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5th Postgraduate Zooarchaeology Forum 2015 – Tarragona, 24th – 26th september
Programme and abstracts book
5th Postgraduate Zooarchaeology Forum
Organizer
Sponsors
Scientific committee
Ruth Blasco
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (Spain)
Marián Cueto
Instituto Internacional de Investigaciones
Prehistóricas de Cantabria (Spain)
Lídia Colominas
Institut Català d’Arqueologia Clàssica (Spain)
Elizabeth Farebrother
University College of London (England)
Sonia Gabriel
Directorate-General for Cultural Heritage –
Archaeosciences Laboratory (Portugal)
Mariana Nabais
University College of London (England)
Vanesa Parmigiani
Centro Austral de Investigaciones Científicas
(Argentina)
Britt Starkovich
Tübingen Universität (Germany)
Carlos Tornero
Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle (France)
Organization Committee
Edgar Camarós1,2 (Secretary)
Anna Rufà1,2
Patricia Martín1,2
Antonio Rodríguez-Hidalgo1,2
Antonio Pineda1,2
Maria Joana Gabucio1,2
Carlos Sánchez-Hernández1,2
Àngel Blanco3
Leopoldo J. Pérez1,2,
1IPHES, Institut Català de Paleoecologia Humana i Evolució Social (Catalan Institute of Human Paleoecology and Social
Evolution) 2Àrea de Prehistòria. Universitat Rovira i Virgili (URV)
3Archäozoologie. Institut für Naturwissenschaftliche Archäologie, Universität Tübingen. Senckenberg Center for Human
Evolution and Paleoenvironment (HEP)
PZAF 2015: Programme and abstracts book ©edition and design: PZAF 2015 – Organization committee
©texts: corresponding authors
Programme
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GENERAL PROGRAMME
SEPTEMBER
Time Thursday 24th Time Friday 25th Time Saturday 26th
8:30-9:00 REGISTRATION
9:00-10:40 SESSION 3 9:30-10:00
RECEPTION AT THE
TARRAGONA CITY COUNCIL
9:00-9:30 WELCOME
9:30-10:30 INAUGURAL
LECTURE RUTH BLASCO
10:30-11:00 Coffee break 10:40-11:10 Coffee break
11:00-13:00 SESSION 1 11:10-13:00 SESSION 4
13:00-15:00 Lunch 13:00-15:00 Lunch
10:00-13:30
GUIDED TOUR AROUND ROMAN
TARRAGONA
15:00-17:00 SESSION 2 15:00-16:40 SESSION 5
17:00-18:30 IPHES LAB VISIT 16:30-17:00 DISCUSSION/
CLOSING REMARKS
17:00-18:30 Aperitif/Drinks
SESSIONS
- SESSION 1
Innovate or die: new methodological advances in zooarchaeology
- SESSION 2
What to eat? Variability in the subsistence and occupational strategies from the Middle Pleistocene
to the Holocene
- SESSION 3
Sharing the space: hominids and other animals within the environment
- SESSION 4
Wild or domesticated: coexistence and exploitation of domestic and wild animals in the past
- SESSION 5
Special animal treatment in archaeological contexts
- POSTER SESSION
Poster session will be located at the Main Hall of the building and it will take place during Coffee
Breaks and Final Aperitif.
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THURSDAY 24th SEPTEMBER 2015
8:30-9:00 Registration 9:00-9:30 Welcome 9:30-10:30 Keynote speech. The Neanderthal menu: diet as a reflection of human behaviour
during the Middle and early Late Pleistocene. Ruth Blasco 10:30-11:00 COFFEE BREAK*
11:00-13:00 Session 1. Innovate or die: new methodological advances in zooarchaeology (Chair: Anna Rufà)
11:00 - Assigning sex to bird bones using sex genotyping: A pilot study. Ged Poland
11.20 -Diet and management of ancient sheep and goats: the potential of dental microwear. Lucy Lawrence
11:40 - Interpreting the Schöningen 13II-4 butchery sequence using the Harris Matrix. Aritza Villaluenga, Sina Lehnig, Jarod M. Hutson, Alejandro García-Moreno, Elaine Turner, Sabine Gaudzinski-Windheuser
12:00 - Relevance of the screen in the zooarchaeological record of historical periods. The site of La Maria (Seville) as a test-case study. Francisco Javier Luengo, Araceli Rodríguez, Álvaro Fernández
12:20 - What about bunnies? Identifying and utilizing often found and seldom used small mammal fauna data. Karin Scott
12:40 - The fatter the flea the leaner the dog – Finding out function by the anatomical characteristics of archaeological dog remains. Annamária Bárány
13:00-15:00 LUNCH TIME
