Hunting strategies and exploitation of animal resources in Upper-Late Magdalenian layers of El Horno (Ramales, province of Cantabria, Spain)

Costamagno, Sandrine; Martínez, Miguel Angel Fano

doi:10.4000/paleo.819

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“…Unfortunately, archaeological evidence for occupation seasonality is still very elusive, so it is therefore not possible to completely verify the accuracy of this model. The few available data (Costamagno and Fano 2005;2009b) show how this seasonal mobility model is overall valid, with several coastal sites (Morin, El Pendo, Urtiaga, Ermittia and maybe Santa Catalina) showing evidence of year-round occupation, or at least during several seasons. ; on the other hand, inland settlements like Rascaño, El Mirón, Ekain or Erralla would be used mainly during the warm season,.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 94%

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The Incidence of Potential Insolation on Settlement Dynamics and Site Location Preferences: A Case Study From the Cantabrian Late Palaeolithic

García‐Moreno

2015

Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports

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confidence: 94%

“…However, the appearance of large residential sites inland, like El Mirón cave (Straus 2006), or the occupation of inland sites outside of the warm season (Costamagno and Fano Martínez 2005), points to a more complex and flexible mobility and settlement pattern (García-Moreno 2013b).…”

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The Incidence of Potential Insolation on Settlement Dynamics and Site Location Preferences: A Case Study From the Cantabrian Late Palaeolithic

García‐Moreno

2015

Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports

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“…Abauntz (Altuna et al . ), Morín 2 (Yravedra and Gómez‐Castanedo ), La Chora (Yravedra and Gómez‐Castanedo ), El Horno (Costamagno and Fano ), El Mirón (Marín ), La Garma (Arias and Ontañón ) and La Fragua (Marín ) show cut and percussion marks on bones, but only at Abauntz, La Fragua, El Mirón and El Horno are ibex and/or chamois representative species.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Selection and Exploitation of Macro‐Vertebrate Resources During the Upper Palaeolithic in Northern Spain. New Evidence from Coímbre Cave (Peñamellera Alta, Asturias)

Yravedra¹,

Álvarez-Alonso

Estaca³

et al. 2017

Oxford J Archaeology

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Summary The exploitation of ungulates in the Cantabrian region during the Upper Palaeolithic is characterized by the appearance of progressively specialized hunting strategies, especially during the Magdalenian. This specialization focused on either Iberian ibex or red deer, depending on environmental or topographic features. Red deer, for instance, was hunted mostly on the plains while ibex and/or chamois was hunted in rocky and mountainous areas. Here we present new zooarchaeological and taphonomic evidence from Coímbre cave (northern Spain), a site located in the rugged region between the Picos de Europa and Sierra del Cuera (Asturias) which has evidence for specialized ibex hunting. We discuss the possible reasons for such a selective hunting pattern. While the predominance of mountain species such as Iberian ibex or chamois in the Magdalenian levels suggests prey selection based on topographic or environmental criteria, the predominance of large bovids in the Gravettian level could imply that other alternatives were available. We also provide evidence of a pattern of rabbit exploitation which is unusual by comparison with other Upper Palaeolithic sites of northern Spain, and which taphonomic evidence suggests was due to human activity.

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“…There are several sites (e.g., El Rascaño, Bolinkoba, Collubil, Ermittia) that were highly specialized in the slaughter of ibex in the Cantabrian Mountains (as in the French Pyrenees) (Straus 1987b). Hunters at other sites located on the ecotone between broad, low valleys and high, steep, rocky slopes (e.g., El Mirón [Marín 2010] and adjacent El Horno [Costamagno and Fano 2006]) preyed roughly equally on both key ungulate prey. Carcasses were heavily processed.…”

Section: The Tardiglacial and The Late (Upper/final) Magdalenianmentioning

confidence: 99%

El Paleolítico Superior de la península ibérica

Straus

2018

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Este artículo intenta ofrecer una síntesis relativamente completa de lo que se conoce en la actualidad sobre la transición del Paleolítico medio al superior y el desarrollo de las adaptaciones humanas y de las culturas durante el último periodo en la Península Ibérica (España y Portugal, así como Andorra y Gibraltar). Los énfasis del trabajo, que es inevitablemente selectivo y se basa principalmente en la bibliografía disponible más reciente, son las condiciones ambientales, el asentamiento humano, las tecnologías, la subsistencia y la expresión artística, desde una perspectiva que subraya en que medida la naturaleza y extensión de las redes sociales han cambiado durante todo el desarrollo del Estadio Isotópico Marino 3 tardío y todo el Estadio 2. El objetivo es abarcar todas las regiones de la península, pese a sus diferentes historias de la investigación y sus desiguales densidades de yacimientos. Una conclusión general es que a pesar de las fluctuaciones climáticas del Tardiglaciar, uno puede escribir diferentes histoires de la longue durée sobre importantes unidades geográficas como la región cantábrica (atlántica septentrional) de España, la cuenca del Ebro, la España levantina (mediterránea), Andalucía, las mesetas interiores de España y las cuencas del Duero y el Tajo, y las regiones meridional y central-septentrional de Portugal. Además, en diferentes grados a través del tiempo, hubo tanto una unidad cultural peninsular, creada por redes sociales entre esas regiones, como contactos con bandas de cazadores-recolectores al norte de los Pirineos.

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Hunting strategies and exploitation of animal resources in Upper-Late Magdalenian layers of El Horno (Ramales, province of Cantabria, Spain)

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Cited by 16 publications

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The Incidence of Potential Insolation on Settlement Dynamics and Site Location Preferences: A Case Study From the Cantabrian Late Palaeolithic

The Incidence of Potential Insolation on Settlement Dynamics and Site Location Preferences: A Case Study From the Cantabrian Late Palaeolithic

Selection and Exploitation of Macro‐Vertebrate Resources During the Upper Palaeolithic in Northern Spain. New Evidence from Coímbre Cave (Peñamellera Alta, Asturias)

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