Who brought the bird remains to the Middle Palaeolithic site of Les Fieux (Southwestern, France)? Direct evidence of a complex taphonomic story

Laroulandie, Véronique; Faivre, Jean-Philippe; Gerbe, Magali; Mourre, Vincent

doi:10.1016/j.quaint.2015.06.042

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“…The fact that only one broken raven specimen (a partial ulna), with a sole cut-mark, has been found in Axlor precludes us from inferring the purpose of this bird’s exploitation, though neither meat consumption nor feather exploitation can currently be ruled out. Raven exploitation by Neandertals is currently limited to Les Fieux for dietary purposes 80 and Zaskalnaya VI has provided a raven radius with a series of cut-marks, which have been interpreted as symbolic behavior 85 .…”

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First data of Neandertal bird and carnivore exploitation in the Cantabrian Region (Axlor; Barandiaran excavations; Dima, Biscay, Northern Iberian Peninsula)

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Núñez‐Lahuerta

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Neandertals were top predators who basically relied on middle- to large-sized ungulates for dietary purposes, but there is growing evidence that supports their consumption of plants, leporids, tortoises, marine resources, carnivores and birds. The Iberian Peninsula has provided the most abundant record of bird exploitation for meat in Europe, starting in the Middle Pleistocene. However, the bird and carnivore exploitation record was hitherto limited to the Mediterranean area of the Iberian Peninsula. Here we present the first evidence of bird and carnivore exploitation by Neandertals in the Cantabrian region. We have found cut-marks in two golden eagles, one raven, one wolf and one lynx remain from the Mousterian levels of Axlor. The obtaining of meat was likely the primary purpose of the cut-marks on the golden eagle and lynx remains. Corvids, raptors, felids and canids in Axlor could have likely acted as commensals of the Neandertals, scavenging upon the carcasses left behind by these hunter-gatherers. This could have brought them closer to Neandertal groups who could have preyed upon them. These new results provide additional information on their dietary scope and indicate a more complex interaction between Neandertals and their environment.

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First data of Neandertal bird and carnivore exploitation in the Cantabrian Region (Axlor; Barandiaran excavations; Dima, Biscay, Northern Iberian Peninsula)

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Núñez‐Lahuerta

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“…Fishel, 1997 andreferences therein, Gonz alez andVallejo, 2014). In prehistoric times it is documented in the Middle Palaeolithic (Morin and Laroulandie, 2012;Romandini et al, 2014;Radovcic et al, 2015;Laroulandie et al, 2015), the Upper Paleolithic (e.g. Ad an Alvarez and Jorda Pardo, 1989;Simmons and Nadel, 1998;Kuhn et al, 2004Kuhn et al, , 2009Gal, 2005;Laroulandie, 2009;Mallye et al, 2013), and the Mesolithic (Tresset, 2005).…”

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Hunting fast-moving, low-turnover small game: The status of the snowy owl (Bubo scandiacus) in the Magdalenian

Laroulandie

2016

Quaternary International

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“…Esta cuestión pone de relieve la posible existencia de actividades de extracción de plumas, tal y como se ha planteado en otros sitios: en Gorham's Cave con palomas y en Kaprina, Fumane y Lex Fieux con rapaces (Peresani et al, 2011, Radovcic et al, 2015, Laroulandie et al, 2016. En nuestra opinión, si la extracción de plumas genera incisiones en los huesos es porque el ave es total o parcialmente despellejada.…”

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“…Sin embargo, en los últimos años no pocos autores han demostrado la adquisición, procesado y aprovechamiento de aves y lagomorfos por parte de homininos fósiles con diferentes propósitos (p.e., Sanchis and Fernández-Peris, 2008, Cochard et al, 2012, Sanchis, 2012, Laroulandie et al, 2016, Romandini et al, 2016. Así, este paradigma clásico ha sido sobrepasado, especialmente para el caso de las sociedades neandertales.…”

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Aves de caza. Estudio tafonómico y zooarqueológico de los restos avianos de los niveles musterienses de Pié Lombard (Alpes-Maritimes, Francia)

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2018

Munibe, Antropol.-Arkeol.

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El yacimiento musteriense de Pié Lombard (Alpes-Maritimes, Francia) está localizado en un entorno montañoso de medio rango y posee un conjunto óseo rico y diversificado en el cual los restos de aves son abundantes. Su estudio tafonómico y zooarqueológico brinda cuestiones importantes sobre la explotación de aves por parte de rapaces, carnívoros y neandertales, y añade otro yacimiento en el cual se lleva a cabo la explotación de pequeñas presas en Europa Occidental. LABURPENAPié Lombard-eko (Itsas Alpeak, Frantzia) aztarnategi mousteriarra maila ertaineko ingurune menditsuan dago, eta hezur-multzo aberatsa eta dibertsifikatua du. Oso ugariak dira hegaztien hondakinak. Azterketa tafonomikoak eta zooarkeologikoak harrapariek, karniboroek eta neandertalek hegaztiekin lotuta egindako ustiapenari buruzko gai esanguratsuak azaleratu ditu. Gainera, mendebaldeko Europan harrapakin txikien ustiapena egin deneko beste aztarnategi bat azaldu da. ABSTRACTTraditionally small fast game exploitation is characteristic of the end of Upper Palaeolithic or modern humans. Nevertheless, several authors demonstrated recently small fast game exploitation by fossil hominins able to capture, process and consume small animals for different purposes, despite numerous methodological and technical problems. In this work, we provide results of a taphonomical and zooarchaeological study on all bird bones from the Middle Palaeolithic levels of Pié Lombard using various analytical tools.The Mousterian site of Pié Lombard is a narrow rock shelter located in a middle-range mountainous environment near Tourrettes-sur-Loup (Alpes-Maritimes, France). The Middle Palaeolithic bird bone assemblage retained 18 taxa, all adults. The most represented taxa are choughs and pigeons that represent rocky species, characteristic of mild-temperate climate. The third most common specie is the partridge, although to a lesser extent. Long bones are predominant and anatomical representations are different between the frequent species. Various taphonomical alterations are visible on bird remains, including human modifications (cut marks -incisions and scraping marks-and burnt bones), other non-human predator activities (usually tooth marks and digestion processes) and some diagenetic alterations (especially concretion, corrosion and root marks). The majority of the bones are characterized by curved outline, mixed angles and jagged textures.The bird remains exhibit significant breakages due to various consumption processes (humans, raptors and small carnivores) completed by natural burial process. The birds of prey (probably nocturnal raptors) transported their prey (usually choughs) to the rock shelter where they were consumed and regurgitated. Secondly, small and medium-sized carnivores (small felids like lynx or wild cat had a relevant role) predate occasionally on birds. Neanderthals occupations were occasional, where they exploited herbivores but are also in to some extent at the source of bird accumulation. The humans captured almost exclusively pigeons and partr...

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Who brought the bird remains to the Middle Palaeolithic site of Les Fieux (Southwestern, France)? Direct evidence of a complex taphonomic story

Cited by 39 publications

References 42 publications

First data of Neandertal bird and carnivore exploitation in the Cantabrian Region (Axlor; Barandiaran excavations; Dima, Biscay, Northern Iberian Peninsula)

First data of Neandertal bird and carnivore exploitation in the Cantabrian Region (Axlor; Barandiaran excavations; Dima, Biscay, Northern Iberian Peninsula)

Hunting fast-moving, low-turnover small game: The status of the snowy owl (Bubo scandiacus) in the Magdalenian

Aves de caza. Estudio tafonómico y zooarqueológico de los restos avianos de los niveles musterienses de Pié Lombard (Alpes-Maritimes, Francia)

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