Bird bones from Trou de Chaleux and the human exploitation of birds during the late Magdalenian in Belgium
International audience The Trou de Chaleux is a cave site located in Belgium. It delivered a rich late Magdalenian material culture constituted mainly of lithic artefacts but also including bone industries and figurative art. This paper presents the results of the analysis of the large collection of...
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ftunivnantes:oai:HAL:hal-02402313v1 2023-05-15T18:20:11+02:00 Bird bones from Trou de Chaleux and the human exploitation of birds during the late Magdalenian in Belgium Goffette, Quentin Germonpré, Mietje Lefevre, Christine Brecko, Jonathan Goemaere, Eric Rots, Veerle Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (RBINS) Department of Palaeontology Royal Belgian Institue of Natural Sciences Archéozoologie, archéobotanique : sociétés, pratiques et environnements (AASPE) Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (MNHN)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) Dpt VII: Geological Survey of Belgium Université de Liège 2020-02 https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-02402313 https://doi.org/10.1016/J.JASREP.2019.102096 en eng HAL CCSD Elsevier info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1016/J.JASREP.2019.102096 hal-02402313 https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-02402313 doi:10.1016/J.JASREP.2019.102096 ISSN: 2352-409X Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-02402313 Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, Elsevier, 2020, 29, pp.102096. ⟨10.1016/J.JASREP.2019.102096⟩ Archaeozoology Birds Late Magdalenian Subsistence [SHS.ARCHEO]Humanities and Social Sciences/Archaeology and Prehistory [SDV.BA.ZV]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Animal biology/Vertebrate Zoology info:eu-repo/semantics/article Journal articles 2020 ftunivnantes https://doi.org/10.1016/J.JASREP.2019.102096 2022-11-16T01:15:33Z International audience The Trou de Chaleux is a cave site located in Belgium. It delivered a rich late Magdalenian material culture constituted mainly of lithic artefacts but also including bone industries and figurative art. This paper presents the results of the analysis of the large collection of bird remains recovered by E. Dupont in 1865, which was yet unstudied from taphonomical and archaeozoological perspectives. In addition to the taxonomic identification,surface alterations were investigated based on a macro- and microscopic analysis, including an analysis of wear traces and elementary composition. Special attention is devoted to the presence of human modifications such as disarticulation or butchering marks, traces of heating, presence of colourants and traces of bone working. The taphonomic history of the bird assemblage is reconstructed and the use of birds by humans characterized, as well as their importance in past human activities. We also discuss evidence for seasonal exploitation and for reconstructingthe local environment and integrate our results with evidence from other Magdalenian assemblages from north-western Europe. At Trou de Chaleux, birds were used for food, as raw material for bone working and for symbolic purposes. The exploitation of avian products was intense, and species have been used for several purposes such as the raven and snowy owl having been exploited both for food and for symbolic reasons. Large bird bones were used as raw material to produce artefacts, but the use-wear analysis did not evidence unambiguous traces related to the use of the objects produced. Despite several limiting factors, the bird material from Trou de Chaleux considerably increases the knowledge of past human exploitation of birds during the late Magdalenian in north-western Europe. Article in Journal/Newspaper snowy owl Université de Nantes: HAL-UNIV-NANTES Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports 29 102096 |
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Archaeozoology Birds Late Magdalenian Subsistence [SHS.ARCHEO]Humanities and Social Sciences/Archaeology and Prehistory [SDV.BA.ZV]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Animal biology/Vertebrate Zoology Goffette, Quentin Germonpré, Mietje Lefevre, Christine Brecko, Jonathan Goemaere, Eric Rots, Veerle Bird bones from Trou de Chaleux and the human exploitation of birds during the late Magdalenian in Belgium |
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International audience The Trou de Chaleux is a cave site located in Belgium. It delivered a rich late Magdalenian material culture constituted mainly of lithic artefacts but also including bone industries and figurative art. This paper presents the results of the analysis of the large collection of bird remains recovered by E. Dupont in 1865, which was yet unstudied from taphonomical and archaeozoological perspectives. In addition to the taxonomic identification,surface alterations were investigated based on a macro- and microscopic analysis, including an analysis of wear traces and elementary composition. Special attention is devoted to the presence of human modifications such as disarticulation or butchering marks, traces of heating, presence of colourants and traces of bone working. The taphonomic history of the bird assemblage is reconstructed and the use of birds by humans characterized, as well as their importance in past human activities. We also discuss evidence for seasonal exploitation and for reconstructingthe local environment and integrate our results with evidence from other Magdalenian assemblages from north-western Europe. At Trou de Chaleux, birds were used for food, as raw material for bone working and for symbolic purposes. The exploitation of avian products was intense, and species have been used for several purposes such as the raven and snowy owl having been exploited both for food and for symbolic reasons. Large bird bones were used as raw material to produce artefacts, but the use-wear analysis did not evidence unambiguous traces related to the use of the objects produced. Despite several limiting factors, the bird material from Trou de Chaleux considerably increases the knowledge of past human exploitation of birds during the late Magdalenian in north-western Europe. |
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Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (RBINS) Department of Palaeontology Royal Belgian Institue of Natural Sciences Archéozoologie, archéobotanique : sociétés, pratiques et environnements (AASPE) Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (MNHN)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) Dpt VII: Geological Survey of Belgium Université de Liège |
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Bird bones from Trou de Chaleux and the human exploitation of birds during the late Magdalenian in Belgium |
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Bird bones from Trou de Chaleux and the human exploitation of birds during the late Magdalenian in Belgium |
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Bird bones from Trou de Chaleux and the human exploitation of birds during the late Magdalenian in Belgium |
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Bird bones from Trou de Chaleux and the human exploitation of birds during the late Magdalenian in Belgium |
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