15:00-17:00 Session 2. What to eat? Variability in the subsistence and occupational strategies from the Middle Pleistocene to the Holocene (Chair: Maria Joana Gabucio, Leopoldo J. Pérez)
15:00 - Overview on Schöningen 13 II-4 “Spear Horizon”: Zooarchaeology, Taphonomy, GIS and much more… Aritza Villaluenga, Jarod M. Hutson, Alejandro García-Moreno, Elaine Turner, Sabine Gaudzinski-Windheuser
15:20 - Reconstruction of Neanderthals occupational patterns in the MIS 3: bones refitting at Abric Romaní and Riparo Tagliente. Marta Modolo, Jordi Rosell, Ursula Thun Hohenstein
15:40 - Subsistence patterns during the Lower Magdalenian in Cantabrian Spain (ca. 17000-14000 BP; ca. 20000-17000 cal BP): terrestrial mammal exploitation. Rodrigo Portero
16:00 - The exploitation of animal resources in the Calcolithic site of Porto Torrão (Alentejo – Portugal) – Preliminary data. Vera Pereira
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16:20 - Study of socio-economic and consumption strategies during the Middle and Final Bronze Age in Majorca (Balearic Islands): the village of Els Closos de Ca’n Gaià. Lua Valenzuela, Sílvia Valenzuela-Lamas
16:40 - New data about the faunal assemblage of Castro de Achadizo (Cabo de Cruz, Galicia). Raquel Pérez, Palmira Saladié, Carlos Fernández, Cristina Seoane, Estevo Amado, Alba Antía Rodríguez
17:00-18:30 IPHES LAB VISIT
FRIDAY 25th SEPTEMBER 2015
9:00-11:00 Session 3. Sharing the space: hominids and other animals within the environment (Chair: Antonio Rodríguez-Hidalgo)
9:00 - Changing competition dynamics at the Barranc de la Boella (late Early Pleistocene): palaeoecological and behavioral implications. Antonio Pineda, Palmira Saladié, Rosa Huguet, Isabel Cáceres, Josep Vallverdú
9:20 - Bird bones from Gruta da Figueira Brava (Arrábida, Portugal). Mariana Nabais, Carlos Pimenta
9:40 - Together but not mixed: a field approximation for distinguish accumulations of leporids generated by humans and raptors in a Middle Palaeolithic context. The case of El Salt (Alicante, Spain). Leopoldo J. Pérez, Cristo M. Hernández, Jorge Machado, Carolina Mallol
10:00 - Insular zooarchaeology in the Pleistocene-Holocene transition: a Philippine case. Janine Ochoa
10:20 - Predation in human evolution: Hominins as carnivore prey? Edgard Camarós, Marián Cueto
10:40-11:10 COFFEE BREAK*
11:10-13:00 Session 4. Wild or domesticated: coexistence and exploitation of domestic and wild animals in the past (Chair: Patricia Martín, Àngel Blanco)
11:10 - The role of Aşıklı Höyük in the Beginning of Animal Domestication in Central Anatolia. Abu Bakar Siddiq
11:30 - Passing your time in the hilly flanks away: preliminary investigations into the animal economy of Tepe Marani, Iraqi Kurdistan. Elizabeth Farebrother
11:50 - Wild animals from the monuments of northern Armenia (based on excavations 2008-2012). Andranik Gyonjyan
12:10 - New insights into pig differentiation and Tell Halula as a case study. Roger Alcàntara
12:30 - In the kitchen of Człuchów governor. Study on XVIth, XVIIth and XVIIIth Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth cuisine. Kamil Niemczak
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13:00-15:00 LUNCH TIME
15:00-16:30 Session 5. Special animal treatment in archaeological contexts (Chair: Carlos Sánchez-Hernández, Antonio Pineda)
15:00 -The chelonians in the Iberian archaeological record and the importance of the ensemble of Camino de las Yeseras (Calcolithic of Madrid, Spain). Iratxe Boneta, Adán Pérez-García, Corina Liesau
15:20 - Some observations on the features of animals presented in the tribute scenes of the Pharaonic Egypt. Kamila Braulińska
15:50 - Llama (Llama glama) and Alpaca (Vicugna pacos) as a main victim of Inca religious practices. Katarzyna Marciniak
16:10 - Preliminary results on Late Roman animal bone deposit from Vermeulenstraat in Tongeren (Belgium). Emmy Nijssen
16:30-17:00 Discussion and closing remarks
17:00-18:30 APERITIF/DRINKS
SATURDAY 26th SEPTEMBER 2015
9:30-10:00 Reception at the City Council of Tarragona
10:00-13:30 Guided tour around Roman Tarragona
*you can download a high-resolution map from the PZAF2015 webpage.
