Hares and rabbits at Regourdou (Montignac-sur-Vézère, Dordogne, France): paleontological and taphonomic study of two naturally-occurring accumulations of bones.
23 pages Since the end of the nineteenth century, a great deal of work studyingsubsistence patterns of prehistoric societies in Western Europe has been done. During the Middle Paleolithic, humanswere interested in small game, particularly the Leporidae, taxa that were abundant in their territories....
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Taphonomy Palaeontology 2D geometric morphometry Attritional mortality Accidental mortality Lepus timidus Oryctolagus cuniculus taphonomie paléontologie morphométrie géométrique 2D mortalité attritionnelle mortalité accidentelle [SDU.STU.PG]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences/Paleontology [SHS.ARCHEO]Humanities and Social Sciences/Archaeology and Prehistory Pelletier, Maxime Royer, Aurélien Holliday, Trenton Maureille, Bruno Hares and rabbits at Regourdou (Montignac-sur-Vézère, Dordogne, France): paleontological and taphonomic study of two naturally-occurring accumulations of bones. |
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Taphonomy Palaeontology 2D geometric morphometry Attritional mortality Accidental mortality Lepus timidus Oryctolagus cuniculus taphonomie paléontologie morphométrie géométrique 2D mortalité attritionnelle mortalité accidentelle [SDU.STU.PG]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences/Paleontology [SHS.ARCHEO]Humanities and Social Sciences/Archaeology and Prehistory |
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23 pages Since the end of the nineteenth century, a great deal of work studyingsubsistence patterns of prehistoric societies in Western Europe has been done. During the Middle Paleolithic, humanswere interested in small game, particularly the Leporidae, taxa that were abundant in their territories. However,distinguishing the exact nature of their origin in an archaeological site is not an easy task, given that numerous agentscould be responsible for their accumulation (i.e., natural mortality, acquisition by humans and/or other terrestrialcarnivores, or even nocturnal or diurnal raptors). In this contribution, we put forth a new taphonomic and paleontologicalstudy of the leporids of Regourdou, a Mousterian site that has yielded a Neandertal skeleton. This study suggests thatno predators were involved in the accumulation of the hare or rabbit remains, but rather that they are due to natural (accidental) mortality for the former, and natural (attritional) mortality for the latter. Specifically, the evidence suggests thatat one point in its history (for the hares), the cavity functioned as a natural pitfall trap, while for the rabbits it appears toshow the existence of a warren, which we interpret as having existed during the last occupation of the site during MIS 4or 3, before the end of the accumulation of sediments in the site. Morphological variation and body size of individuals alsoallows us to specify the order of paleoenvironmental changes since the site’s functional beginning, confirming theattribution of the inferior levels to the MIS 5 temperate period, and the upper levels to a more recent phase in MIS 4 or 3. Depuis la fin du XIXe siècle, l’Europe occidentale a fait l’objet de très nombreux travaux pour étudier les modesde subsistance des sociétés préhistoriques. À partir du Paléolithique moyen, les Hommes vont alors s’intéresser au petitgibier, tels que les léporidés, taxons relativement abondants sur ce territoire. Or, distinguer l’origine de leur accumulationdans un site archéologique ne ... |
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Laboratoire méditerranéen de préhistoire Europe-Afrique (LAMPEA) Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Ministère de la Culture (MC) Biogéosciences UMR 6282 (BGS) Université de Bourgogne (UB)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) Laboratoire Paléobiodiversité et Evolution (PALEVO) École Pratique des Hautes Études (EPHE) Université Paris Sciences et Lettres (PSL)-Université Paris Sciences et Lettres (PSL) Departement of Anthropology Tulane University Evolutionary Studies Institute University of the Witwatersrand Johannesburg (WITS) De la Préhistoire à l'Actuel : Culture, Environnement et Anthropologie (PACEA) Université de Bordeaux (UB)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) ANR-11-IDEX-0001,Amidex,INITIATIVE D'EXCELLENCE AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITE(2011) ANR-10-IDEX-0003,IDEX BORDEAUX,Initiative d'excellence de l'Université de Bordeaux(2010) |
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Hares and rabbits at Regourdou (Montignac-sur-Vézère, Dordogne, France): paleontological and taphonomic study of two naturally-occurring accumulations of bones. |
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Hares and rabbits at Regourdou (Montignac-sur-Vézère, Dordogne, France): paleontological and taphonomic study of two naturally-occurring accumulations of bones. |
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Hares and rabbits at Regourdou (Montignac-sur-Vézère, Dordogne, France): paleontological and taphonomic study of two naturally-occurring accumulations of bones. |
