2016
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2016.01.068
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Bird consumption in the final stage of Cova Negra (Xátiva, Valencia)

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“…The results presented here conflict with the NDB hypothesis. Contrary to the widely accepted assumption that archaic Homo populations from Europe subsisted almost exclusively on ungulates across their entire geographical range, our findings, along with mounting archaeozoological evidence ( 5 , 14 , 15 , 34 ), indicate that this model is inadequate for the northwestern Mediterranean. In this region, there are now at least five sites (Terra Amata, Bolomor Cave, les Ramandils, les Canalettes, and Baume des Peyrards) with strong taxonomic representation of leporids relative to ungulates and clear signs that humans were the dominant agents of accumulation.…”
Section: Discussioncontrasting
confidence: 99%
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“…The results presented here conflict with the NDB hypothesis. Contrary to the widely accepted assumption that archaic Homo populations from Europe subsisted almost exclusively on ungulates across their entire geographical range, our findings, along with mounting archaeozoological evidence ( 5 , 14 , 15 , 34 ), indicate that this model is inadequate for the northwestern Mediterranean. In this region, there are now at least five sites (Terra Amata, Bolomor Cave, les Ramandils, les Canalettes, and Baume des Peyrards) with strong taxonomic representation of leporids relative to ungulates and clear signs that humans were the dominant agents of accumulation.…”
Section: Discussioncontrasting
confidence: 99%
“…However, note that the lack of taphonomic analysis of small game assemblages for many MP sites in the region renders these values somewhat tentative at this time. Nonetheless, evidence for common bird consumption by humans at Bolomor Cave, Gran Dolina, Gorham’s Cave, Vanguard Cave, Ibex Cave, and Cova Negra in Iberia ( 5 , 15 , 36 ), and, to a lesser extent, Pié Lombard in France ( 37 ) provides further support for the argument that small fast game were commonly exploited in the northwestern Mediterranean. Although the newly available information indicates that the consumption of leporids and birds has been considerably underestimated in the study region, evidence from many sites from the same area reflects limited procurement of these prey types prior to the Upper Paleolithic, suggesting that their economic significance was largely inferior to that of ungulates.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 83%
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“…Overall, without dwelling overly on the variability that is beginning to emerge, it seems clear that Neandertals exploited edible and/or non-edible bird resources on relatively broad geographical (a roughly triangular tract of land minimally formed by Gibraltar, Germany and Croatia) and chronological (at least from Marine Isotope Stage [MIS] 9 to MIS3) scales. According to microscopic observations of cutmarks and other taphonomic evidence, Middle Paleolithic humans looked for blood, meat, tendons, bones, feathers and raptor talons (Peresani et al, 2011;Finlayson et al, 2012;Morin and Laroulandie, 2012;Blasco et al, 2014Blasco et al, , 2016Romandini et al, 2014Romandini et al, , 2016Radovčić et al, 2015;Fiore et al, 2016;Laroulandie et al, 2016;Martínez Valle et al, 2016;Majkić et al, 2017;Gómez-Olivencia et al, 2018, Lloveras et al, 2018. Feather residues identified on stone tools at the site of Payre and Abri Maras (Hardy and Moncel, 2011;Hardy et al, 2013) may, if confirmed by additional experiments and observations (Pedergnana and Blasco, 2016), be consistent with this interpretation.…”
Section: Mousterianmentioning
confidence: 74%
“…1). Fowling was apparently a frequent activity, at least in some sites such as Gorham's cave (Blasco et al, 2014(Blasco et al, , 2016 and Cova Negra (Martínez Valle et al, 2016). Interactions between Neandertals and scavenging birds (e.g., corvids, large diurnal raptors)-especially the golden eagle (Aquila chrysaetos)-were probably more common than what is suggested by the frequency of cutmarked remains, as these birds are relatively well represented in Middle Paleolithic avifaunal samples (Finlayson et al, 2012(Finlayson et al, , 2019Finlayson and Finlayson, 2016).…”
Section: Mousterianmentioning
confidence: 97%