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Assessing the subsistence strategies of the earliest North African inhabitants: evidence from the Early Pleistocene site of Ain Boucherit (Algeria)

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    Identificador: imarina:9320747
    Autors:
    Cáceres, ICheheb, RCvan der Made, JHarichane, ZBoulaghraief, KSahnouni, M
    Resum:
    The archaeological data on the earliest hominin behavioral subsistence activities in North Africa are derived primarily from the Early Pleistocene site of Ain Boucherit (northeastern Algeria). Ain Boucherit consists of two archaeological layers, Ain Boucherit Upper (AB-Up) and Ain Boucherit Lower (AB-Lw), estimated to ~ 1.9 Ma and ~ 2.4 Ma, respectively. Cutmarked and hammerstone percussed bones associated with Oldowan stone tools were found in both layers, with AB-Lw yielding the oldest in North Africa. The faunal assemblages from both deposits are dominated by small-sized bovids and equids. Evidence of cutmarks and percussion marks in both assemblages shows that hominins exploited animal carcasses, involving skinning, evisceration and defleshing activities. The evidence of meat and marrow acquisition is more abundant at AB-Lw with carnivore activity being scarce. However, the AB-Up assemblage shows more carnivore damage and less hominin-induced tool marks. Ain Boucherit evidence, is similar, in type and chronology, to that provided by the Early Pleistocene sites in East Africa (e.g., the Gona sites), where the oldest evidence of stone tools used in faunal exploitation have been discovered. This paper reports on the ability of early North African Oldowans to compete successfully for accessing animal resources with other predators.
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    Autor segons l'article: Cáceres, I; Cheheb, RC; van der Made, J; Harichane, Z; Boulaghraief, K; Sahnouni, M
    Departament: Història i Història de l'Art
    Autor/s de la URV: Cáceres Cuello de Oro, Isabel
    Paraules clau: early pleistocene oldowan percussion marks subsistence activities taphonomy Cutmarks Early pleistocene Oldowan Percussion marks Subsistence activities Taphonomy
    Resum: The archaeological data on the earliest hominin behavioral subsistence activities in North Africa are derived primarily from the Early Pleistocene site of Ain Boucherit (northeastern Algeria). Ain Boucherit consists of two archaeological layers, Ain Boucherit Upper (AB-Up) and Ain Boucherit Lower (AB-Lw), estimated to ~ 1.9 Ma and ~ 2.4 Ma, respectively. Cutmarked and hammerstone percussed bones associated with Oldowan stone tools were found in both layers, with AB-Lw yielding the oldest in North Africa. The faunal assemblages from both deposits are dominated by small-sized bovids and equids. Evidence of cutmarks and percussion marks in both assemblages shows that hominins exploited animal carcasses, involving skinning, evisceration and defleshing activities. The evidence of meat and marrow acquisition is more abundant at AB-Lw with carnivore activity being scarce. However, the AB-Up assemblage shows more carnivore damage and less hominin-induced tool marks. Ain Boucherit evidence, is similar, in type and chronology, to that provided by the Early Pleistocene sites in East Africa (e.g., the Gona sites), where the oldest evidence of stone tools used in faunal exploitation have been discovered. This paper reports on the ability of early North African Oldowans to compete successfully for accessing animal resources with other predators.
    Àrees temàtiques: Anthropology Antropología Antropologia / arqueologia Archaeology Archeology Archeology (arts and humanities) Ciencias humanas Ciencias sociales Geociências Geosciences, multidisciplinary Historia
    Accès a la llicència d'ús: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/
    Adreça de correu electrònic de l'autor: isabel.caceres@urv.cat
    Identificador de l'autor: 0000-0001-8487-2591
    Data d'alta del registre: 2024-08-03
    Versió de l'article dipositat: info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
    Enllaç font original: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12520-023-01783-8
    Referència a l'article segons font original: Archaeological And Anthropological Sciences. 15 (6):
    Referència de l'ítem segons les normes APA: Cáceres, I; Cheheb, RC; van der Made, J; Harichane, Z; Boulaghraief, K; Sahnouni, M (2023). Assessing the subsistence strategies of the earliest North African inhabitants: evidence from the Early Pleistocene site of Ain Boucherit (Algeria). Archaeological And Anthropological Sciences, 15(6), -. DOI: 10.1007/s12520-023-01783-8
    URL Document de llicència: https://repositori.urv.cat/ca/proteccio-de-dades/
    DOI de l'article: 10.1007/s12520-023-01783-8
    Entitat: Universitat Rovira i Virgili
    Any de publicació de la revista: 2023
    Tipus de publicació: Journal Publications
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    Anthropology,Archaeology,Archeology,Archeology (Arts and Humanities),Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
    early pleistocene
    oldowan
    percussion marks
    subsistence activities
    taphonomy
    Cutmarks
    Early pleistocene
    Oldowan
    Percussion marks
    Subsistence activities
    Taphonomy
    Anthropology
    Antropología
    Antropologia / arqueologia
    Archaeology
    Archeology
    Archeology (arts and humanities)
    Ciencias humanas
    Ciencias sociales
    Geociências
    Geosciences, multidisciplinary
    Historia
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