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

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    Identificador: imarina:9331241
    Autores:
    Juez, HDNavazo, MBenito-Calvo, ARivals, FAmo-Salas, MAlonso-García, P
    Resumen:
    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 según el artículo: Juez, HD; Navazo, M; Benito-Calvo, A; Rivals, F; Amo-Salas, M; Alonso-García, P
    Departamento: Història i Història de l'Art
    Autor/es de la URV: Rivals, Florent Joseph Louis
    Palabras clave: 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
    Resumen: 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.
    Áreas temáticas: Historia Geosciences, multidisciplinary Geociências Ciencias sociales Ciencias humanas Archeology (arts and humanities) Archeology Archaeology Antropologia / arqueologia Antropología Anthropology
    Acceso a la licencia de uso: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/
    Direcció de correo del autor: florent.rivals@urv.cat
    Identificador del autor: 0000-0001-8074-9254
    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/s12520-023-01857-7
    URL Documento de licencia: https://repositori.urv.cat/ca/proteccio-de-dades/
    Referencia al articulo segun fuente origial: Archaeological And Anthropological Sciences. 15 (11):
    Referencia 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 del artículo: 10.1007/s12520-023-01857-7
    Entidad: Universitat Rovira i Virgili
    Año de publicación de la revista: 2023
    Tipo de publicación: Journal Publications
  • Palabras clave:

    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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