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POSTER EXHIBITION
01 Deer Parks and Recreation. Zooarchaeological evidence from the Earls of Arundel hunting lodge in Downley (West Sussex, UK). Mariana Nabais, Nicole Barber, Mark Roberts
02 Hunting, breeding and environmental changes-petroglyphs from Tien Shan range. Pawel Janik, Dominika Kossowska
03 Approximation to animal husbandry of enclosures A16 and A17 of the site of l'Assut (Tivenys, Tarragona, Spain). Sergio Jiménez Manchón, Isabel Cáceres, Jordi Diloli Fons
04 Shedding light on dog domestication process: a new methodological approach. Valentina Catagnano
05 New archaeozoological data for the Late Antiquity in the northern Iberia Peninsula: El Castillón (Santa Eulalia de Tábara, Zamora). Rodrigo Portero Hernández, E. Álvarez-Fernández, J. C. Sastre Blanco, P. Fuentes Melgar, D. Franganillo Rodríguez
06 Biodiversity and Animal Management Strategies in Wetland Environments durnig the Middle Holocene: a Comparison between the Alpine and the Mediterranean Areas. Vanessa Navarrete
07 Management and exploitation of livestockand wild faunas from the Early Bronze age levels of Vallone Inferno (PA) and Case Bastione (EN) sites. Giovanni Di Simone, Daria Petruso, Patricia Martín Rodríguez
08 A working system for the recording and analysis of processing marks on bones. Anita Cornwell, Albert Fischer
09 New results of interaction between Homo sapiens, carnivores and megafauna in the Pampean region (Argentina) during the first American peopling. Karina Vanesa Chichkoyan
10 Breaking the bones. Fresh breakage on rabbit bones: an experimental approach. Carolina Aparicio, Anna Rufà, Ruth Blasco
Abstracts
Session 1Innovate or die: new methodological advances in
zooarchaeology
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Assigning sex to bird bones using sex genotyping: A pilot study
Poland, James Gerard1*
1University of Sheffield
Zooarchaeologists require an accurate method of sexing bird bones it order to discuss topics such
as the relative importance of egg production compared to meat production, the significance of
sports such as cock fighting, and the use of a particular sex in ritual activities. There are a number of
well discussed methods for assigning sex to bird remains but they all have accuracy issues and
cannot assign sex to all species and to all bones.
Assigning sex through the analysis of genomic DNA using sex-typing microsatellite primer sets has
been developed to help ecologists identify the sex of live birds as a number of taxa cannot be sexed
visually. New primer sets that require smaller fragments of DNA have recently been developed and
can be highly accurate when used for blood samples. However, prior to this pilot study they had not
been tested on bone. This paper discusses the need for accurate sexing of bird bones from
archaeological sites and the suitability of sex-typing primer sets to accurately assign sex using DNA
extracted from bone. Although the primer sets have not been tested on archaeological material,
the pilot study demonstrates their potential for archaeological application.
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Diet and Management of Ancient Sheep and Goats: The Potential of Dental
Microwear
Lawrence, Lucy1*
1Department of Archaeology, University of Sheffield
*corresponding author: [email protected]
Dental microwear analysis is now a well-established technique for dietary reconstruction in a
wide range of species mostly applied within palaeontological contexts to address broad dietary
adaptations (e.g. browsing vs. grazing in ungulates). Following the research of Mainland, which
demonstrated that DM analysis could also successfully investigate the subtle dietary distinctions
exhibited by domestic livestock under varying degrees of human control, there is a growing interest
in the application of this technique within archaeological contexts. A major limitation of standard
approaches to microwear analysis which utilise high magnification SEM scans of tooth surfaces, is
time and cost. Solounias, Rivals et al. have recently demonstrated that broad dietary categories can
be distinguished, more rapidly and cheaply through low-magnification microscopy using a
stereomicroscope. Whether this new method can also distinguish more subtle dietary differences in
domesticates, however, has not so far been tested extensively on modern specimens of known
diet. This presentation describes the testing of low-magnification microscopy on the modern
known-diet specimens of sheep and goat originally studied by Mainland with SEM. Problems of
replicability were encountered that appear to be minimised by combining low magnification
microscopy with HDR (high dynamic range) imaging, thus paving the way for application to ancient
specimens of unknown diet.
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Interpreting the Schöningen 13II-4 butchery sequence using the Harris
Matrix
Villaluenga, Aritza1* Lehnig, Sina2 Hutson, Jarod M.1 García-Moreno, Alejandro1 Turner, Elaine1,
Gaudzinski-Windheuser, Sabine1
1MONREPOS Archaeological Research Centre and Museum for Human Behavioural Evolution-RGZM
2Institut für Ur-und Frühgeschichte, Universität zu Köln
*corresponding author: [email protected]
The Schöningen 13II-4 site (Lower Saxony, Germany) is well-known for the discovery of 300,000-
year-old wooden spears in association with a large assemblage of Middle Pleistocene fauna. Such
extraordinary organic preservation also extends to a wide array of bone surface modifications that
can be used to reconstruct Middle Pleistocene hominin butchery practices. On bones with few
hominin-induced marks, the butchery sequence can be determined quite easily. However, the
sequence becomes increasingly more difficult to decipher in bones that include a high number and
diversity of modifications. To aid in this process, we have developed a simple approach of
determining the order of bone surface modifications using methods borrowed from the Harris
Matrix. Usually employed to organize complicated stratigraphic profiles, the Harris Matrix is well
suited to arrange and interpret the complex sequence of cut marks, scraping marks, impact
damage, soft hammer damage, and retouch damage preserved on many of the Schöningen 13II-4
bones. The aim of this presentation is to introduce this new Harris Matrix application for
zooarchaeological contexts and encourage young researchers in the development of new methods
in the field of zooarchaeology.
