A tamed brown bear (Ursus arctos L.) of the late Mesolithic from la Grande Rivoire (Isère, France) ?
International audience A pair of mandibular rami from a brown bear (Ursus arctos L.) was found at the rock shelter of the Grande-Rivoire in the Castelnovian level. Both exhibit a peculiar deformation affecting the bone between the first and second molars and the roots of these teeth. The perfect sym...
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fttriple:oai:gotriple.eu:10670/1.arspho 2023-05-15T18:41:48+02:00 A tamed brown bear (Ursus arctos L.) of the late Mesolithic from la Grande Rivoire (Isère, France) ? Chaix, Louis public 1997-01-01 https://doi.org/10.1006/jasc.1996.0186 https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01545471 en eng HAL CCSD Elsevier hal-01545471 doi:10.1006/jasc.1996.0186 10670/1.arspho https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01545471 undefined Hyper Article en Ligne - Sciences de l'Homme et de la Société ISSN: 0305-4403 EISSN: 1095-9238 Journal of Archaeological Science Journal of Archaeological Science, Elsevier, 1997, 24 (12), pp.1064-1074. ⟨10.1006/jasc.1996.0186⟩ France taming La Grande Rivoire Brown bear Mesolithic mandibular deformation hist lang Journal Article https://vocabularies.coar-repositories.org/resource_types/c_6501/ 1997 fttriple https://doi.org/10.1006/jasc.1996.0186 2023-01-22T16:53:57Z International audience A pair of mandibular rami from a brown bear (Ursus arctos L.) was found at the rock shelter of the Grande-Rivoire in the Castelnovian level. Both exhibit a peculiar deformation affecting the bone between the first and second molars and the roots of these teeth. The perfect symmetry of this deformation, the absence of pathological features, and the misplacement of the teeth suggest that a thong had been placed around the mandible while the animal was young; the mandible then grew around the thong. The interest of this find is that it both demonstrates the taming of a bear and the complexity of the relationships between humans and animals during the late Mesolithic. Article in Journal/Newspaper Ursus arctos Unknown Journal of Archaeological Science 24 12 1067 1074 |
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International audience A pair of mandibular rami from a brown bear (Ursus arctos L.) was found at the rock shelter of the Grande-Rivoire in the Castelnovian level. Both exhibit a peculiar deformation affecting the bone between the first and second molars and the roots of these teeth. The perfect symmetry of this deformation, the absence of pathological features, and the misplacement of the teeth suggest that a thong had been placed around the mandible while the animal was young; the mandible then grew around the thong. The interest of this find is that it both demonstrates the taming of a bear and the complexity of the relationships between humans and animals during the late Mesolithic. |
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A tamed brown bear (Ursus arctos L.) of the late Mesolithic from la Grande Rivoire (Isère, France) ? |
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A tamed brown bear (Ursus arctos L.) of the late Mesolithic from la Grande Rivoire (Isère, France) ? |
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A tamed brown bear (Ursus arctos L.) of the late Mesolithic from la Grande Rivoire (Isère, France) ? |
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A tamed brown bear (Ursus arctos L.) of the late Mesolithic from la Grande Rivoire (Isère, France) ? |
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A tamed brown bear (Ursus arctos L.) of the late Mesolithic from la Grande Rivoire (Isère, France) ? |
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tamed brown bear (ursus arctos l.) of the late mesolithic from la grande rivoire (isère, france) ? |
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Hyper Article en Ligne - Sciences de l'Homme et de la Société ISSN: 0305-4403 EISSN: 1095-9238 Journal of Archaeological Science Journal of Archaeological Science, Elsevier, 1997, 24 (12), pp.1064-1074. ⟨10.1006/jasc.1996.0186⟩ |
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