La gestión de los recursos faunísticos durante el Neolítico en la Sierra de Atapuerca (Burgos): los niveles 19 y 20 de la Cueva del Mirador

Martín, Patricia; Rosell, Jordi; Vergès, Josep María

doi:10.3989/tp.2009.09024

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“…The archaeological record, typical of a settlement with agricultural and livestock practices, is quite complete and includes one Bronze Age human burial (3580 ± 40 BP) with evidence of cannibalism, pottery, macro-and micromammal remains and lithic artefacts (Bañuls et al, 2013;Cáceres et al, 2007;Gómez-Sánchez et al, 2014;López-García et al, 2008;Lozano et al, 2015;Martín et al, 2009Martín et al, , 2014Martín et al, , 2016aMartín et al, , 2016bMoral del Hoyo et al, 2003-2004Oms et al, 2014;Saladié et al, 2015;Vergès et al, 2008). However, the archaeobotanical record is the most complete, although it has only been partially studied (Allué and Euba, 2008;Cabanes et al, 2009;Euba et al, 2016;Expósito and Burjachs, 2016;Rodríguez-Cruz and Buxó, 2008;Rodríguez-Cruz et al, 2016).…”

Section: The Study Area and Archaeological Backgroundmentioning

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Human trace on the landscape during the Holocene at El Mirador Cave (Sierra de Atapuerca, Spain): The palynological evidence

2017

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The archaeological research focusing on El Mirador Cave (Sierra de Atapuerca, Spain) has revealed a succession of occupation levels in a dung layers context that span from the early Neolithic to the middle Bronze Age. The robustness and coherence of the chronological dates of the sequence have contributed to framing the beginning of farming practices on the northern Plateau of the Iberian Peninsula. This study focuses on the palynological analysis of the sedimentary sequence, spanning from ca. 7970–7770 to ca. 3390–3070 cal. yr BP. The results have allowed us to identify a landscape of mixed forest with evergreen and deciduous oaks and pinewood. Despite the discontinuities in such sediments, some fluctuations between different categories of anthropogenic taxa can be observed throughout the sequence, illustrating greater or lesser pressure from livestock or agriculture. From the Neolithic to the Bronze Age, we documented a reduction in the tree cover because of increased human pressure typical of the Neolithisation process, while the relationship between environment and society changes.

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Human trace on the landscape during the Holocene at El Mirador Cave (Sierra de Atapuerca, Spain): The palynological evidence

2017

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“…4: Cueva Lóbrega Tablas 3-4: los datos hacen referencia al Nivel Inferior-Neolítico Antiguo y medio (Barrios, 2004). 5: El Mirador: Fauna: niveles 19 y 20 (Martín et al, 2009), en el resto de ocupaciones neolíticas los restos son mayoritariamente de especies domésticas. 6: Estas consideraciones hacen referencia a todo el yacimiento donde también se han excavado estructuras de épocas posteriores.…”

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La neolitización de la Meseta Norte y de la alta y media cuenca del Ebro (España): premisas teóricas, análisis del registro y planteamiento de hipótesis

Lagrán

2014

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LXXIII, RESUMEN: El principal objetivo de este trabajo es el planteamiento de una hipótesis sobre la neolitización de la alta y media cuenca del Ebro y de la Submeseta norte. Para ello, se han precisado una serie de premisas teóricas sobre este proceso histórico, se ha realizado una clasificación particular de los yacimientos implicados sobre la base de estos presupuestos teóricos y la comparación de sus registros -estratigrafía, cronología, materiales, etc.-y finalmente se ha propuesto una definición (pre)histórica de las comunidades que los formaron.A partir de estos datos se explica la neolitización de este territorio en un marco cronológico concreto -entre el 5700-5600 y el 5400-5300 cal AC-en el que se asumen, como puntos principales, la existencia de comunidades neolíticas colonas 'pioneras', la participación fundamental en este proceso de los grupos mesolíticos locales y el papel esencial de fenómenos de colonización de pídola o infiltración en la extensión del Neolítico por esta área geográfica.Palabras clave: Neolítico. Mesolítico. Colonización. Aculturación. Contextos arqueológicos. Interior peninsular. ABSTRACT:The main purpose of this paper is to propose a hypothesis about the Neolithisation of the Upper and Middle Ebro Basin and Northern Meseta (Spain). To achieve this goal, several theoretical topics of this historical process are defined, a classification of the archaeological sites involved in this process is presented, based on these theoretical assumptions and the comparison between their archaeological contexts -stratigraphy, chronology, archaeological materials, etc.-, and a (pre)historical definition of those communities is proposed.Based on this data, the Neolithisation of this territory is explained within a specific chronological framework -5700-5600 and 5400-5300 cal BC-where it is assumed the existence of Neolithic pioneer communities and the important role in the spread of the Neolithic across this geographical area of both local Mesolithic groups and colonization processes -leapfrog or infiltration types-.