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Relevance of the screen in the zooarchaeological record of historical periods.
The site of La Maria (Seville) as a test-case study.
Luengo Gutiérrez, Francisco Javier1* Rodríguez Azogue, Araceli2 Fernández Flores, Álvaro2
1Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Tarragona, Spain
2Arqueología y Gestión
*corresponding author: [email protected]
Using screening systems is common in prehistoric sites, we can see from hand sieve to complex
systems of buoyancy. However, for many historical sites it is not a widespread reality. We present a
historical site where we have sieved a few stratigraphic units. The site, located in the street La
Maria, in Sevilla, belongs chronologically to two phases: one around the second century AD and
another around the XIII-XIV centuries AD. The totality bone fragments found in the sieve along the
five studied stratigraphic units represent more than 90% of total bone materials recovered at the
site. From these information, we expose in statistical terms the importance of using screening as a
method that shifts, in his absence, a material with a load of valuable information and it not only
reduces the zooarchaeological field.
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What about the bunnies? Identifying and utilising often found and seldom
used small mammal fauna data.
Scott, Karin1*
1Masters Student - Department of Anthropology and Archaeology – University of South Africa
Skeletal material from smaller mammals in southern Africa is often identified to a higher
taxonomic group/genus but seldom to species level. This creates a gap in our understanding of the
faunal record from archaeological sites. The genus Lepus is widespread in both the old and new
worlds and is taxonomically complex with a large number of species. There is currently no
osteological key for the hares or rabbits of southern Africa. The research will establish procedures
and protocols to distinguish cranially and post-cranially between the two species of Lepus (hares) in
southern Africa: Lepus capensis (Cape hare) and Lepus saxatilis (scrub hare). This will result in more
complete site interpretation as more accurate species identification will unlock data on subsistence
patterns, hunting methods and environmental changes that do not preserve in soil or breccias. The
setting of snares and traps indicates particular thought processes and knowledge of the
environment and ethnology. Such aspects can assist in identifying areas of human population
expansion and technological innovations. Protocols to accurately identify small mammal remains
will result in a better and more complete reconstruction of the historical, archaeological and
palaeontological records.
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The fatter the flea the leaner the dog – Finding out function by the
anatomical characteristics of archaeological dog remains
Bárány, Annamária1*
1Hungarian National Museum
In archaeological excavations many dog skeletons are found from the Prehistoric times to the late
Middle Ages. To identify what morphological group the individual could belong to, is usually
answered by the withers height, the traits of the skull and some features of the postcranial bones.
Although the skull could be the most certain breed-type marker, is often damaged, that is why the
aim of this project to investigate traits on the postcranial anatomical elements. It is known that
most of the recent dog breeds were made for some function (hunting, guarding, shepherd, etc.
dogs), what can be traced in the formation of the skeletal elements. Proportion and cross-sectional
profiles of the long bones, angulation of the girdles of the scapula and pelvis, extent of the
insertions and origins of the muscles are observable markers on the ancient dog bones as well. The
final aim is to process a method by using the measurements and morphometric traits of the recent
dog breeds to gain a closer characterization of the dogs found in the archaeological excavations.
Session 2What to eat? Variability in the subsistence and occupational
strategies from the Middle Pleistocene to the Holocene
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Overview on Schöningen 13 II-4 “Spear Horizon”: Zooarchaeology,
Taphonomy, GIS and much more…
Villaluenga, Aritza1* Hutson, Jarod M.1 García-Moreno, Alejandro1 Turner, Elaine1, Gaudzinski-
Windheuser, Sabine1
1MONREPOS Archaeological Research Centre and Museum for Human Behavioural Evolution-RGZM
*corresponding author: [email protected]
Schöningen 13II-4 (Lower Saxony, Germany) is famous for the discovery of eight well-preserved
wooden spears and faunal remains from the Middle Pleistocene (300.000BP, MIS 9). Over the past
three year, the MONREPOS Archaeological Research Centre and Museum for Human Behavioural
Evolution has developed a multidisciplinary research project to contextualize the Schöningen 13II-4
“Spear Horizon” on a local and regional scale. Zooarchaeological analysis of the large mammalian
remains (> 15.000 NISP) has identified an accumulation of 50 horses (Equus mosbachensis) and
other large herbivore species, such as cervids and bovids. Taphonomic analysis reveals evidence for
multiple hunting episodes by Middle Pleistocene hominins on the shore of a palaeolake, followed
by systematic processing of animal carcasses. The outstanding preservation has also allowed for an
in-depth analysis of a large collection of bone tools, including bone retouchers, soft hammers and
anvils. Further studies include stable isotopes, 3D-micro-texture of horse teeth, micromorphology
and pollen from original sediment blocks, high-resolution GIS spatial analysis and AAR dating.
