01626nas a2200145   4500008004100000245011300041210006900154300001200223490000700235520103300242100002601275700002301301700002101324856013501345       2010                        eng d00aArchaeological data on the exploitation of the goose barnacle Pollicipes pollicipes (Gmelin, 1790) in Europe0 aArchaeological data on the exploitation of the goose barnacle Po  a402-4080 v373 aBarnacles of the species Pollicipes pollicipes are crustaceans that nowadays live on wave-beaten rocky substrates in the intertidal and low-shore zones on the coasts of Atlantic Europe and North Africa. At the present time, the exploitation of this species is profitable, especially in northern Spain where this seafood is highly valued, as well as expensive. However, the gathering of this resource, which is carried out manually by the percebeiros or "goose barnacle fishers" entails great risks. The exploitation of goose barnacles is, however, not a recent activity, as evidence of it has been seen in southwest Europe in the Mesolithic (about 8000 BP), and above all from the early Neolithic (about 6000 BP). This paper analyses the archaeological evidence of barnacles (tergum, scutum and carina, calcareous plates located in the capitulum) that have been found at one Spanish Neolithic site located in the north of the Iberian Peninsula (Los Gitanos Cave, in Cantabrian Spain). (C) 2009 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.1 aAlvarez-Fernandez, E.1 aOntanon-Peredo, R.1 aMolares-Vila, J.  uhttps://cirripedia.myspecies.info/content/archaeological-data-exploitation-goose-barnacle-pollicipes-pollicipes-gmelin-1790-europe