea, Luis Miguel Cáceres Puro, Leonardo García Sanjuán

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: samramagu@alum.us.es

  Affiliations Department of Prehistory and Archaeology, University of Seville, Seville, Spain, Canary Islands Oceanographic Center (COC), Spanish Institute of Oceanography (IEO), Spanish Research Council (CSIC), Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain

  https://orcid.org/0009-0000-8563-4528

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• Miriam Luciañez-Triviño ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Samuel Ramírez-Cruzado Aguilar-Galindo, Miriam Luciañez-Triviño, Fernando Muñiz Guinea, Luis Miguel Cáceres Puro, Leonardo García Sanjuán

  Roles Methodology, Validation, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Prehistory and Archaeology, University of Seville, Seville, Spain

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• Fernando Muñiz Guinea ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Samuel Ramírez-Cruzado Aguilar-Galindo, Miriam Luciañez-Triviño, Fernando Muñiz Guinea, Luis Miguel Cáceres Puro, Leonardo García Sanjuán

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Crystallography, Mineralogy and Agricultural Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry and Geology Museum, University of Seville, Seville, Spain

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• Luis Miguel Cáceres Puro ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Samuel Ramírez-Cruzado Aguilar-Galindo, Miriam Luciañez-Triviño, Fernando Muñiz Guinea, Luis Miguel Cáceres Puro, Leonardo García Sanjuán

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Earth Sciences, University of Huelva, Huelva, Spain

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• Antonio Toscano Grande,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Earth Sciences, University of Huelva, Huelva, Spain

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• Marta Díaz-Guardamino,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Archaeology, Durham University, Durham, United Kingdom

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7641-300X

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• Juan Manuel Vargas Jiménez,

  Roles Investigation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Servicio de Arqueología, Ayuntamiento de Valencina de la Concepción, Valencina de la Concepción, Seville, Spain

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• Thomas Xavier Schuhmacher,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation German Archaeological Institute, Madrid, Spain

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• Rafael María Martínez Sánchez,

  Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of History, University of Córdoba, Córdoba, Spain

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8947-117X

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• Santiago Guillamón Dávila,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of History, University of Córdoba, Córdoba, Spain

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4641-4754

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• Joaquín Rodríguez Vidal,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Earth Sciences, University of Huelva, Huelva, Spain

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9475-3307

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• Leonardo García Sanjuán

  Contributed equally to this work with: Samuel Ramírez-Cruzado Aguilar-Galindo, Miriam Luciañez-Triviño, Fernando Muñiz Guinea, Luis Miguel Cáceres Puro, Leonardo García Sanjuán

  Roles Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Prehistory and Archaeology, University of Seville, Seville, Spain

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