Combined, these efforts provide a solid foundation to interpret the unique archaeological record at
Schöningen and to provide a context for the functional organization of hominin behaviour and
adaptive mechanisms to Pleistocene interglacial environments in Europe.
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Reconstruction of Neanderthals occupational patterns in the Mis 3: bones
refitting at Abric Romani and Riparo Tagliente.
Modolo, Marta1* Rosell, Jordi2 Thun Hohenstein, Ursula3
1PhD student Universitat Rovira i Virgili (URV), Campus Catalunya, Avinguda de Catalunya 35, 43002 Tarragona, Spain.
Institut Català de Paleoecologia Humana i Evolució Social (IPHES), c/ M. Domingo, Campus Sescelades, Tarragona 43007. 2
Institut Català de Paleoecologia Humana i Evolució Social (IPHES), c/ M. Domingo, Campus Sescelades, 43007
Tarragona, Universitat Rovira i Virgili (URV), Campus Catalunya, Avinguda de Catalunya 35, Tarragona 43002. 3
Dipartimento di Biologia ed Evoluzione, Sezione di Paleobiologia, Preistoria e Antropologia, Corso Ercole d'Este 32,
44100 Ferrara, Italia.
*Corresponding author: [email protected]
The here presented work concerns a PhD project, carried out during four years. It aims to identify
the patterns of Neanderthals subsistence in the Mousterian levels I and Ja of Abric Romanì
(Capellades, Spain) and the level 37 of Tagliente rockshelter (Verona, Italy). By means of bones
refitting of the faunal remains and their correlation with hearths, the activities areas (domestic or
working) and the length of the occupation have been investigated.
The sites chosen for this project, were selected for the rich archaeological records of lithic and
faunal remains, charcoal and hearths. Abric Romanì is one of the most important archaeological
sites of the beginning of the Late Pleistocene of the Iberian Peninsula, located in a strategic passage
between inland and coastal regions, that serves as a crossroads between the inner regions, plains
and mountains, and the coast.
Tagliente rockshelter, within the framework of the Lessini Mounts, is considered the type-site of
the Mousterian culture in the Veneto region. With the analyses of the spatial distribution the
resulting data could be used as a reference to investigate the patterns of occupation and
subsistence of Neanderthals in Europe.
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Subsistence patterns during the Lower Magdalenian in Cantabrian Spain
(ca. 17000-14000 bp; ca.20000-17000 cal bp): terrestrial mammal
exploitation
Portero Hernández, Rodrigo1*
1Dpto. de Prehistoria, Historia Antigua y Arqueología, Facultad de Geografía e Historia, Universidad de Salamanca
(USAL). C. Cerrada de Serranos s/n. E-37002. Salamanca.
This communication aims to review information available in the literature about macro-
mammalian fauna in Cantabrian Spain in the Lower Magdalenian. For that purpose, in addition to
the fauna in El Cierro Cave (Ribadesella, Asturias), a site that we are analysing in the framework of
our Ph. D., we will take into account only the archaeozoological data from published sites with
radiocarbon information. We will also study how the faunal evidence can help us to understand the
subsistence strategies of the human groups that inhabited this region from ca. 17,000 to 14,000 BP
(ca.20,000-17,000 cal BP). In this way, after gathering and contrasting all the available data, we will
know which are the most represented species, which anatomical parts are represented most, and if
there are changes or continuities in the faunal patterns at the different sites.
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The exploitation of animal resources in the Chalcolithic site of Porto Torrão
(Alentejo – Portugal) – Preliminary data
Pereira, Vera1*
1Universidade de Coimbra, CEAACP, Portugal
Identified as one of the largest settlements of the Chalcolithic period in the Iberian Peninsula,
with an estimated area of 100 hectares, the archaeological site of Porto Torrão – Ferreira do
Alentejo, Portugal – presents itself as an undeniable window on the understanding of the third
millennium B.C., with only a couple of studies conducted from the 80’s onward, with limited results.
Due to a major construction of water equipment supplies in the area, a section of the site was
recently excavated – comprising about 3000 m² of two major ditches and hundreds of pits. It has an
impending amount of data, whether it is about the settlement itself or its structures and goods.
Nevertheless, scarce studies were conducted, adding extra difficulties on the global knowledge of
the site and its inhabitants, as well as consumption and exploitation behaviors.
