Shellfish collectors on the seashore: The exploitation of the marine environment between the end of the Paleolithic and the Mesolithic in the Mediterranean Iberia

Monroig, Dídac Roman; Martínez-Andreu, Miguel; Arzo, Gustau Aguilella; Fullola, Josep María; Nadal, J.

doi:10.1080/15564894.2020.1755395

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“…One example is in Cueva del Caballo (Cartagena) for which clams, limpets, mussels, etc. have been cited ( Martínez-Andreu, 1989 ; Román et al., 2020 ). At least 60% of the NR belong to species that potentially might have been collected for food.…”

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“…They have been documented in Cueva de Nerja (Mina Chambers), where they are currently being studied. The crab Eriphia verrucosa and the balanus Chthamalus stellatus have been cited at Cueva del Caballo ( Román et al., 2020 ), while indeterminate crustaceans have been described at Hoyo de la Mina ( Such, 1920 ) and Volcán del Faro in Valencia ( Davidson, 1973 ).…”

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“…Changes in the visibility of this type of exploitation/adaptation have been related to the morphology of the continental margins, which has allowed the conservation of littoral sites ( Erlandson, 2001 ; Bailey, 2004 ). The available data for the Mediterranean region display significant differences between sectors ( Aura et al., 2016 ; Román et al., 2020 ). The characteristics of the continental margin and the rise in mean sea level since the LGM are decisive factors in the explanation of regional variations in the use of marine resources ( Jordá Pardo et al., 2011 ; Maestro et al., 2013 ).…”

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Maritime-oriented foragers during the Late Pleistocene on the eastern costa del sol (Southeast Iberia): Cueva Victoria (Málaga, Spain)

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Maritime-oriented foragers during the Late Pleistocene on the eastern costa del sol (Southeast Iberia): Cueva Victoria (Málaga, Spain)

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“…However, a rapid increase in the exploitation of marine resources occurs from the Final Upper Palaeolithic and in context of hunter-gatherers of the Holocene (Gutiérrez 2008, Cortés-Sánchez et al 2020 evinced by the increase in the number of sites with considerable marine consumption evidence. While populations in coastal sites along North Iberia during the Upper Palaeolithic exploited freshwater fish (Adan et al 2009), there is a dearth of records for the Upper Palaeolithic in South Iberia along the Mediterranean coast, especially inland (Cortés-Sánchez et al 2020;Román et al 2022). Present data indicate that the exploitation of freshwater and marine aquatic food resources across the southwestern coastal Mediterranean region intensified prominently between the Solutrean (c. 21-16 kyr) and the Magdalenian periods (c. 16-10 kyr) and even more so in later periods (Cortés-Sánchez et al 2008).…”

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Evidence for Marine Consumption During the Upper Palaeolithic at “El Pirulejo” Inland Rock- Shelter (Southern Iberia Peninsula, Spain)

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During the Last Glacial Maximum and deglaciation, the Iberian Peninsula served as a faunal and human population refugium. Human foodways have always played a pivotal role in understanding social and cultural practices in prehistory. Nonetheless, the limited number of archaeological sites and human remains in this region hinders the complete understanding of these critical communities' diet.To increase our knowledge about human consumption patterns, we selected three Magdalenian levels from the site of El Pirulejo (Southern Iberia Peninsula, Spain). These levels are characterized by a high abundance of rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus) remains (76-97% MNI), initially suggesting that rabbits were the primary source of protein for site inhabitants. Stable isotope analysis was conducted on two human teeth in tandem with stable isotope analysis of the rabbit teeth. Contrary to the expectations derived from the zooarchaeological analysis, rabbits were not a significant source of dietary protein. Carbon and nitrogen bulk isotopic values are the most enriched found in sampled human remains for this area and context.Our data supports aquatic food resource inclusion and increased resource diversity among Iberian hunter-gatherers during the Magdalenian. This study is consistent with previous studies that suggested a socio-economic network among human groups between inland and coastal regions in the terminal Pleistocene Southern Iberia.

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Seasonality and mobility of Epipaleolithic groups in the north-east of the Iberian Peninsula: tooth wear analysis of ungulates from Balma del Gai

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Lloveras

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Archaeol Anthropol Sci

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The aim of this work is to provide evidence about the mobility of hunter-gatherer groups from the north-east of the Iberian Peninsula during the Epipaleolithic, more specifically, those from the Balma del Gai site (Moià, Barcelona, Spain). To do so, a study of the dental meso- and microwear of ungulates hunted by the groups that occupied the Balma del Gai site during the Epipaleolithic was carried out with two main objectives. First, we aimed to determine the diet of the hunted ungulates to reconstruct the habitat in which they lived in the areas near the site through the comparison of the dental microwear patterns with those of extant populations of directly related taxa that inhabited different regions. Second, we aimed to study the variability in the diet of the hunted ungulates to determine the durations of the occupations, and therefore, to characterize the mobility model (forager vs. collector) of the hunter-gatherer groups at Balma del Gai during the Epipaleolithic. The results indicate that the rock shelter was occupied on a seasonal basis. The browsing dietary traits of the red deer at the time of death combined with archaeological evidence suggest that the occupation took place during late summer and especially autumn. This points to a forager mobility pattern for the hunter-gatherer groups of Balma del Gai that could have been present throughout other contemporary human groups of the Mediterranean coast and pre-coastal area.

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Shellfish collectors on the seashore: The exploitation of the marine environment between the end of the Paleolithic and the Mesolithic in the Mediterranean Iberia

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References 22 publications

Maritime-oriented foragers during the Late Pleistocene on the eastern costa del sol (Southeast Iberia): Cueva Victoria (Málaga, Spain)

Maritime-oriented foragers during the Late Pleistocene on the eastern costa del sol (Southeast Iberia): Cueva Victoria (Málaga, Spain)

Evidence for Marine Consumption During the Upper Palaeolithic at “El Pirulejo” Inland Rock- Shelter (Southern Iberia Peninsula, Spain)

Seasonality and mobility of Epipaleolithic groups in the north-east of the Iberian Peninsula: tooth wear analysis of ungulates from Balma del Gai

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