RT Journal Article
T1 A neanderthal hunting camp in the central system of the Iberian Peninsula: A zooarchaeological and taphonomic analysis of the Navalmaíllo Rock Shelter (Pinilla del Valle, Spain)
A1 Moclán, Abel
A1 Huguet Pamiès, Rosa
A1 Márquez, Belén
A1 Laplana Conesa, César
A1 Galindo Pellicena, María Ángeles
A1 García García, Nuria
A1 Blain, Hugues Alexandre
A1 Álvarez Lao, Diego
A1 Arsuaga Ferreras, Juan Luis
A1 Pérez González, Alfredo José
A1 Baquedano, Enrique
AB The interior of the Iberian Peninsula has few Middle Palaeolithic sites, especially when compared to other areas of the Mediterranean Basin and the northern Spanish region. Few in number too are the zooarchaeological and taphonomic studies that throw light on the relationships between Neanderthal groups, their environment, and the use they made of it. The present work examines, both zooarchaeologically and taphonomically, the faunal remains of levels F and D of the Navalmaíllo Rock Shelter (Pinilla del Valle, Madrid, Spain) - the largest collection of such remains ever studied from the Iberian interior. The results allow this site to be interpreted as a Neanderthal hunting camp where occupations were short-term. Neanderthal people were the main agents that accumulated the site's faunal remains - largely those of large bovids and to a lesser extent medium-sized cervids. The activity of carnivores was also identified, but these animals mostly left behind the remains of small prey or fed upon carcasses abandoned at the camp by human hunters.
PB Elsevier
SN 0277-3791, ESSN: 1873-457X
YR 2021
FD 2021-10-01
LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/4471
UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/4471
LA eng
NO Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (MINECO)
NO Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (MICINN)/FEDER
NO Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (MICINN)
NO Comunidad de Madrid
NO Junta de Castilla y León/FEDER
NO Fundacion General  de la Universidad de Alcala de Henares-Museo Arqueologico Regional
NO Grupo Mahou
NO Canal de Isabel II-Gestion
DS Docta Complutense
RD 18 abr 2025