RT Journal Article
T1 Zooarchaeological study of pigs during the Holocene at El Portalón (Sierra de Atapuerca, Burgos, Spain)
A1 Galindo Pellicena, María Ángeles
A1 Pérez Romero, Amalia
A1 Iriarte, Eneko
A1 Gaspar Simón, Ignacio de
A1 Arsuaga Ferreras, Juan Luis
A1 Carretero, José Miguel
AB A taphonomic study, followed by the biometrical analysis and mortality profile of 490 bone remains from the Neolithic to Bronze Age levels at El Portalón (Atapuerca, Burgos, Spain) is presented in this work. The pig is the third most represented taxon in the Neolithic, Pre-Bell Beaker Chalcolithic, Bell-Beaker Chalcolithic, and Late Bronze Age levels, and the fourth taxon in the Early and Middle Bronze Age levels, when it was replaced by horses. There was a slight decrease in pig size from the Bell-Beaker to the Middle Bronze Age, coinciding with a change in suid management. The possible causes of these changes are analyzed and discussed in this work. Taphonomic alterations, as well as anthropic evidence, such as cut marks, human tooth marks, dynamic loading, and fire modifications, suggest consumption of domestic suids throughout the El Portalón site's entire chronocultural sequence.
PB Elsevier
SN 0016-6995
YR 2025
FD 2025-02
LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/121165
UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/121165
LA eng
NO Galindo-Pellicena, Pérez-Romero, Iriarte, de Gaspar, Arsuaga, & Carretero. (2025). Zooarchaeological study of pigs during the Holocene at El Portalón (Sierra de Atapuerca, Burgos, Spain). Geobios, 88-89, 113-123. https://doi.org/10.1016/J.GEOBIOS.2024.05.009
NO Credit authorship contribution statement M.A. Galindo-Pellicena: Writing – original draft, Methodology, Investigation.A. Pérez-Romero: Investigation.E. Iriarte: Investigation.I. de Gaspar: Investigation.J.L. Arsuaga: Supervision, Investigation.J.M. Carretero: Supervision, Investigation.
NO Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades ( España)
NO European Commission
NO Fundación Atapuerca y el Laboratorio de Evolución Humana de la Universidad de Burgos
DS Docta Complutense
RD 15 jun 2025