On the track of anthropogenic activity in carnivore dens: Altered combustion structures in Cova del Gegant (NE Iberian Peninsula)

TY - JOUR

T1 - On the track of anthropogenic activity in carnivore dens

T2 - Altered combustion structures in Cova del Gegant (NE Iberian Peninsula)

AU - Sanz, Montserrat

AU - Daura, Joan

AU - Égüez, Natalia

AU - Cabanes, Dan

N1 - Funding Information: This paper is an output of the research project “El Plistocè superior a la costa central catalana: paleoambients i ocupacions neandertals (2014/100639- Servei d'Arqueologia i Paleontologia)”, supported by Grup de Recerca del Quaternari and projects 2014SGR-845 (ERAAUB), 2014SGR-108 (SERP) and HAR2014-55131 (SERP). M. Sanz and J. Daura were funded by a postdoctoral grant ( SFRH/BPD/100828/2014 and SFRH/BPD/100507/2014 ) from the portuguese Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia using funding from the FSE/POPH and D. Cabanes by a Juan de la Cierva (JCI-2011-10972). It was also supported by the Laboratoire d'Excellence LabexMed (Les sciences humaines et sociales au cœur de l'interdisciplinarité pour la Méditerranée, ref. 10-LABX-0090); french ANR (A*MIDEX, ref. ANR-11-IDEX-0001-02) and the Graduate School “Human Development in Landscapes” (Kiel University) in the frame of the German Universities Excellence Initiative. Publisher Copyright: © 2015 Elsevier Ltd and INQUA

PY - 2017/5/5

Y1 - 2017/5/5

N2 - Cova del Gegant (Barcelona, NE Iberian Peninsula) is a Middle Palaeolithic site presenting evidence of carnivore occupations with some sporadic Neanderthal activity. The rapid, fine sedimentation in layer IIIa permitted the preservation of the remains of carnivore activity and an ephemeral combustion area, although lithics are absent. We used a detailed excavation procedure in combination with Fourier transformed infrared spectroscopy, soil micromorphological, zooarchaeological and taphonomical analyses, and coprogenic analysis to evaluate the interactions of humans and carnivores in the same area of the cave.

AB - Cova del Gegant (Barcelona, NE Iberian Peninsula) is a Middle Palaeolithic site presenting evidence of carnivore occupations with some sporadic Neanderthal activity. The rapid, fine sedimentation in layer IIIa permitted the preservation of the remains of carnivore activity and an ephemeral combustion area, although lithics are absent. We used a detailed excavation procedure in combination with Fourier transformed infrared spectroscopy, soil micromorphological, zooarchaeological and taphonomical analyses, and coprogenic analysis to evaluate the interactions of humans and carnivores in the same area of the cave.

KW - Carnivore

KW - Combustion

KW - Cova del Gegant

KW - FTIR

KW - Micromorphology

KW - Neanderthal

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U2 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2015.10.057

DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2015.10.057

M3 - Article

SN - 1040-6182

VL - 437

SP - 102

EP - 114

JO - Quaternary International

JF - Quaternary International

ER -