Preliminary data of the faunal remains of Porto Torrão is presented here, introducing the doctoral
thesis, with the specific aim of recognizing trends through the taxonomic, taphonomic and
osteometric approaches. The main goal is to acknowledge consumption habits and subsistence
economy to local, regional and interregional scales, the significance of domesticated versus wild
species, as well as anthropic manipulation of animals and exploitation strategies.
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Study of socio-economic and consumption strategies during the Middle and
Final Bronze Age in Majorca (Balearic Islands): the village of Els Closos de Ca'n
Gaià.
Valenzuela Suau, Lua1* Valenzuela-Lamas , Sílvia2
1Pre-doctoral fellow of the Conselleria d'Educació i Universitats de les Illes Balears; Member of ArqueoUIB research
group.
2Honorary Research Fellow, Department of Archaeology University of Sheffield; Member of GRACPE research group.
*corresponding author: [email protected]
The navetes settlement of Els Closos Ca'n Gaià was the first Bronze Age archaeological site in
Majorca in which not only the interior of the structures but also the exterior was excavated. This
allowed recovering materials in the areas immediately outside the navetes as well as from an area
interpreted as a communal work zone.
Together with other sites chronologically simultaneous, the site suffered a number of
architectural renovations throughout its occupation (1700-850 BC) that reflect the changing socio-
economic strategies occurring in this period.
The results presented here come from the study of the faunal remains recovered in the
communal work area of as well as the Naveta I (Valenzuela, 2013). Both sectors are compared in
order to assess how their diverse functionality may be reflected on the zooarchaeological record. In
addition, the results are framed in the discussion of the changes occurring in livestock and
husbandry practices in Majorca during the Bronze Age.
VALENZUELA-SUAU, L. and VALENZUELA-LAMAS, S. (2013): La fauna del Navetiforme I de Els Closos de Ca’n Gaià
(Mallorca). Arqueología y territorio 10, Granada, p. 13-26
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New data about the faunal assemblage of Castro de Achadizo (Cabo de Cruz,
Galicia).
Pérez Tenorio, Raquel1,2* Saladié Ballesté, Palmira2,1 Fernández Rodríguez, Carlos3 Seoane Novo,
Cristina4 Amado Rodriguez, Estevo4 Rodríguez Nóvoa, Alba Antía4 Fernández Marchena, Juan Luís2,1
1Area de Prehistoria, Universitat Rovira i Virgili (URV)
2IPHES, Institut Català de Paleoecologia Humana i Evolució Social.
3Área de Prehistoria, Universidad de León.
4GEPN, Departamento de Historia I, USC.
*corresponding author: [email protected]
The site Castro de O Achadizo is an Iron Age hillfort in the Galician Atlantic coast, located in the
Barbanza peninsula, in the right side of the Ria de Arousa, partially occupying the Cabo Cruz
peninsula (Santa María do Castro, Boiro). In 1984 Vázquez Varela recognized a shell-midden and
between 1991 and 1994 there were developed systematic excavations in the archaeological site by
A. Concheiro Coello. From these works, we have mammals, fish and malacological remains.
However, recently (2014), new bone material, mainly large mammals, from those excavations have
been deposited in the Department Of History I of the University of Santiago de Compostela. In the
present work we present the results of the analysis of these remains in relation with the previous
works. Here, the livestock is dominated by porcine, bovine and, above all, sheep/goat remains. This
latter factor could be related with the coastal position of the archaeological site, which could
explain the prevalence of small size cattle.
Session 3Sharing the space: hominids and other animals within the
environment
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Changing competition dynamics at the Barranc de la Boella (late Early
Pleistocene): palaeoecological and behavioral implications
Pineda, Antonio1,2* Saladié, Palmira1,2,3 Huguet, Rosa1,2,4 Cáceres, Isabel2,1 Vallverdú, Josep1,2,4
1IPHES, Institut Català de Paleoecologia Humana i Evolució Social (Catalan Institute of Human Paleoecology and Social
Evolution). C/ Marcel.lí Domingo s/n, Campus Sescelades URV (Edifici W3) E3, 43700 Tarragona, Spain. 2Àrea de Prehistòria. Universitat Rovira i Virgili (URV), Campus Catalunya, Avinguda de Catalunya 35, 43002 Tarragona,
Spain. 3GQP-CG, Grupo Quaternário e Pré-História do Centro de Geociências (uI&D 73 – FCT). 4Unit Associated to CSIC. Departamento de Paleobiología, Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales (MNCN), Consejo
Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC). Calle José Gutierrez Abascal, 2. 28006 Madrid, Spain.
* Corresponding author: [email protected]
Coexistence among hominins and carnivores in same environment during the Early Pleistocene is
common identified in the archaeological record. Understand the role played by both agents in
contexts where spatial/temporal co-ocurrence occurs is important to increase the knowledge about
conditions of competition among predators in these early chronologies.