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Hares and rabbits at Regourdou (Montignac-sur-Vézère, Dordogne, France): paleontological and taphonomic study of two naturally-occurring accumulations of bones. |
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Hares and rabbits at Regourdou (Montignac-sur-Vézère, Dordogne, France): paleontological and taphonomic study of two naturally-occurring accumulations of bones. |
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hares and rabbits at regourdou (montignac-sur-vézère, dordogne, france): paleontological and taphonomic study of two naturally-occurring accumulations of bones. |
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ISSN: 1145-3370 EISSN: 2101-0420 PALEO : Revue d'Archéologie Préhistorique https://hal.science/hal-01265375 PALEO : Revue d'Archéologie Préhistorique, 2015, 26, pp.161-183 |
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ftecolephe:oai:HAL:hal-01265375v1 2024-05-19T07:43:42+00:00 Hares and rabbits at Regourdou (Montignac-sur-Vézère, Dordogne, France): paleontological and taphonomic study of two naturally-occurring accumulations of bones. Lièvre et lapin à Regourdou (Montignac-sur-Vézère, Dordogne, France) : études paléontologique et taphonomique de deux accumulations osseuses d’origine naturelle. Pelletier, Maxime Royer, Aurélien Holliday, Trenton Maureille, Bruno Laboratoire méditerranéen de préhistoire Europe-Afrique (LAMPEA) Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Ministère de la Culture (MC) Biogéosciences UMR 6282 (BGS) Université de Bourgogne (UB)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) Laboratoire Paléobiodiversité et Evolution (PALEVO) École Pratique des Hautes Études (EPHE) Université Paris Sciences et Lettres (PSL)-Université Paris Sciences et Lettres (PSL) Departement of Anthropology Tulane University Evolutionary Studies Institute University of the Witwatersrand Johannesburg (WITS) De la Préhistoire à l'Actuel : Culture, Environnement et Anthropologie (PACEA) Université de Bordeaux (UB)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) ANR-11-IDEX-0001,Amidex,INITIATIVE D'EXCELLENCE AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITE(2011) ANR-10-IDEX-0003,IDEX BORDEAUX,Initiative d'excellence de l'Université de Bordeaux(2010) 2015-12 https://hal.science/hal-01265375 fr fre HAL CCSD Société des amis du Musée national de préhistoire et de la recherche archéologique (SAMRA) hal-01265375 https://hal.science/hal-01265375 ISSN: 1145-3370 EISSN: 2101-0420 PALEO : Revue d'Archéologie Préhistorique https://hal.science/hal-01265375 PALEO : Revue d'Archéologie Préhistorique, 2015, 26, pp.161-183 Taphonomy Palaeontology 2D geometric morphometry Attritional mortality Accidental mortality Lepus timidus Oryctolagus cuniculus taphonomie paléontologie morphométrie géométrique 2D mortalité attritionnelle mortalité accidentelle [SDU.STU.PG]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences/Paleontology [SHS.ARCHEO]Humanities and Social Sciences/Archaeology and Prehistory info:eu-repo/semantics/article Journal articles 2015 ftecolephe 2024-04-25T02:01:36Z 23 pages Since the end of the nineteenth century, a great deal of work studyingsubsistence patterns of prehistoric societies in Western Europe has been done. During the Middle Paleolithic, humanswere interested in small game, particularly the Leporidae, taxa that were abundant in their territories. However,distinguishing the exact nature of their origin in an archaeological site is not an easy task, given that numerous agentscould be responsible for their accumulation (i.e., natural mortality, acquisition by humans and/or other terrestrialcarnivores, or even nocturnal or diurnal raptors). In this contribution, we put forth a new taphonomic and paleontologicalstudy of the leporids of Regourdou, a Mousterian site that has yielded a Neandertal skeleton. This study suggests thatno predators were involved in the accumulation of the hare or rabbit remains, but rather that they are due to natural (accidental) mortality for the former, and natural (attritional) mortality for the latter. Specifically, the evidence suggests thatat one point in its history (for the hares), the cavity functioned as a natural pitfall trap, while for the rabbits it appears toshow the existence of a warren, which we interpret as having existed during the last occupation of the site during MIS 4or 3, before the end of the accumulation of sediments in the site. Morphological variation and body size of individuals alsoallows us to specify the order of paleoenvironmental changes since the site’s functional beginning, confirming theattribution of the inferior levels to the MIS 5 temperate period, and the upper levels to a more recent phase in MIS 4 or 3. Depuis la fin du XIXe siècle, l’Europe occidentale a fait l’objet de très nombreux travaux pour étudier les modesde subsistance des sociétés préhistoriques. À partir du Paléolithique moyen, les Hommes vont alors s’intéresser au petitgibier, tels que les léporidés, taxons relativement abondants sur ce territoire. Or, distinguer l’origine de leur accumulationdans un site archéologique ne ... Article in Journal/Newspaper Lepus timidus EPHE (Ecole pratique des hautes études, Paris): HAL |