Lagomorph predation represented in a middle Palaeolithic level of the Navalmaíllo Rock Shelter site (Pinilla del Valle, Spain), as inferred via a new use of classical taphonomic criteria

Arriaza, Mari Carmen; Huguet, Rosa; Laplana, César; Pérez‐González, Alfredo; Márquez, Belén; Arsuaga, Juan Luís; Baquedano, Enrique

doi:10.1016/j.quaint.2015.03.040

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“…The Ap Horizon is Holocene. A different version of this lithostratigraphic sequence was published by Arriaza et al (2017), but it contains several errors that are corrected in this work: the TL samples are incorrectly located and the legend of the injected sediment (Layer D) should be the same than the lower layer (Layer F), as explained above.…”

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Deshaciendo el palimpsesto: una aproximación a la secuencia cultural de la ocupación neandertal del abrigo de Navalmaíllo, Pinilla del Valle (España)

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The Navalmaíllo site is a karstic rockshelter located in a mountain environment near the Lozoya river. The location of the site allows for the close monitoring of the surrounding area, for following the migrations of animals and for the temporary residence of human groups. The difficulties associated with estimating the time span of occupational processes at archaeological sites raise the problem of the synchrony and diachrony of occupations that form palimpsests. Archaeostratigraphy has revealed the integrity of the sedimentary deposit, how it has been affected by both natural agents (falling boulders and the conservation of the site) and human agents (the excavation method). The deformation of the plastic deposit is reflected in the archaeostratigraphy, but the two periods of occupation identified have been preserved and were not largely affected. The archaeostratigraphic approach has resulted in the identification of some of the taphosedimentary aspects of Layer F and in the deciphering of the cultural palimpsest, establishing the cultural sequence of occupations at the Navalmaíllo site. RESUMEN INTRODUCTIONThe problem of palimpsests (Bailey 2007) has been a considerable factor in the spatial/temporal considerations of intrasite studies. Understanding time in terms of distinct occupations is essential for establishing diachronic sequences characterized by synchronous assemblages of archaeological items (Vaquero et al . 2001a(Vaquero et al . , 2001b(Vaquero et al . , 2012. Archaeostratigraphic units constitute the best "picture" of an occupational episode and its technological, social and functional characteristics .The theoretical basis of archaeostratigraphy began with some publications in the 80s and referred to the sequences of sedimentation, their relation with distinguishing archaeological assemblages and their temporal significance, issues directly related to the problem of the temporal accumulation of cultural material at the same location, in terms of occupations and frequentation (archaeological palimpsests). Binford (1981: 197) made reference to this problematic issue, in relation with the rates of sedimentation and the creation of palimpsests: "Rates of deposition are much slower than the rapid sequencing of events which characterizes the daily lives of living peoples; even under the best of circumstances, the archaeological record represents a massive palimpsest of derivatives from many separate episodes". Later, Ferring (1986; Stein and Deo 2002) realized that rapid sedimentation allowed one to distinguish and have a clear view of the archaeological assemblages that have been superimposed over time; he also noticed that a slow sedimentation does not allow distinguishing different assemblages, and therefore different occupations.Since the 90s there has been a proliferation and diversification of theoretical discussions related to space-time concepts (Fruitet 1991).Research at the Navalmaíllo rockshelter began in 2002, and the excavations conducted there have yielded important archaeol...

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Deshaciendo el palimpsesto: una aproximación a la secuencia cultural de la ocupación neandertal del abrigo de Navalmaíllo, Pinilla del Valle (España)

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“…Rodriguez-Hidalgo et al (2015) studied undigested rabbit remains fed by a female lynx to her cubs in denning season, finding the aforementioned taphonomic signals as well as small scores and pits produced by the teeth of infant lynxes. Arriaza et al (2015) found similar modifications in the middle Palaeolithic level of the Navalmaíllo Rock Shelter (Pinilla del Valle, Spain), and Rosado-Méndez et al (2015) in the Aurignacian levels of Terrasses de la Riera dels Canyars (Gavà, Barcelona, Spain).…”