Barranc de la Boella is made up of several peri-contemporaneous open-air archeological sites (Pit
1, La Mina and El Forn), formed in an alluvial context during the late Early Pleistocene (~1 Ma). Pit 1
locality has been interpreted as a butchering site of a single Mammuthus meridionalis, without
evidences of competition with other predators. On the other hand, current studies of La Mina level
II.2 suggest high inter- and/or intra-specific competition levels during the formation process of the
deposit. Different results offer preliminary studies of El Forn, with more variability in the different
levels analyzed, from intermediate to high values. Competition, then, tends to be diverse at Barranc
de la Boella.
These sites represent a wide variety of situations, reflecting a high behavioral diversity of these
late Early Pleistocene hominin groups in this floodplain. Know the different role played by these
populations in moments with different levels of competition inferred is important to know what the
impact of these groups on the ecosystem dynamics was and how they adapt their activities related
to the subsistence strategies in these circumstances.
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Bird bones from Gruta da Figueira Brava (Arrábida, Portugal)
Nabais, Mariana* Pimenta, Carlos
1University College London (UCL)
2Direcção Geral do Património Cultural (DGPC)
* Corresponding author: [email protected]
Gruta da Figueira Brava is a Middle Palaeolithic cave site located about 30 km south of Lisbon,
Portugal. The deposits excavated therein date from MIS-5. Currently, the cave is at the edge of the
ocean, but during Neanderthal occupation the sea was further out (5 km away at most). A wide
range of bird bones from both terrestrial and marine environments were recovered, including the
extinct Pinguinus impennis, the Great Auk. The bones are heavily coated with carbonate
concretions, making it difficult to identify surface modifications. Even so, it was possible to
distinguish different modes of bird bone accumulation (natural, carnivore and anthropogenic). The
diversity of the avifaunal collection also informs on the surrounding habitats; together with the
evidence from mammals, tortoises and shellfish, it indicates that the Figueira Brava Neanderthals
profited from a rich ecotonal environment and had access to an extensive assortment of resources.
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Together but not mixed: a field approximation for distinguish accumulations
of leporids generated by humans and raptors in a Middle palaeolithic
context. The case of El Salt (Alicante, Spain)
Pérez Luis, Leopoldo1,2,3* Hernández, Cristo M.3 Machado, Jorge3 Mallol, Carolina3
1IPHES; Institut Català de Paleoecologia Humana i Evolució Social, C/Marcel-lí Domingo s/n. Campus Secelades URV
(Edifici W3), 43007 Tarragona, Spain 2Àrea de Prehistoria, Universitat Rovira i Virgili (URV), Avinguda de Catalunya, 35, 43002 Tarragona, Spain
3Grupo de Investigación Sociedades Cazadoras-Recolectoras Paleolíticas, U.D.I. de Prehistoria, Arqueología e Historia
Antigua, Universidad de La Laguna (ULL), 38071 La Laguna, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain
*corresponding author: [email protected]
The study of Site Formation Process in the archaeology assemblages is a crucial resource to
generate a correct explanation of the ergologic record of our sites. With this aim, from a
zooarchaeological point of view, the identification of leporids remains provided by raptors and
humans in the Middle Paleolithic site of El Salt (Alcoy, Alicante) leads us to ask if both agents
interact during the deposit formation and if it’s possible distinguish between natural and
anthropogenic accumulations. In test mode, has been performed an exhaustive collection of
diagnostic remains, taxonomical identifiable like rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus), during the
excavation of part of Stratigraphic Unit Xb of El Salt. A thorough fieldwork has allowed the
identification of archaeological facies with the only presence of rabbit, in contrast with other where
these are recovered along with other animal bones, lithic industries and combustion structures. If
the first are only formed by natural agents and second with a mix of predations by raptors and
humans, we can identify different moments of occupations, temporarily separated, and collaborate
in the dissection of this great cumulative palimpsest and the explanation of human behavior that
produced these faunal assemblages.
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Insular zooarchaeology in the Pleistocene-Holocene transition: a Philippine
case
Ochoa, Janine1,2*
1Department of Anthropology, University of the Philippines
2Postgraduate student, Division of Archaeology, University of Cambridge
This zooarchaeological research aims to analyze the Late Quaternary vertebrate fossil record of
Palawan Island (Philippines), addressing fundamental questions regarding human-animal
interactions and biogeographic processes that have influenced the evolution of terrestrial
vertebrates and human cultures in the Philippine archipelago. Three vertebrate assemblages from
northern and southern Palawan will be analyzed, namely Pilanduk Cave, Ille Site and Pasimbahan-
Magsanib Site. These sites range in age from the Late Pleistocene at ca. 25,000 BP to the late
Holocene and all three contain extensive animal bone and midden assemblages. Preliminary
archaeological and palaeozoological data is here presented from the three sites. The research aims
to further contribute to our understanding of palaeoecological dynamics and biogeography in the
Philippines from the Late Pleistocene to the subrecent.
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Predation in human evolution: Hominins as carnivore prey?
