Gruta Nova da Columbeira (Bombarral, Portugal): un modelo de ocupación en cueva durante el Paleolítico Medio. Resultados del estudio del registro de macromamíferos

Fernández-Laso, María Cristina; Brugal, Jean‐Philip; Raposo, Luis

doi:10.3989/tp.2015.12156

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“…The lithic assemblage of Columbeira cave has ca. 6,000 implements on quartzite, chert and quartz and is all typically Mousterian, with high values of Levallois, such as great quantity and variety of sidescrapers, denticulates, notches and Tayac points [3,19,20]. Bones tools were also found [1,8], but have not any relation to similar patterns of the Upper Paleolithic [3].…”

Section: Archaeological Assemblagementioning

confidence: 99%

“…These might correspond to base camps whereas others less intense such as layers 4, 6a, and 9. Layer 6 may correspond to short periods during phases in which the cave was mainly occupied by carnivores, specially hyena, denounced by the bone remains and coprolites [3,19]. The overall curation, and low amount of cortex assemblage suggests the lithics were mostly produced elsewhere and imported to the cave [1,3,19,20].…”

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confidence: 99%

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Pleistocene Birds of Gruta Nova da Columbeira (Bombarral-Portugal): A Paleontological and Paleoenvironmental Aproach

Figueiredo¹,

Sousa²,

Silva³

et al. 2018

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Discovered in 1962, the Columbeira cave has a Mousterian sequence dated between 101 and 35 Ka (U-series) and between 28,900 and 18,000 BP 14C. Excavations recovered abundant lithic implements and provided rich assemblage of vertebrates, including mammals, reptiles, birds and a remain of Homo neanderthalensis. In this work, authors present the taxonomy at the level of genus and species of the bird assemblage and its possible relationship with the paleoenvironments in which they lived. Thirteen species of birds have been identified out of 283 bones. Most of these bones are very fragmented and unsuitable for identification down to species or the genus level. Nevertheless, it is possible to say that the species vary through the sequence and that the assemblage is dominated by Pyrrhocorax, Corvus, Columba Turdus and Alectoris.

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Section: Archaeological Assemblagementioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Archaeological Assemblagementioning

confidence: 99%

Pleistocene Birds of Gruta Nova da Columbeira (Bombarral-Portugal): A Paleontological and Paleoenvironmental Aproach

Figueiredo¹,

Sousa²,

Silva³

et al. 2018

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The turtles from the middle Paleolithic site of Gruta Nova da Columbeira (Bombarral, Portugal): Update through an archaeozoological perspective

Boneta

Cardoso

Pérez‐García

2023

The Anatomical Record

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Twenty‐five years after the preliminary systematic study of the turtle remains (Agrionemys [=Testudo] hermanni and Emys or Mauremys) recovered from Gruta Nova da Columbeira site (Bombarral, Portugal), the results of its review from systematic and archaeozoological perspectives are presented here. Tortoise remains studies from pre‐Upper Paleolithic sites worldwide have provided relevant data confirming its role as a dietary supply for hominid populations and informing about their ability to adapt to local environmental resources. The Iberian Peninsula record in general, and specifically, that from Portugal, have yielded substantial evidence to this highly debated topic. In this sense, turtle remains recovered in Gruta Nova da Columbeira site, discovered in the 1960s and the main ensemble chronologically ascribed to the MIS‐5 (87.1 ± 6.3 ka BP), offer new information to this debate. Its detailed restudy, has allowed us the identification, justification, and figuration of remains attributed to two Iberian turtle taxa, Chersine hermanni and Emys orbicularis. Therefore, this update on the data concerning the turtle record from Gruta Nova da Columbeira provides new justified taxonomic evidence regarding the Iberian turtle taxa distribution during the Upper Pleistocene. The previously suggested hypothesis about the tortoise human consumption on the site is here evaluated through the development of an archaeozoological and taphonomical analysis, as well as considering the potential documentation of anthropic alterations (e.g., burning, cutmarks, percussion marks). In this sense, this hypothesis is confirmed. In addition, the presence of carnivore activity evidence indicates the engagement of other agents in the deposit formation.

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Rabbit exploitation in the Middle Paleolithic at Gruta Nova da Columbeira, Portugal

Carvalho

Pereira

Manso³

2018

Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports

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Gruta Nova da Columbeira (Bombarral, Portugal): un modelo de ocupación en cueva durante el Paleolítico Medio. Resultados del estudio del registro de macromamíferos

Cited by 7 publications

References 32 publications

Pleistocene Birds of Gruta Nova da Columbeira (Bombarral-Portugal): A Paleontological and Paleoenvironmental Aproach

Pleistocene Birds of Gruta Nova da Columbeira (Bombarral-Portugal): A Paleontological and Paleoenvironmental Aproach

The turtles from the middle Paleolithic site of Gruta Nova da Columbeira (Bombarral, Portugal): Update through an archaeozoological perspective

Rabbit exploitation in the Middle Paleolithic at Gruta Nova da Columbeira, Portugal

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