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- Title
Specialised hunting of Iberian ibex during Neanderthal occupation at El Esquilleu Cave, northern Spain.
- Authors
Sáinz de los Terreros, José Yravedra; Gómez-Castanedo, Alberto; Aramendi Picado, Julia; Baena Preysler, Javier
- Abstract
Traditional views of Neanderthal hunting strategies envisage them preying on herd species such as bison and deer, rather than the sophisticated tracking of solitary animals. Analysis of faunal remains from El Esquilleu Cave in northern Spain, however, demonstrates that during certain periods of the Middle Palaeolithic occupation, Neanderthals focused on the hunting of ibex and chamois, small solitary species that inhabited the mountainous terrain around the site. These results indicate that Neanderthal hunting practices may have had more similarity to those of their Upper Palaeolithic relatives than is usually assumed.
- Subjects
SPAIN; NEANDERTHALS; PREHISTORIC hunting; HUNTING techniques; ZOOARCHAEOLOGY; CAVES; IBEX; CHAMOIS hunting; MIDDLE Paleolithic Period
- Publication
Antiquity, 2014, Vol 88, Issue 342, p1035
- ISSN
0003-598X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1017/S0003598X00115303