The Middle Pleistocene argali (Ovis ammon antiqua) assemblages at the Caune de l'Arago (Tautavel, Pyrénées-Orientales, France): were prehistoric hunters or carnivores responsible for their accumulation?
| العنوان: | The Middle Pleistocene argali (Ovis ammon antiqua) assemblages at the Caune de l'Arago (Tautavel, Pyrénées-Orientales, France): were prehistoric hunters or carnivores responsible for their accumulation? |
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| المؤلفون: | Florent Rivals, Agnès Testu, Anne-Marie Moigne, H. de Lumley |
| المصدر: | International Journal of Osteoarchaeology. 16:249-268 |
| بيانات النشر: | Wiley, 2006. |
| سنة النشر: | 2006 |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | Archeology, geography, Taphonomy, geography.geographical_feature_category, biology, Pleistocene, Zoology, biology.organism_classification, Archaeology, Prehistory, Limb bones, Cave, Anthropology, Carnivore, Ovis, Zooarchaeology, Geology |
| الوصف: | The argali (Ovis ammon antiqua) assemblages from the Middle Pleistocene site of the Caune de l'Arago (Tautavel, southern France) were studied in terms of zooarchaeology and taphonomy. It is possible to discern palaeobiological information lost during fossilisation, as well as the palaeoethology of the bone collector, by the observation of taphonomic details preserved on the bone assemblages. The observations leave no doubt that both humans and carnivores were involved in the accumulation of argali carcasses in the cave. In some assemblages, the type of bones found in articulation and the gnawing marks observed are characteristic of carnivores. In other levels, the intense fracturing of the major limb bones in relation to their marrow content and mineral density, and butchering marks found on specimens in the earlier levels, are in favour of human accumulation, the modalities of which are discussed. The results suggest that the degree of carnivore activity seems to have been higher in levels M, N and O than in level F. Copyright © 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. |
| تدمد: | 1099-1212 1047-482X |
| URL الوصول: | https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_________::fd55e1ccbecfa9dbab79841c091a4072 https://doi.org/10.1002/oa.822 |
| حقوق: | CLOSED |
| رقم الأكسشن: | edsair.doi...........fd55e1ccbecfa9dbab79841c091a4072 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | OpenAIRE |
| تدمد: | 10991212 1047482X |
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