Elephants at the Middle Pleistocene Acheulian open-air site of Revadim Quarry, Israel

Rabinovich, Rivka; Ackermann, Oren; Aladjem, Emil; Barkai, Ran; Biton, Rebecca; Milevski, Ianir; Solodenko, Natalya; Marder, Ofer

doi:10.1016/j.quaint.2012.05.009

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“…The cut marks appear on the scapula and ribs of elephants, indicating filleting of meat and probably intentionally reaching the internal organs which are considered a delicacy. The archaeological record at the site and the cut marks found on the elephant bones show capabilities that would suggest big-game hunting rather plausible for Paleolithic hominins, and a preference for juvenile elephants (Rabinovich et al, 2012).…”

Section: Evidence Of Proboscidean Exploitation At Paleolithic Sites: mentioning

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“…If referring to prey choices, it has been demonstrated in many cases that humans have focused their attention on Proboscideans for dietary purposes since this is most beneficial in terms of adaptation (e.g. Surovell and Waguespack, 2009) Evidence for elephant exploitation for dietary purposes are present at many Paleolithic sites around the old world over hundreds of thousands of years, revealing bones with cut and percussion marks and different articulations of bones alongside flint artifacts (Goren-Inbar et al, 1994;Rabinovich et al, 2012;Boschian and Sacc a, 2014;e.g. Yravedra et al, 2010).…”

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A taste of an elephant: The probable role of elephant meat in Paleolithic diet preferences

Reshef

Barkai

2015

Quaternary International

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Section: Evidence Of Proboscidean Exploitation At Paleolithic Sites: mentioning

confidence: 94%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

A taste of an elephant: The probable role of elephant meat in Paleolithic diet preferences

Reshef

Barkai

2015

Quaternary International

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“…Proboscidean remains are found at many Paleolithic sites throughout Asia, Europe, Africa and the Levant [7,41,48]. Such remains are also common in prehistoric sites in late Pleistocene North America [83][84][85] (but see [86,87]).…”

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Elephant and Mammoth Hunting during the Paleolithic: A Review of the Relevant Archaeological, Ethnographic and Ethno-Historical Records

Agam

Barkai

2018

Quaternary

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Proboscideans and humans have shared habitats across the Old and New Worlds for hundreds of thousands of years. Proboscideans were included in the human diet starting from the Lower Paleolithic period and until the final stages of the Pleistocene. However, the question of how prehistoric people acquired proboscideans remains unresolved. Moreover, the effect of proboscidean hunting on the eventual extinction of these mega-herbivores was never seriously evaluated, probably because of the lack of acquaintance with the plethora of information available regarding proboscidean hunting by humans. The aim of this paper is to bridge this gap and bring to light the data available in order to estimate the extent and procedures of elephant and mammoth hunting by humans during the Quaternary. This study examines the archaeological evidence of proboscidean hunting during Paleolithic times, and provides a review of ethnographic and ethno-historical accounts, demonstrating a wide range of traditional elephant-hunting strategies. We also discuss the rituals accompanying elephant hunting among contemporary hunter-gatherers, further stressing the importance of elephants among hunter-gatherers. Based on the gathered data, we suggest that early humans possessed the necessary abilities to actively and regularly hunt proboscideans; and performed this unique and challenging task at will.

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“…ˆLa existencia de cambios a nivel tecno-tipológico (descenso paulatino de la presencia de macroutillaje a favor de un aumento de productos sobre lasca) podrían responder, entre otras causas, a transformaciones en la oferta faunística (Rabinovich et al 2012;Panera et al 2014). ˆDichas variaciones podrían ser el resultado de transformaciones socioculturales en el seno de grupos preneanderales-neandertales, e incluso dentro de los propios grupos neandertales.…”

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Neandertales en el centro peninsular: tecnocomplejos musterienses en la región de Madrid = Neanderthals in central Iberian: Mousterian technocomplex in the region of Madrid

Navas

Preysler²

2015

ETFI

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ResumenDurante los últimos años, la investigación sobre el Paleolítico en la región de Madrid ha proporcionado nuevos yacimientos y datos que permiten llevar a cabo una actualización de nuestro conocimiento del poblamiento humano de esta región durante el Pleistoceno superior. Las condiciones geo-litológicas de la cuenca sedimentaria madrileña, sumada a la peculiar fisiografía de sierra, pie de monte y cuenca drenada por una densa red fluvial, proporciona un contexto singular en el que el poblamiento parece organizarse funcionalmente atendiendo a los rasgos que cada contexto posee. Las comunidades musterienses supieron sacar provecho de una ordenada estructuración funcional del espacio. En este trabajo además de realizar una actualización del conocimiento en la región, planteamos como los grupos musterienses organizaron de manera planificada y complementaria la explotación de los distintos recursos en nuestra región respondiendo a patrones similares al de otras regiones europeas. AbstractIn recent years, research on the Paleolithic in the region of Madrid has provided new archaeological sites, sequences and interpretations that allow us to update our knowledge about the human settlement in this region during the upper Pleistocene. Geo-lithological conditions of the Madrid sedimentary basin, combined with the peculiar physiography compose by mountains, slopes and basin drained by a dense river network provides a unique context in which the settlement seems to have been organized as a response to each particular context. During millennia, Mousterian communities learned to use a functional structure of space in order to organize the global activities. In this work, in addition to update our knowledge of the Palabras claveMusteriense, Paleolítico, Madrid, Industria lítica, Recursos Animales, Recursos Líticos.

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Elephants at the Middle Pleistocene Acheulian open-air site of Revadim Quarry, Israel

Cited by 85 publications

References 41 publications

A taste of an elephant: The probable role of elephant meat in Paleolithic diet preferences

A taste of an elephant: The probable role of elephant meat in Paleolithic diet preferences

Elephant and Mammoth Hunting during the Paleolithic: A Review of the Relevant Archaeological, Ethnographic and Ethno-Historical Records

Neandertales en el centro peninsular: tecnocomplejos musterienses en la región de Madrid = Neanderthals in central Iberian: Mousterian technocomplex in the region of Madrid

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