Accumulations osseuses en périphérie de terriers de petits carnivores : les stigmates de prédation et de fréquentation

Leporids as a potential resource for predators (hominins, mammalian carnivores, raptors): An example of mixed contribution from level III of Teixoneres Cave (MIS 3, Barcelona, Spain)

“…M. meles was also excluded despite it being present in the site since (a) no studies exist about leporid accumulations exclusively produced by badger. Only one study is published (Maylle et al, 2008), but fox also intervened on the remains and there is no clear distinction of who produce each modification. And, (b) badgers tend to produce scores similar to gnawing and clearly distinctive, with wide grooves of variable length, flat bottoms and parallel between.…”

Lower Pleistocene leporids (Lagomorpha, Mammalia) in Western Europe: New data from the Bois-de-Riquet (Lézignan-la-Cèbe, Hérault, France)

“…As body size generally limits prey selection (e.g., Blondel, 1967;Brugal and Fosse, 2004;Cochard, 2008;Denys et al, 1987;Dickman, 1988), the skeletal profile, percentage of complete bones and number of digested elements provide important information concerning the primary agents of accumulation (Blasco and Fernández-Peris, 2012;Cochard, 2004aCochard, ,b,c, 2007Cochard, , 2008Cochard et al, 2012;Hockett, 1991;Lloveras et al, 2008aLloveras et al, ,b, 2009Lloveras et al, , 2010Lloveras et al, , 2012Mallye et al, 2008;Sanchis-Serra, 2000). No skeletal elements were found in anatomical connection, and the relatively low percentage of complete bones (20.0%) combined with traces of digestion (13.8%) and tooth marks (5.4%) indicate a medium-sized carnivore (Canis or Vulpes) to be responsible for the Bois-de-Riquet leporid accumulation.…”

What is the taphonomic agent responsible for the avian accumulation? An approach from the Middle and early Late Pleistocene assemblages from Payre and Abri des Pêcheurs (Ardèche, France)

“…Only a few preliminary studies have dealt with this problem (Laroulandie, 2000;Rodríguez-Hidalgo et al, in this volume) and most of these are difficult to assess. For instance, leporid accumulations produced by mammalian carnivores were examined in order to provide a wider data set for comparison (Payne and Munson, 1985;Schmitt and Juell, 1994;Hockett, 1999;Sanchis, 1999Sanchis, , 2000Sanchis, , 2012Hockett and Haws, 2002;Cochard, 2004aCochard, , 2004bLloveras et al, 2008Lloveras et al, , 2012Mallye et al, 2008;Sanchis and Pascual, 2011;Rodríguez-Hidalgo et al, 2013). We are aware, however, that bird bones may act differently in similar situations and that their own bone structure and skeletal morphology may lead to different resulting modifications.…”