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Too good to go? Neanderthal subsistence strategies at Prado Vargas Cave (Burgos, Spain)

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    Identificador: imarina:9331241
    Autors:
    Juez, HDNavazo, MBenito-Calvo, ARivals, FAmo-Salas, MAlonso-García, P
    Resum:
    Understanding the relationship between Neanderthal groups and their environment and they it is essential to comprehending their ways of life. In this article, we use both zooarchaeology and taphonomy to study the fauna assemblages found in Level 4 of Prado Vargas Cave (Cornejo, Burgos, Spain). The results point to a site in which the main accumulating agent was Neanderthal groups, who transported small- and medium-sized animal carcasses—with deer as the dominant taxon—according to their general utility to systematically and intensely exploit the major muscle bundles, bone marrow, skin, and tendons. According to dental microwear analysis, reiterated and prolonged occupations occurred in diverse moments, suggesting that the site was used most often as a long-term campsite. We detected a minimal amount of carnivore activity, who accessed the cave during periods of human absence and modified some of the remains left by the Neanderthals. Together, this information indicates that Prado Vargas is a key site to understand the dynamics of the Neanderthals in the linking area between the Castillan Plateau and the Cantabrian Range.
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    Autor segons l'article: Juez, HD; Navazo, M; Benito-Calvo, A; Rivals, F; Amo-Salas, M; Alonso-García, P
    Departament: Història i Història de l'Art
    Autor/s de la URV: Rivals, Florent Joseph Louis
    Paraules clau: Zooarcheology Taphonomy Seasonality Neanderthal Middle paleolithic Hammerstone percussion Dental wear zooarcheology transport taphonomy site seasonality patterns neanderthal mobility middle level human occupations faunal remains dental wear bone
    Resum: Understanding the relationship between Neanderthal groups and their environment and they it is essential to comprehending their ways of life. In this article, we use both zooarchaeology and taphonomy to study the fauna assemblages found in Level 4 of Prado Vargas Cave (Cornejo, Burgos, Spain). The results point to a site in which the main accumulating agent was Neanderthal groups, who transported small- and medium-sized animal carcasses—with deer as the dominant taxon—according to their general utility to systematically and intensely exploit the major muscle bundles, bone marrow, skin, and tendons. According to dental microwear analysis, reiterated and prolonged occupations occurred in diverse moments, suggesting that the site was used most often as a long-term campsite. We detected a minimal amount of carnivore activity, who accessed the cave during periods of human absence and modified some of the remains left by the Neanderthals. Together, this information indicates that Prado Vargas is a key site to understand the dynamics of the Neanderthals in the linking area between the Castillan Plateau and the Cantabrian Range.
    Àrees temàtiques: Historia Geosciences, multidisciplinary Geociências Ciencias sociales Ciencias humanas Archeology (arts and humanities) Archeology Archaeology Antropologia / arqueologia Antropología Anthropology
    Accès a la llicència d'ús: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/
    Adreça de correu electrònic de l'autor: florent.rivals@urv.cat
    Identificador de l'autor: 0000-0001-8074-9254
    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/s12520-023-01857-7
    URL Document de llicència: https://repositori.urv.cat/ca/proteccio-de-dades/
    Referència a l'article segons font original: Archaeological And Anthropological Sciences. 15 (11):
    Referència de l'ítem segons les normes APA: Juez, HD; Navazo, M; Benito-Calvo, A; Rivals, F; Amo-Salas, M; Alonso-García, P (2023). Too good to go? Neanderthal subsistence strategies at Prado Vargas Cave (Burgos, Spain). Archaeological And Anthropological Sciences, 15(11), -. DOI: 10.1007/s12520-023-01857-7
    DOI de l'article: 10.1007/s12520-023-01857-7
    Entitat: Universitat Rovira i Virgili
    Any de publicació de la revista: 2023
    Tipus de publicació: Journal Publications
  • Paraules clau:

    Anthropology,Archaeology,Archeology,Archeology (Arts and Humanities),Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
    Zooarcheology
    Taphonomy
    Seasonality
    Neanderthal
    Middle paleolithic
    Hammerstone percussion
    Dental wear
    zooarcheology
    transport
    taphonomy
    site
    seasonality
    patterns
    neanderthal
    mobility
    middle
    level
    human occupations
    faunal remains
    dental wear
    bone
    Historia
    Geosciences, multidisciplinary
    Geociências
    Ciencias sociales
    Ciencias humanas
    Archeology (arts and humanities)
    Archeology
    Archaeology
    Antropologia / arqueologia
    Antropología
    Anthropology
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