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New insights of cultural cannibalism amongst Magdalenian groups at Maszycka Cave, Poland

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    Identifier:  imarina:9443114
    Authors:  Marginedas, Francesc; Saladie, Palmira; Poltowicz-Bobak, Marta; Terberger, Thomas; Bobak, Dariusz; Rodriguez-Hidalgo, Antonio
    Abstract:
    The manipulation of human corpses started to become commonplace during the Upper Paleolithic. This well-documented behavior among Magdalenian peoples consists of perimortem manipulation and the removal of soft tissues and has been understood as forming part of the cultural repertoire of mortuary actions. The study of these practices has given rise to several interpretations with the consumption of human flesh (cannibalism) occupying a central position. The human assemblage of Maszycka Cave (18,000 cal. BP) is part of this ongoing debate. Although initial research in the 1990s suggested cannibalism, more recent studies challenge this interpretation arguing that the low incidence of human activity rule out the likelihood of processing for the purpose of consumption and proposing skull selection as a funerary practice. This study reviews the assemblage and presents previously unpublished postcranial skeletal specimens along with evidence of whole-body manipulation for consumption. This behavior is also observed in other chronologically and culturally similar assemblages throughout continental Europe, suggesting that cannibalism was integral practice within the cultural systems of these Magdalenian groups.
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    Link to the original source: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-025-86093-w
    APA: Marginedas, Francesc; Saladie, Palmira; Poltowicz-Bobak, Marta; Terberger, Thomas; Bobak, Dariusz; Rodriguez-Hidalgo, Antonio (2025). New insights of cultural cannibalism amongst Magdalenian groups at Maszycka Cave, Poland. Scientific Reports, 15(1), 2351-. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-025-86093-w
    Paper original source: Scientific Reports. 15 (1): 2351-
    Article's DOI: 10.1038/s41598-025-86093-w
    Journal publication year: 2025
    Entity: Universitat Rovira i Virgili
    Paper version: info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
    Record's date: 2025-02-24
    URV's Author/s: Saladié Ballesté, Palmira
    Department: Història i Història de l'Art
    Licence document URL: https://repositori.urv.cat/ca/proteccio-de-dades/
    Publication Type: Journal Publications
    Author, as appears in the article.: Marginedas, Francesc; Saladie, Palmira; Poltowicz-Bobak, Marta; Terberger, Thomas; Bobak, Dariusz; Rodriguez-Hidalgo, Antonio
    licence for use: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/
    Thematic Areas: Zootecnia / recursos pesqueiros, Saúde coletiva, Química, Psicología, Odontología, Nutrição, Multidisciplinary sciences, Multidisciplinary, Medicina veterinaria, Medicina iii, Medicina ii, Medicina i, Materiais, Matemática / probabilidade e estatística, Letras / linguística, Interdisciplinar, Geografía, Geociências, Farmacia, Engenharias iv, Engenharias iii, Engenharias ii, Enfermagem, Educação física, Educação, Economia, Ciências biológicas iii, Ciências biológicas ii, Ciências biológicas i, Ciências ambientais, Ciências agrárias i, Ciência de alimentos, Ciência da computação, Biotecnología, Biodiversidade, Astronomia / física
    Author's mail: palmira.saladie@urv.cat
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    Saúde coletiva
    Química
    Psicología
    Odontología
    Nutrição
    Medicina veterinaria
    Medicina iii
    Medicina ii
    Medicina i
    Materiais
    Matemática / probabilidade e estatística
    Letras / linguística
    Interdisciplinar
    Geografía
    Geociências
    Farmacia
    Engenharias iv
    Engenharias iii
    Engenharias ii
    Enfermagem
    Educação física
    Educação
    Economia
    Ciências biológicas iii
    Ciências biológicas ii
    Ciências biológicas i
    Ciências ambientais
    Ciências agrárias i
    Ciência de alimentos
    Ciência da computação
    Biotecnología
    Biodiversidade
    Astronomia / física
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