RT Journal Article
T1 Use of meat resources in the Early Pleistocene assemblages from Fuente Nueva 3 (Orce, Granada, Spain)
A1 Yravedra Sainz De Los Terreros, José
A1 Solano, José Antonio
A1 Courtenay, Lloyd A.
A1 Saarinen, Juha
A1 Linares Matás, Gonzalo
A1 Luzón, Carmen
A1 Serrano Ramos, Alexia
A1 Herranz Rodrigo, Darío
A1 Cámara, José Miguel
A1 Ruiz, Auxiliadora
A1 Titton, Stefania
A1 Rodriguez Alba, Juan José
A1 Mielgo, Clara
A1 Blain, Hugues-Alexandre
A1 Agustí, Jordi
A1 Sánchez Bandera, Christian
A1 Montilla, Eva
A1 Toro-Moyano, Isidro
A1 Fortelius, Mikael
A1 Oms, Oriol
A1 Barsky, Deborah
A1 Jiménez Arenas, Juan Manuel
AB Over the last few decades, several types of evidence such as presence of hominin remains, lithic assemblages, and bones with anthropogenic surface modifcations have demonstrated that early human communities inhabited the European subcontinent prior to the Jaramillo Subchron (1.07–0.98 Ma). While most studies have focused primarily on early European lithic technologies and raw material management, relatively little is known about food procurement strategies. While there is some evidence showing access to meat and other animal-based food resources, their mode of acquisition and associated butchery processes are still poorly understood. This paper presents a taphonomic and zooarchaeological analysis of the Fuente Nueva-3 (FN3) (Guadix-Baza, Spain) faunal assemblage, providing a more in-depth understanding of early hominin subsistence strategies in Europe. The present results show that hominins had access to the meat and marrow of a wide range of animal taxa, including elephants, hippopotami, and small- and medium-sized animals. At the same time, evidence of carnivore activity at the site suggests that these communities likely faced some degree of competition from large predators when acquiring and processing carcasses.
PB Springer Nature
SN 1866-9557
YR 2021
FD 2021-11-05
LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/4625
UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/4625
LA eng
NO CRUE-CSIC (Acuerdos Transformativos 2021)
NO Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (MICINN)
NO Junta de Andalucía
NO Centro de Excelencia María de Maeztu
DS Docta Complutense
RD 25 abr 2025