A Tamed Brown Bear (Ursus arctosL.) of the Late Mesolithic from La Grande-Rivoire (Isère, France)?

Chaix, Louis; Bridault, Anne; Picavet, Régis

doi:10.1006/jasc.1996.0186

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“…The Ainus had a custom of raising captured bear cubs in captivity by feeding them high-protein foods until they arrive at the age of two or three years 17 18 . This practice could be a possible reason for the higher animal protein consumption by Period 1 bears because some of the Period 1 bears were not adults (3–4 yrs) nor were age data available ( Supplementary Table 7 ).…”

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Major decline in marine and terrestrial animal consumption by brown bears (Ursus arctos)

Matsubayashi

Morimoto

Tayasu

et al. 2015

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Human activities have had the strongest impacts on natural ecosystems since the last glacial period, including the alteration of interspecific relationships such as food webs. In this paper, we present a historical record of major alterations of trophic structure by revealing millennium-scale dietary shifts of brown bears (Ursus arctos) on the Hokkaido islands, Japan, using carbon, nitrogen, and sulfur stable isotope analysis. Dietary analysis of brown bears revealed that salmon consumption by bears in the eastern region of Hokkaido significantly decreased from 19% to 8%. In addition, consumption of terrestrial animals decreased from 56% to 5% in western region, and 64% to 8% in eastern region. These dietary shifts are likely to have occurred in the last approximately 100–200 years, which coincides with the beginning of modernisation in this region. Our results suggest that human activities have caused an alteration in the trophic structure of brown bears in the Hokkaido islands. This alteration includes a major decline in the marine-terrestrial linkage in eastern region, and a loss of indirect-interactions between bears and wolves, because the interactions potentially enhanced deer predation by brown bears.

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Major decline in marine and terrestrial animal consumption by brown bears (Ursus arctos)

Matsubayashi

Morimoto

Tayasu

et al. 2015

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“…Most importantly for our present discussion, a brown bear mandible from La Grande-Rivoire, France, provides striking evidence of the relationships of care and control embedded in human–bear relationships in the Late Mesolithic (Chaix et al 1997). A young bear was captured at age c. 4–7 months and a ‘rigid tie or thong … placed round the lower jaw’ (Chaix et al 1997, 1070). This restraining device caused significant deformation to the developing jaw of the bear, which died at 6 years of age, probably having been deliberately killed (Chaix et al 1997, 1072).…”

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“…The possibility of complex beliefs linking bears and humans has been reviewed for the Upper Palaeolithic in parts of northern Europe (Germonpré & Hämäläinen 2007). Most importantly for our present discussion, a brown bear mandible from La Grande-Rivoire, France, provides striking evidence of the relationships of care and control embedded in human-bear relationships in the Late Mesolithic (Chaix et al 1997). A young bear was captured at age c. 4-7 months and a 'rigid tie or thong .…”

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Interactions of Care and Control: Human–animal Relationships in Hunter-gatherer Communities in Near-contemporary Eastern Siberia and the Mesolithic of Northwest Europe

Pasarić¹,

Warren²

2019

CAJ

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This contribution explores modes of human–animal interactions in hunter-gatherer communities in near-contemporary eastern Siberia and the Mesolithic of northwest Europe. By discussing notions of care and control and drawing on syntheses of Russian-language ethnographic data from eastern Siberia, this paper explores the diversity and nuances of hunter-gatherers’ interactions with animals. While some contexts may reveal respectful yet diverse treatments of the hunted animals, others suggest that hunter-gatherers also might have interacted with animals kept as pets, captives or companions, thus implicating relations in which notions of care and control seem to be tightly bound.

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“…Hypodontia must be differentiated from where a tooth has been lost due to disease or extracted during the animal's life (acquired anomaly), and the alveoli of such teeth shows signs of healing (Chaix et al . ).…”

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Supernumerary cheek tooth in a Byzantine horse from Theodosius Harbour, Istanbul, Turkey

Pasicka

Onar

Dixon

2015

Equine Veterinary Education

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Summary The subject was a mandible belonging to a morphologically mature horse of the late Byzantium period, discovered during excavations at Theodosius Harbour in Istanbul, Turkey that had a developmental molar tooth abnormality, i.e. a supernumerary molar tooth. This is an interesting case due to the rarity of supernumerary molars in archaeozoological materials, and also because it is the only such case of equid polydontia from the late Byzantium period from that archaeological site.

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A Tamed Brown Bear (Ursus arctosL.) of the Late Mesolithic from La Grande-Rivoire (Isère, France)?

Cited by 8 publications

References 3 publications

Major decline in marine and terrestrial animal consumption by brown bears (Ursus arctos)

Major decline in marine and terrestrial animal consumption by brown bears (Ursus arctos)

Interactions of Care and Control: Human–animal Relationships in Hunter-gatherer Communities in Near-contemporary Eastern Siberia and the Mesolithic of Northwest Europe

Supernumerary cheek tooth in a Byzantine horse from Theodosius Harbour, Istanbul, Turkey

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