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“…Similarly, at the Early Neolithic lakeshore site of La Draga (Banyoles) the medium-large mammals comprised 45% caprines, 22% cattle and 15% pigs while red and roe deer were extremely scarce, being less than 1% (Antolín et al, 2014). In the Neolithic levels, 19 and 20 of the cave of Mirador (Sierra de Atapuerca, Burgos, Spain) Martín et al (2009) also found that the fauna comprised over 70% caprines and a mere 1 or 7% Bos and 5% or less red deer. And the medium-large mammals in the Neolithic of Chaves cave, Huesca, comprise mainly caprines (67%) with red and roe deer 11% and 1% respectively (Castaños, 2004).…”

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Animal remains from Neolithic Lameiras, Sintra: the earliest domesticated sheep, goat, cattle and pigs in Portugal and some notes on their evolution

Davis¹,

Gabriel

Simões

2018

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The fauna of Neolithic Lameiras includes abundant sheep. Many could be securely identified by applying criteria described by the late Joachim Boessneck as well as metrical methods. Sheep bones from Early Neolithic contexts, several dated directly via 14 C, pinpoint the arrival here, 5450 cal BC, of this exotic animal three thousand years after its domestication 5000 km to the east. Thus sheep were transported at a rate of 1,6 km per year-considerably faster than suggested by the 'wave of advance' theory. It therefore seems probable that part of the journey was undertaken by ship. Most of the mammal remains identified at Lameiras belonged to domesticated forms and besides sheep and some goat, they include cattle and pig. Zooarchaeologically there is little difference between Early and Late Neolithic. However the Neolithic spectrum of species contrasts with that from a small assemblage in the underlying Mousterian level as well as other pre-Neolithic assemblages in Portugal. It is possible that in southern Portugal the adoption of animal husbandry was sudden. Measurements of the remains of Canis, Bos, Ovis, Capra and Sus compared with an increasingly large corpus of data from the SouthWestern part of the Iberian Peninsula indicate several occasions when these animals underwent size changes. Bos, Capra and Canis were considerably larger in the Pleistocene-a size difference now documented in other regions. Besides a Pleistocene-Holocene reduction in size, they underwent a further diminution associated with their domestication. It is possible that aurochs and wild boar recovered some of their former size after the Neolithic, perhaps due to a relaxation of hunting pressure after the Mesolithic. Domestic sheep, goats and cattle increased in size in more recent times perhaps reflecting Moslem and Christian improvements.

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La gestión de los recursos faunísticos durante el Neolítico en la Sierra de Atapuerca (Burgos): los niveles 19 y 20 de la Cueva del Mirador

Cited by 27 publications

References 23 publications

Human trace on the landscape during the Holocene at El Mirador Cave (Sierra de Atapuerca, Spain): The palynological evidence

Human trace on the landscape during the Holocene at El Mirador Cave (Sierra de Atapuerca, Spain): The palynological evidence

La neolitización de la Meseta Norte y de la alta y media cuenca del Ebro (España): premisas teóricas, análisis del registro y planteamiento de hipótesis

Animal remains from Neolithic Lameiras, Sintra: the earliest domesticated sheep, goat, cattle and pigs in Portugal and some notes on their evolution

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