New evidence for Upper Palaeolithic small domestic dogs in South-Western Europe
International audience Osteoarchaeology and genetics agree that the earliest dog domestications took place during the Upper Palaeolithic. However, they partially disagree about the process of domestication. The former indicated multiple origins, when some of the results of the latter suggested that...
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ftunivnantes:oai:HAL:hal-02645804v1 2023-05-15T15:50:47+02:00 New evidence for Upper Palaeolithic small domestic dogs in South-Western Europe Pionnier, Maud Bémilli, Céline Bodu, Pierre Célérier, Guy Ferrié, Jean-Georges Fosse, Philippe Garcia, Michel Vigne, Jean-Denis Archéozoologie, archéobotanique : sociétés, pratiques et environnements (AASPE) Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (MNHN)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (UCBL) Université de Lyon Ctr Archeol Grand Quevilly Partenaires INRAE Université Paris Ouest Nanterre la Défense Université Sciences et Technologies - Bordeaux 1 (UB) Université Toulouse Le Mirail (Toulouse 2) (UTM) 2011 https://hal.inrae.fr/hal-02645804 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2011.02.028 en eng HAL CCSD Elsevier info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1016/j.jas.2011.02.028 hal-02645804 https://hal.inrae.fr/hal-02645804 doi:10.1016/j.jas.2011.02.028 PRODINRA: 220473 WOS: 000293551200015 ISSN: 0305-4403 EISSN: 1095-9238 Journal of Archaeological Science https://hal.inrae.fr/hal-02645804 Journal of Archaeological Science, 2011, 38 (9), pp.2123 - 2140. ⟨10.1016/j.jas.2011.02.028⟩ Dog (Canis familiaris) Wolf (Canis lupus) Dhole (Cuter alpinus) Azilian France Late Glacial EAST Magdalenian Domestication REMAINS SITES [SDV]Life Sciences [q-bio] info:eu-repo/semantics/article Journal articles 2011 ftunivnantes https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2011.02.028 2023-02-08T06:36:59Z International audience Osteoarchaeology and genetics agree that the earliest dog domestications took place during the Upper Palaeolithic. However, they partially disagree about the process of domestication. The former indicated multiple origins, when some of the results of the latter suggested that dogs mainly came from a Chinese centre of domestication. In this study, we describe and discuss new evidence for Late Glacial small dogs in the South-West (Pont d'Ambon and Montespan) and North of France (Le Closeau). Special attention was paid to the possibility of miss-identification between small early dogs and dholes (Cuon alpinus), a middle-sized Canidae, the size of which can be similar to early small dogs. Detailed analyses of the archaeological contexts alongside that of taphonomy, morphoscopy, morphometry and pathology, identified 49 small canid remains from the three sites. They allowed us to exclude the presence of dholes and to conclude that they were all small Upper Paleolithic dogs. These, together with other more sparse discoveries, confirmed the presence of Western European Upper Paleolithic Small (WEUPS) dogs from, at least, the Middle Magdalenian to the end of the Epipaleolithic (i.e. 15,000-11,500 cal BP). As they are contemporaneous with the much larger Russian Upper Paleolithic dogs, they plea for several Euro-Asian origins for Late Palaeolithic dogs. (C) 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. Article in Journal/Newspaper Canis lupus Université de Nantes: HAL-UNIV-NANTES Journal of Archaeological Science 38 9 2123 2140 |
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Dog (Canis familiaris) Wolf (Canis lupus) Dhole (Cuter alpinus) Azilian France Late Glacial EAST Magdalenian Domestication REMAINS SITES [SDV]Life Sciences [q-bio] Pionnier, Maud Bémilli, Céline Bodu, Pierre Célérier, Guy Ferrié, Jean-Georges Fosse, Philippe Garcia, Michel Vigne, Jean-Denis New evidence for Upper Palaeolithic small domestic dogs in South-Western Europe |
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International audience Osteoarchaeology and genetics agree that the earliest dog domestications took place during the Upper Palaeolithic. However, they partially disagree about the process of domestication. The former indicated multiple origins, when some of the results of the latter suggested that dogs mainly came from a Chinese centre of domestication. In this study, we describe and discuss new evidence for Late Glacial small dogs in the South-West (Pont d'Ambon and Montespan) and North of France (Le Closeau). Special attention was paid to the possibility of miss-identification between small early dogs and dholes (Cuon alpinus), a middle-sized Canidae, the size of which can be similar to early small dogs. Detailed analyses of the archaeological contexts alongside that of taphonomy, morphoscopy, morphometry and pathology, identified 49 small canid remains from the three sites. They allowed us to exclude the presence of dholes and to conclude that they were all small Upper Paleolithic dogs. These, together with other more sparse discoveries, confirmed the presence of Western European Upper Paleolithic Small (WEUPS) dogs from, at least, the Middle Magdalenian to the end of the Epipaleolithic (i.e. 15,000-11,500 cal BP). As they are contemporaneous with the much larger Russian Upper Paleolithic dogs, they plea for several Euro-Asian origins for Late Palaeolithic dogs. (C) 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. |
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Archéozoologie, archéobotanique : sociétés, pratiques et environnements (AASPE) Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (MNHN)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (UCBL) Université de Lyon Ctr Archeol Grand Quevilly Partenaires INRAE Université Paris Ouest Nanterre la Défense Université Sciences et Technologies - Bordeaux 1 (UB) Université Toulouse Le Mirail (Toulouse 2) (UTM) |
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New evidence for Upper Palaeolithic small domestic dogs in South-Western Europe |
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New evidence for Upper Palaeolithic small domestic dogs in South-Western Europe |
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New evidence for Upper Palaeolithic small domestic dogs in South-Western Europe |
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New evidence for Upper Palaeolithic small domestic dogs in South-Western Europe |
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New evidence for Upper Palaeolithic small domestic dogs in South-Western Europe |
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new evidence for upper palaeolithic small domestic dogs in south-western europe |
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ISSN: 0305-4403 EISSN: 1095-9238 Journal of Archaeological Science https://hal.inrae.fr/hal-02645804 Journal of Archaeological Science, 2011, 38 (9), pp.2123 - 2140. ⟨10.1016/j.jas.2011.02.028⟩ |
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