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Alternating carnivore and Neanderthal activities at Escoural Cave: insights from the taphonomic and machine learning analysis of leporid remains

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datacite.subject.sdg04:Educação de Qualidade
datacite.subject.sdg09:Indústria, Inovação e Infraestruturas
datacite.subject.sdg11:Cidades e Comunidades Sustentáveis
dc.contributor.authorCobo-Sánchez, Lucía
dc.contributor.authorRufà, Anna
dc.contributor.authorCascalheira, João
dc.date.accessioned2026-04-27T09:51:48Z
dc.date.available2026-04-27T09:51:48Z
dc.date.issued2024-10-25
dc.description.abstractExploring the varied subsistence strategies and cave occupation patterns of Neanderthals is key to understanding their complex behaviors and ecological adaptations. Small game consumption, in particular, is considered a relevant indicator of their behavioral complexity. Rabbit assemblages from Pleistocene cave sites provide valuable insights into Neanderthal interactions with small prey and potential competition with carnivores. Here, we present the first detailed taphonomic analysis of faunal remains from Escoural Cave (Portugal), where a European rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus) assemblage was found alongside Middle Paleolithic stone tools and some macromammal remains. This study combines traditional zooarchaeological and taphonomic analysis of the rabbit remains with multivariate statistics and machine learning methods to establish the origin of the accumulation, and the implications for Neanderthal subsistence and cave use. Results from the taphonomic analysis show no evidence of human consumption but abundant evidence of small terrestrial carnivore activity, primarily from lynxes. This could indicate a sequential occurrence of Neanderthal and carnivore activities in the cave, with Neanderthal activities likely related to something other than rabbit consumption.eng
dc.identifier.doi10.3389/fearc.2024.1473266
dc.identifier.issn2813-432X
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.1/28776
dc.language.isoeng
dc.peerreviewedyes
dc.publisherFrontiers Media
dc.relationSearching for the lost pieces: unravelling the role of small game in the Iberian Palaeolithic
dc.relation.ispartofFrontiers in Environmental Archaeology
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subjectHominin-carnivore interactions
dc.subjectRabbit
dc.subjectZooarchaeological analysis
dc.subjectMiddle Paleolithic
dc.subjectSouthern Portugal
dc.titleAlternating carnivore and Neanderthal activities at Escoural Cave: insights from the taphonomic and machine learning analysis of leporid remainseng
dc.typejournal article
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oaire.awardTitleSearching for the lost pieces: unravelling the role of small game in the Iberian Palaeolithic
oaire.awardURIinfo:eu-repo/grantAgreement/FCT/CEEC IND 3ed/2020.00877.CEECIND%2FCP1613%2FCT0003/PT
oaire.citation.startPage1473266
oaire.citation.titleFrontiers in Environmental Archaeology
oaire.citation.volume3
oaire.fundingStreamCEEC IND 3ed
oaire.versionhttp://purl.org/coar/version/c_970fb48d4fbd8a85
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project.funder.identifierhttp://doi.org/10.13039/501100001871
project.funder.nameFundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
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