Neandertal mobility and large-game hunting: The exploitation of reindeer during the Quina Mousterian at Chez-Pinaud Jonzac (Charente-Maritime, France)

Niven, Laura; Steele, Teresa E.; Rendu, William; Mallye, Jean‐Baptiste; McPherron, Shannon P.; Soressi, Marie; Jaubert, Jacques; Hublin, Jean‐Jacques

doi:10.1016/j.jhevol.2012.07.002

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“…As mentioned in the previous section, we do have small percentages of burned flint and micromorphological evidence for fire ( Fig. 3) in almost all levels associated with MIS 4 and 3 at Roc de Marsal and Pech IV, and there is evidence for limited fire use from other sites associated with these climatic periods in southwest France as well, such as La Ferrassie, Chez Pinaud Jonzac (Niven et al 2012;Richter et al 2013), La Quina (Bierwirth 1996;Debénath et al 1999), Pech de l'Azé I (Soressi et al 2002), and Abri Peyrony .…”

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Were Western European Neandertals Able to Make Fire?

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Significant variability has been observed in the frequency of fire use over the course of the Late Pleistocene at several Middle Paleolithic sites in southwest France. In particular, Neandertals appear to have used fire more frequently during warm climatic periods and very infrequently during cold periods. After reviewing several lines of evidence and alternative explanations for this variability, the null hypothesis that these Neandertals were not able to make fire still stands.

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“…Vuleps**: carcasses modified by foxes in Ourtiaga (Yravedra et al 2015b) and carcasses modified by leopards and cheetah (Domínguez-Rodrigo et al 2007) the traditional interpretation that advocates that such habits are cultural developments of the Upper Palaeolithic (Binford and Binford 1966;Mellars 1989Mellars , 1996Mellars , 2005Ready 2010). Many Mousterian sites have been found to reflect specialised behaviours or the predominance of one species (Burke 2000;Gaudzinski and Roebroeks 2000;Gaudzinski 2006;Niven et al 2012;Rendu et al 2012).…”

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Neanderthal and Homo sapiens subsistence strategies in the Cantabrian region of northern Spain

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Gómez-Castanedo

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Archaeol Anthropol Sci

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The Iberian Peninsula is key for the study of the transition from the Middle to the Upper Palaeolithic in Europe, as well as for the replacement of Neanderthals by anatomically modern humans (AMH). On this subject, the most widespread misconception assumed that both human species coexisted during a certain period of time, after which Homo sapiens imposed on Neanderthals who finally got extinct. However, recent proposals based on improved dating methods, discuss this possibility, arguing that the arrival of AMH was marked by the complete absence of Homo neanderthalensis in this territory. In that way, new theories deny the possibility of coexistence and the disappearance of Neanderthals by cultural displacement. Covalejos Cave (Velo, Pielagos, Cantabria), one of the few settlements in the northern Peninsula with Final Mousterian and Early Aurignacian levels, supports this hypothesis. Nevertheless, in this paper, we try to avoid a direct discussion about this question in order to centre our analysis on identifying possible different subsistence strategies between H. neanderthalensis and anatomically modern humans in the north of the Iberian Peninsula. Our zooarchaeological and taphonomic studies reflect that Neanderthals and anatomically modern humans exploited the same faunal species, pointing out that there does not seem to be significant differences in their behaviour in Covalejos Cave.

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“…On the other hand, non-Levallois industries, such as the Quina and MTA technology, dominate layers with Cortex Ratios showing greater deviation from 1 at all three sites. This trend likely indicates a shift in technological strategies geared towards heightened mobility pattern perhaps in response to the increasingly heterogenous distribution of resources across the landscape (Delagnes and Rendu, 2011;Hiscock et al, 2009;Niven et al, 2012). However, departures in the Cortex Ratios between the three sites suggest variation in the nature and extent of artifact transport between places even within a single technological system or climatic setting.…”

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“…The distinct cortex patterns during this period at Roc de Marsal and Pech de l'Az e IV also suggest that forms of artifact transport differ spatially between sites (see Soressi, 2002). The lithic technologies associated with these layers, including the Quina and MTA, have been characterized as having greater emphasis on the renewal and maintenance of artifact utility, especially through resharpening (Delagnes and Rendu, 2011;Hiscock et al, 2009;Turq, 1989;Niven et al, 2012). These observations point to the tendency for Neanderthals to carry out long distance movements during this period.…”

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Establishing statistical confidence in Cortex Ratios within and among lithic assemblages: a case study of the Middle Paleolithic of southwestern France

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McPherron

Dibble

2015

Journal of Archaeological Science

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a b s t r a c tRecent studies have demonstrated the usefulness of the Cortex Ratio for quantifying the cortex composition in lithic assemblages and as a viable index of prehistoric artifact transport. Yet, the lack of means for assigning statistical confidence to archaeologically observed Cortex Ratios inhibits the approach's utility for objective comparisons and interpretation. Here, we derive statistical confidence for archaeological Cortex Ratios through Monte Carlo and resampling techniques. Experimental data with known geometric properties and measured cortex values were employed as a reference for attaching a probability to an archaeological assemblage's Cortex Ratio. The method is demonstrated on assemblages from the Middle Paleolithic sites of Roc de Marsal, Pech de l'Az e IV, and Combe-Capelle Bas in southwestern France.

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Neandertal mobility and large-game hunting: The exploitation of reindeer during the Quina Mousterian at Chez-Pinaud Jonzac (Charente-Maritime, France)

Cited by 123 publications

References 48 publications

Were Western European Neandertals Able to Make Fire?

Were Western European Neandertals Able to Make Fire?

Neanderthal and Homo sapiens subsistence strategies in the Cantabrian region of northern Spain

Establishing statistical confidence in Cortex Ratios within and among lithic assemblages: a case study of the Middle Paleolithic of southwestern France

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