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Neanderthal hunting grounds: the case of Teixoneres Cave (Spain) and PiƩ Lombard rockshelter (France)

dc.contributor.authorUzunidis, Antigone
dc.contributor.authorBlasco, Ruth
dc.contributor.authorBrugal, Jean-Philip
dc.contributor.authorFourcade, Tiffanie
dc.contributor.authorOchando, Juan
dc.contributor.authorRosell, Jordi
dc.contributor.authorRoussel, Audrey
dc.contributor.authorRufĆ , Anna
dc.contributor.authorSƔnchez GoƱi, Maria Fernanda
dc.contributor.authorTexier, Pierre-Jean
dc.contributor.authorRivals, Florent
dc.date.accessioned2024-07-25T12:42:31Z
dc.date.available2024-07-25T12:42:31Z
dc.date.issued2024-08
dc.description.abstractThe study of Neanderthal-Environment interactions very often lacks precise data that match the chronogeographical frame of human activities. Here, we reconstruct Neanderthals' hunting grounds within three distinct habitats using dental microwear analysis combined with zooarchaeological data. The predation patterns toward ungulates are discussed in term of frequency (NISP/MNI) and potential meat intake (MAM). Unit IIIa of Teixoneres Cave (MIS 3, NE Spain) corresponds to a mosaic landscape, Unit IIIb was more forested, and, in the "Ensemble" II of Pie Lombard (MIS 4, SE France), forest cover dominated. At Pie Lombard, Neanderthals rely on a high diversity of taxa from closed and semi-open hunting grounds, mostly two ungulate species as well as rabbits and several bird taxa. At Teixoneres Cave, mainly open areas are exploited in summer with a predation mostly focused on large gregarious ungulates. The larger size of ungulate herds in open spaces may have allowed Neanderthals to restrict their subsistence behaviour only to very few species, in specific hunting strategies. In Unit IIIa, they do not appear to have made any selection within the most abundant species, while in Unit IIIb, they focused on aurochs and also opportunistically and heavily on newborn red deer. Neanderthal subsistence strategies seem, therefore, only partially linked to the hunting grounds they had access to. While it impacted the diversity of the prey they selected, Neanderthal groups were able to develop distinct hunting strategies within similar environments.eng
dc.description.sponsorshipPID2022-138590NB-C41; MCIN/AEI/10.13039/501100011033; CLT009/22/000045; CLT009/22/00044; CLT009/22/00024
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.jas.2024.106007
dc.identifier.issn0305-4403
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.1/25715
dc.language.isoeng
dc.peerreviewedyes
dc.publisherElsevier
dc.relationUngulate tooth wear analysis as a proxy for Neanderthal habitats changes during MIS 4 and 3
dc.relationSearching for the lost pieces: unravelling the role of small game in the Iberian Palaeolithic
dc.relationCLT009/22/00024
dc.relation.ispartofJournal of Archaeological Science
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
dc.subjectSubsistence strategies
dc.subjectDental microwear
dc.subjectHabitats
dc.subjectHerbivores
dc.subjectPrey
dc.subjectUngulates
dc.titleNeanderthal hunting grounds: the case of Teixoneres Cave (Spain) and PiƩ Lombard rockshelter (France)eng
dc.typejournal article
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oaire.awardTitleUngulate tooth wear analysis as a proxy for Neanderthal habitats changes during MIS 4 and 3
oaire.awardTitleSearching for the lost pieces: unravelling the role of small game in the Iberian Palaeolithic
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oaire.awardURIinfo:eu-repo/grantAgreement/FCT/CEEC IND 3ed/2020.00877.CEECIND%2FCP1613%2FCT0003/PT
oaire.citation.startPage106007
oaire.citation.titleJournal of Archaeological Science
oaire.citation.volume168
oaire.fundingStreamH2020
oaire.fundingStreamCEEC IND 3ed
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person.givenNameAnna
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project.funder.identifierhttp://doi.org/10.13039/501100008530
project.funder.identifierhttp://doi.org/10.13039/501100001871
project.funder.nameEuropean Commission
project.funder.nameFundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
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