Autor según el artículo: Cáceres, I; Cheheb, RC; van der Made, J; Harichane, Z; Boulaghraief, K; Sahnouni, M
Departamento: Història i Història de l'Art
Autor/es de la URV: Cáceres Cuello de Oro, Isabel
Palabras clave: early pleistocene oldowan percussion marks subsistence activities taphonomy Cutmarks Early pleistocene Oldowan Percussion marks Subsistence activities Taphonomy
Resumen: 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.
Áreas temáticas: Anthropology Antropología Antropologia / arqueologia Archaeology Archeology Archeology (arts and humanities) Ciencias humanas Ciencias sociales Geociências Geosciences, multidisciplinary Historia
Acceso a la licencia de uso: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/
Direcció de correo del autor: isabel.caceres@urv.cat
Identificador del autor: 0000-0001-8487-2591
Fecha de alta del registro: 2024-08-03
Versión del articulo depositado: info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
Enlace a la fuente original: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12520-023-01783-8
Referencia al articulo segun fuente origial: Archaeological And Anthropological Sciences. 15 (6):
Referencia 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 Documento de licencia: https://repositori.urv.cat/ca/proteccio-de-dades/
DOI del artículo: 10.1007/s12520-023-01783-8
Entidad: Universitat Rovira i Virgili
Año de publicación de la revista: 2023
Tipo de publicación: Journal Publications