Accumulation agents and bird assemblages: The case of the TE9d level at Sima del Elefante (Sierra de Atapuerca, Spain)

• Main Authors: Marqueta, Mario, Huguet, Rosa, Núñez-Lahuerta, Carmen
• Other Authors: Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (España)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: John Wiley & Sons 2022
• Subjects: Bird accumulations; Early Pleistocene; Raptor; Sima del Elefante; Taphonomy; Cierva; Elefante; Talon; Haliaeetus albicilla
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10261/288355; https://doi.org/10.1002/oa.3185; https://doi.org/10.13039/501100004837

Bird assemblages can be found in archeological sites throughout the Pleistocene. Taphonomy studies are key to understanding how such assemblages were formed. These assemblages can be generated by various agents, including human groups, animals, and natural death. In this paper, we analyzed the avifa...