Bears and humans, a Neanderthal tale. Reconstructing uncommon behaviors from zooarchaeological evidence in southern Europe
Cave bear (Ursus spelaeus), brown bear (Ursus arctos), and Neanderthals were potential competitors for environmental resources (shelters and food) in Europe. In order to reinforce this view and contribute to the ongoing debate on late Neanderthal behavior, we present evidence from zooarchaeological...
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ftunibolognairis:oai:cris.unibo.it:11585/634809 2024-04-14T08:20:42+00:00 Bears and humans, a Neanderthal tale. Reconstructing uncommon behaviors from zooarchaeological evidence in southern Europe Romandini, Matteo Terlato, Gabriele Nannini, Nicola Tagliacozzo, Antonio Benazzi, Stefano Peresani, Marco Romandini, Matteo Terlato, Gabriele Nannini, Nicola Tagliacozzo, Antonio Benazzi, Stefano Peresani, Marco* 2018 ELETTRONICO http://hdl.handle.net/11585/634809 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2017.12.004 http://www.elsevier.com/inca/publications/store/6/2/2/8/5/4/index.htt eng eng info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/wos/WOS:000425564000006 volume:90 firstpage:71 lastpage:91 numberofpages:21 journal:JOURNAL OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL SCIENCE info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/H2020/724046 http://hdl.handle.net/11585/634809 doi:10.1016/j.jas.2017.12.004 info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/scopus/2-s2.0-85044399243 http://www.elsevier.com/inca/publications/store/6/2/2/8/5/4/index.htt info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Brown bear Cave Cave bear Hunting Italy Middle palaeolithic Taphonomy Archeology (arts and humanities) Archeology info:eu-repo/semantics/article 2018 ftunibolognairis https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2017.12.004 2024-03-21T17:51:02Z Cave bear (Ursus spelaeus), brown bear (Ursus arctos), and Neanderthals were potential competitors for environmental resources (shelters and food) in Europe. In order to reinforce this view and contribute to the ongoing debate on late Neanderthal behavior, we present evidence from zooarchaeological and taphonomic analyses of bear bone remains discovered at Rio Secco Cave and Fumane Cave in northeast Italy, an extended geographic area north of the Adriatic Sea. The remains from both caves come from layers dated to 49-42 ky cal. BP, and suggest close interactions between humans and bears, with data not only limited to the association of Mousterian lithic artifacts with numerous bear remains, but also the detection of clearly preserved traces of human modification such as cut and percussion marks, which enable a reconstruction of the main steps of fur recovery and the butchering process. Examples of Neanderthal bear exploitation are extremely sporadic in Europe, and Grotta Rio Secco and Grotta Fumane can be considered rare cases of remain accumulations generated by the human predation of bears of varied age classes during or near the end of hibernation. All of this evidence suggests that bears had a strategic role in the nomadic economy of Neanderthal hunting groups. Article in Journal/Newspaper Ursus arctos IRIS Università degli Studi di Bologna (CRIS - Current Research Information System) Journal of Archaeological Science 90 71 91 |
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Cave bear (Ursus spelaeus), brown bear (Ursus arctos), and Neanderthals were potential competitors for environmental resources (shelters and food) in Europe. In order to reinforce this view and contribute to the ongoing debate on late Neanderthal behavior, we present evidence from zooarchaeological and taphonomic analyses of bear bone remains discovered at Rio Secco Cave and Fumane Cave in northeast Italy, an extended geographic area north of the Adriatic Sea. The remains from both caves come from layers dated to 49-42 ky cal. BP, and suggest close interactions between humans and bears, with data not only limited to the association of Mousterian lithic artifacts with numerous bear remains, but also the detection of clearly preserved traces of human modification such as cut and percussion marks, which enable a reconstruction of the main steps of fur recovery and the butchering process. Examples of Neanderthal bear exploitation are extremely sporadic in Europe, and Grotta Rio Secco and Grotta Fumane can be considered rare cases of remain accumulations generated by the human predation of bears of varied age classes during or near the end of hibernation. All of this evidence suggests that bears had a strategic role in the nomadic economy of Neanderthal hunting groups. |
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Bears and humans, a Neanderthal tale. Reconstructing uncommon behaviors from zooarchaeological evidence in southern Europe |
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Bears and humans, a Neanderthal tale. Reconstructing uncommon behaviors from zooarchaeological evidence in southern Europe |
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Bears and humans, a Neanderthal tale. Reconstructing uncommon behaviors from zooarchaeological evidence in southern Europe |
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Bears and humans, a Neanderthal tale. Reconstructing uncommon behaviors from zooarchaeological evidence in southern Europe |
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Bears and humans, a Neanderthal tale. Reconstructing uncommon behaviors from zooarchaeological evidence in southern Europe |
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bears and humans, a neanderthal tale. reconstructing uncommon behaviors from zooarchaeological evidence in southern europe |
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