CHARACTERIZATION AND EXPLOITATION OF THE ARCTIC HARE (LEPUS TIMIDUS) DURING THE MAGDALENIAN: SURPRISING DATA FROM GAZEL CAVE (AUDE, FRANCE) ?
Actes du XIVè congrès UISPP, Université de Liège (2001) International audience The Magdalenian layers of Gazel Cave yielded more than 8,000 bones and teeth ofarctic Hare (Lepus timidus) representing at least 84 animais which were brought to the site by humans. Rare cutmarks on the bones and hypothes...
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2003
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Online Access: | https://hal.science/hal-02540185 https://hal.science/hal-02540185/document https://hal.science/hal-02540185/file/2003-FONTANA-Lievre-a-Gazel-BAR.pdf |
Summary: | Actes du XIVè congrès UISPP, Université de Liège (2001) International audience The Magdalenian layers of Gazel Cave yielded more than 8,000 bones and teeth ofarctic Hare (Lepus timidus) representing at least 84 animais which were brought to the site by humans. Rare cutmarks on the bones and hypotheses about the dismembering patterns suggested 1) a main exploitation focusing on fur and 2) a secondary consumption of cooked (not roasted) meat. The site function and the regional cultural context lead us to consider a specifie procurement connected to the exchange of fur. Les niveaux magdaléniens de la grotte Gazel ont livré plus de 8000 restes de Lièvre variable (Lepus timidus) identifiant un minimum de 84 individus, gibier apporté par l 'Homme sur le site. Les rares traces présentes sur les os et le schéma de désarticulation reconstitué ont permis de proposer une exploitation ciblée sur la récupération de la fourrure et une consommation plus accessoire de viande cuite non rôtie. La caractérisation du site et du contexte culturel régional a laissé envisager la possibilité d'une acquisition particulière, liée à l'échange de fourrures. |
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