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“…Arriaza et al . () found similar modifications in the middle Palaeolithic level of the Navalmaíllo Rock Shelter (Pinilla del Valle, Spain), and Rosado‐Méndez et al . () in the Aurignacian levels of Terrasses de la Riera dels Canyars (Gavà, Barcelona, Spain).…”

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Rabbits as Food at the end of the Upper Palaeolithic at Molí del Salt (Catalonia, Spain)

Martínez‐Polanco

Blasco

Rosell

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Intl J of Osteoarchaeology

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Many factors have been causally linked to the diversification of hunting during the European Palaeolithic: declining supplies of high‐ranked prey, considerable human demographic growth, reduced residential mobility, larger populations of ubiquitous small mammals and significant technological developments. However, small prey exploitation was not uniform: the European rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus) is the most frequent species in the Upper Palaeolithic archaeological record of the Iberian Peninsula – south and Mediterranean area – and Southern France. This is demonstrated at Molí del Salt, an Upper Palaeolithic site located at Vimbodí (Catalonia, Spain), whose mammal fauna stands out for the predominance of rabbits [91% of minimum number of individuals (n = 136)]. We analysed the faunal remains from one level [Asup (c. 12 700–13 000 cal BP)] in order to identify the agent responsible for the faunal accumulation, and to reconstruct aspects of procurement and consumption that shed light on Palaeolithic subsistence strategies in the Northeast Iberian Peninsula. Our results indicate that human agency rather than carnivore activity was responsible for the bone accumulation at Molí del Salt. We identified all the stages in the consumption sequence from skinning to ingestion. We argue that the rabbits were mostly harvested during summer or winter or both seasons. Clearly, the European rabbit was a target species for the human groups which lived at Molí del Salt providing meat, and skin. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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“…Así, para confi rmar que las concreciones son fragmentos coprolitos, su composición química debe corresponder a la de los huesos (fosfato cálcico y carbonato cálcico). Los mamíferos carnívoros producen pasta de hueso durante el proceso de digestión, a diferencia de las aves rapaces, que no lo hacen (Arriaza et al, 2017). La identifi cación de pasta de hueso sobre los restos óseos o dentarios implica que dichos restos proceden de la disgregación de excrementos de carnívoros y no de egagrópilas de aves.…”

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Tafonomía y cronología de la asociación de micromamíferos de la Cueva del Estrecho (Villares del Saz, Cuenca, España)

García

Laplana

Sevilla

et al. 2020

Spanish J. Palaeontol.

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La Cueva del Estrecho (Villares del Saz, Cuenca) es un yacimiento arqueo-paleontológico holoceno prácticamente inédito hasta la fecha. Se han estudiado en torno a 970 restos fósiles craneales pertenecientes a 14 taxones de micromamíferos (roedores, lagomorfos, eulipotiflos y quirópteros), procedentes del paquete sedimentario situado en la entrada de la cueva. Una datación (14C-AMS) realizada sobre hueso arroja una antigüedad de 2289-2154 años cal. BP para la asociación de micromamíferos. El estudio tafonómico realizado ha puesto de manifiesto la existencia de una elevada frecuencia de elementos digeridos en la muestra en la muestra (≥ 70%) que en algunos en algunos casos alcanzan el grado extremo. Además, se han identificado fragmentos de coprolitos adheridos a numerosos restos óseos y dentarios, así como dentición digerida de gazapos. Por todo ello puede afirmarse que el origen de la asociación fue la depredación por parte de mamíferos carnívoros, probablemente mustélidos.

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Lagomorph predation represented in a middle Palaeolithic level of the Navalmaíllo Rock Shelter site (Pinilla del Valle, Spain), as inferred via a new use of classical taphonomic criteria

Cited by 33 publications

References 36 publications

Deshaciendo el palimpsesto: una aproximación a la secuencia cultural de la ocupación neandertal del abrigo de Navalmaíllo, Pinilla del Valle (España)

Deshaciendo el palimpsesto: una aproximación a la secuencia cultural de la ocupación neandertal del abrigo de Navalmaíllo, Pinilla del Valle (España)

Rabbits as Food at the end of the Upper Palaeolithic at Molí del Salt (Catalonia, Spain)

Tafonomía y cronología de la asociación de micromamíferos de la Cueva del Estrecho (Villares del Saz, Cuenca, España)

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