RT Journal Article
T1 Another non-anthropic leporid accumulation in Southwestern Iberia? The case of a leporid sample from Morgado superior (Tomar, Portugal)
A1 Almeida, Nelson J
A1 Saladié, Palmira
A1 Cerrillo Cuenca, Enrique
A1 Oosterbeek, Luiz
AB The Morgado Superior Rock Shelter is located near the city of Tomar, in Central Portugal. This site presents important funerary contexts that according to published information encompass the Neolithic, Chalcolithic and Bronze Age. Other non-funerary uses have not yet been characterised but were briefly suggested. A faunal sample of the 1988 and 2012 interventions is analysed from a zooarchaeological and taphonomical perspective, focusing on the leporid remains that largely dominate the assemblage. Clear indicators of a human origin are absent, while a configurational approach allows the description of exogenous and intrusive origins. The characteristics of the registered consumption taphonomical indicators are suggestive of scat and non-ingested accumulation by foxes. Furthermore, this study allows us to discuss some aspects of the formation of the stratigraphy of this important cave necropolis, while also serving as an example of the expected results of foxes’ action on leporid remains in an archaeological site.
PB Taylor & Francis
SN 0891-2963
YR 2024
FD 2024
LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/107658
UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/107658
LA eng
NO Nelson J. Almeida, Palmira Saladié, Enrique Cerrillo-Cuenca & Luiz Oosterbeek (2024) Another non-anthropic leporid accumulation in Southwestern Iberia? The case of a leporid sample from Morgado superior (Tomar, Portugal), Historical Biology, 36(5): 1065-1078
DS Docta Complutense
RD 11 abr 2025