Wild cats and cut marks: Exploitation of Felis silvestris in the Mesolithic of Galgenbühel/Dos de la Forca (South Tyrol, Italy)

Crezzini, Jacopo; Boschin, Francesco; Boscato, Paolo; Wierer, Ursula

doi:10.1016/j.quaint.2013.12.056

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“…Furthermore, the absence of horse and rabbit and the occurrence on site for the first time of roe deer may suggest the exploitation of slightly more forested biotopes in Artusia V than in the previous horizons, although it might have been a more open forest than in Artusia I when wild cat was present. No sign of skin processing or meat consumption of this taxon was noted (Crezzini et al, 2014). In conclusion, over the whole sequence red deer dominates, but it is evident there was a gradual shift from the exploitation of large to smaller ungulates.…”

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8.2 ka BP paleoclimatic event and the Ebro Valley Mesolithic groups: Preliminary data from Artusia rock shelter (Unzué, Navarra, Spain)

Lagrán

Iriarte

García-Gazólaz

et al. 2016

Quaternary International

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a b s t r a c tThis paper presents the results of the first excavation campaign of the Artusia rock shelter in Unzu e, Navarre, Spain. Chronocultural and archaeobiological analyses revealed five different occupation phases (Artusia IeV) within the regional Mesolithic timeline, specifically in the Mesolithic of Notches and Denticulates (Artusia I and II) and the Geometric Mesolithic (Artusia III, IV, and V). In addition, the study of the sedimentological and palaeoenvironmental evolution in the entire record helped to clearly define several climatic events which developed around 6550 cal BCe8500 cal BP and 6250 cal BCe8200 cal BP. Here, we present a description of these events and their (pre)historical interpretation with the aim of recognizing how they influenced the Mesolithic hunteregatherer groups living in the Ebro Basin of the Iberian Peninsula.© 2015 Elsevier Ltd and INQUA. All rights reserved.Lydia Zapata, in memoriam IntroductionIn recent decades, the study of the Mesolithic in the Iberian Ebro Valley has focused mainly on the definition of different phases in accordance with the lithic industry as well as on the publication of several time series. Questions relating to subsistence and environment have also been addressed which results suggest an intense, planned and diversified type of exploitation and economy. The publication of a variety of monographs on particular sites (Barandiar an-Maestu, 1978 However, aspects related to palaeoclimatic and palaeoenvironmental changes and their influence on the historical evolution of Mesolithic groups have only been tackled in recent years (Gonz alez-Samp eriz et al., 2008García-Martínez de Lagr an, 2012). From this perspective, the data obtained on the Artusia rock shelter help to reinitiate the * Corresponding author.E-mail address: igmtzl@gmail.com (I. García-Martínez de Lagr an). Contents lists available at ScienceDirectQuaternary International j o u r n a l h o m e p a g e : w w w . e l s e v i e r . c o m / l o c a t e / q u a i n t Archaeological site: discovery and geographical frameworkThe Artusia rock shelter is located at Unzu e, a small village in the eastern part of Navarre, in the Valdorba region (Fig. 1). This archaeological site was discovered in 1996, and the preservation problems that this rock shelter faces due to the erosion derived by the Artusia stream are highlighted. Artusia is located, as are many other Mesolithic rock shelters from the southern Pyrenean slope, on a rock face, to which morphology refers its name in Basque (Arluxea ¼ long crag). It is located at the southern slope of a narrow pass that the Artusia stream excavated between the Alaiz Mountains on the north, and the Unzu e Crag on the south (Fig. 1). The rock shelter is filled by a stratigraphic package cut lengthwise by the stream that exposes the different archaeological levels which form most of the sequence (Figs. 2 and 3).The area where Artusia is situated represents the geological, climatic, floristic and politico-administrative border between the pre-Pyrenean Pamplona ...

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8.2 ka BP paleoclimatic event and the Ebro Valley Mesolithic groups: Preliminary data from Artusia rock shelter (Unzué, Navarra, Spain)

Lagrán

Iriarte

García-Gazólaz

et al. 2016

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“…The easiest method of skinning an animal is to suspend it by the hind legs and then when the skin has been removed, it is very quick and simple to cut away the meat without disjointing the carcass (Harcourt, ). The only cut marks usually left in this case are those on the skull and mandible (see Figure in Crezzin, Boschin, Boscato, & Wierer, ; see Figure e,f). The cut marks on and near the femoral neck indicate the dismembering of the carcass (Fairnell, ; see Figure g).…”

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Study of the medieval domestic cats from Novgorod with reference to cats from medieval Tver (Russia; 10–14 centuries)

Zinoviev

2017

Intl J of Osteoarchaeology

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The aim of this study was to investigate the diversity of cats in the medieval Russian cities of Novgorod and Tver (Russia). Based on the unique osteological collection of 251 feline bones from layers of 10–14 centuries AD, research revealed the prevalence of the “classical” slightly dolichocephalic animals of a smaller size compared to modern domestic cats. Larger specimens are rare, most likely representing wild cats or castrates.

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“…These raise interesting questions about the extent of carnivore consumption in the Late Pleistocene. The processing of carnivores for food is more common in the Mesolithic (Crezzini et al, 2014) but there is evidence for the consumption of carnivores in the Late Pleistocene (Charles, 1997).…”

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Subsistence strategies in the southern Cape during the Howiesons Poort: Taphonomic and zooarchaeological analyses of Klipdrift Shelter, South Africa

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Discamps

Badenhorst

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Wild cats and cut marks: Exploitation of Felis silvestris in the Mesolithic of Galgenbühel/Dos de la Forca (South Tyrol, Italy)

Cited by 49 publications

References 17 publications

8.2 ka BP paleoclimatic event and the Ebro Valley Mesolithic groups: Preliminary data from Artusia rock shelter (Unzué, Navarra, Spain)

8.2 ka BP paleoclimatic event and the Ebro Valley Mesolithic groups: Preliminary data from Artusia rock shelter (Unzué, Navarra, Spain)

Study of the medieval domestic cats from Novgorod with reference to cats from medieval Tver (Russia; 10–14 centuries)

Subsistence strategies in the southern Cape during the Howiesons Poort: Taphonomic and zooarchaeological analyses of Klipdrift Shelter, South Africa

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