Camarós, Edgar1* Cueto, Marián2
1Institut Català de Paleoecologia Humana i Evolució Social (IPHES)
2Instituto Internacional de Investigaciones Prehistóricas de Cantabria (IIIPC)
*Corresponding author: [email protected]
Predation is assumed to be a fundamental influence in the evolution of primate behavior.
Consequently, deterrence of predation has been described as an element with a high
sociobiological impact on the origin of the human condition. Research on direct confrontation
between hominins and large carnivores is clearly important, and yet this subject has not been
extensively explored largely due to the difficulty of approaching the topic using only archaeology
and/or paleoanthropology.
The present contribution analyses different hominin fossils (H. erectus, H. Neanderthalensis and
H. sapiens) from a taphonomic perspective in order to provide insight into direct interaction
between hominins and carnivores. Our research combines archaeozoological and forensic
approaches with the aim of building a useful methodology to infer carnivore Pleistocene attacks to
hominins.
Confirming such conflict would reveal an important environmental pressure among hominids,
despite the behavioral implications of this direct interaction.
Session 4Wild or domesticated: coexistence and exploitation of
domestic and wild animals in the past
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The Role of Aşıklı Höyük in the Beginning of Animal Domestication in Central
Anatolia
Siddiq, Abu Bakar1*
1Department of Archaeology, Prehistory Section, Istanbul University
Anatolia has long been recognized as a major center of Neolithic development including animal
domestication. The role of central Anatolia in the emergence of early herding is also quite strong to
archaeozoologist in these days. Among the other aceramic Neolithic sites Aşıklı Höyük, a mound
site lies on the riverbank of the Melendiz in Western Cappadocia, is different as it is the earliest
known aceramic Neolithic mound site in Central Anatolia dated back to approximately 9,000 cal
B.C. Stabling was one of the early mechanisms of caprine population isolation, a precondition to
domestication, took place in Aşıklı in very early stage. The site also represents the birth of the
aceramic Neolithic in central Anatolia and preserves clear evidence of the very beginnings of wheat
and sheep domestication. Sites of this age with good preservation are extremely rare in Anatolian
region. With these aspects it is high time to sort out the evidences and records which show the
early evolution of domesticates and the means of reproductive isolation by Aşıklı Höyük inhabitants
what let domestication take place and changed the Neolithic life in central Anatolia as well as the
future of the world.
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Passing Your Time in the Hilly Flanks Away: Preliminary Investigations into
the Animal Economy of Tepe Marani, Iraqi Kurdistan.
Farebrother, Elizabeth1*
1University College London
This presentation introduces the zooarchaeology of Tepe Marani (c.5620-5220 cal.BC), a low tell
mound site on the Shahrizor Plain, located 7 km from the modern town of Halabjah, Northeastern
Iraq.
Results of a pilot macrofaunal analysis are here presented, with the data contextualised on both a
local and regional scale. A reliance on a range of taxa (sheep, goat and pig) for meat consumption in
the post-domestication economy is highlighted, although butchery and burning has also been
observed on larger Bos elements and wild species including Cervidae. The ratio of wild to domestic
animals in the Tepe Marani assemblage is explored, to emphasise key themes underpinning
ongoing PhD research into geographical and temporal shifts in human-animal interaction
throughout the Eastern Fertile Crescent.
Preliminary conclusions suggest that Tepe Marani appears promising for understanding the
human modification of animal bones (for consumption and working) on the Shahrizor Plain during
the Halaf. This assessment also highlights the general role of animals in the economy of Tepe
Marani, providing new avenues to pursue when understanding human-animal relationships in the
post-domestication landscape.
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Wild animals from the monuments of northern Armenia (based on
excavations 2008-2012)
Gyonjyan, Andranik1*
1Department of Zoology of Vertebrate animals, Scientific Center of Zoology and Hydroecology of NAS Armenia
According to its physical and geographical features, the eastern part of northern Armenia is
mainly described as a mountain forest landscape with moderate and semi-humid climate, while its
western part is typical highland plateaus and mountain chains with cold and dry climate. From
archaeozoological point of view the northern part of Armenia is of special interest due to variety of
archaeological sites with abundant fossil deposits in the area dating back to chronologically diverse
time periods.
More than eight thousand bones of different domestic and wild animal species of Bronze, Iron
and Middle ages from several archaeological sites of northern Armenia have been identified and
analyzed. This specifically refers to wild animals represented in studied bone remains and making
up a total of 9 species: Canis lupus, Lepus europaeus, Martes foina,Vulpes vulpes, Sus scrofa,Cervus
elaphus, Capreolus capreolus, Capra aegagrus, Ovis orientalis.
Analysis of osteological material shows that in general, the species composition of the studied
monuments is very similar. Judging by the small number of remains of wild animals, hunting had
little value in the economy of the population of that region.
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New insights into pig differentiation and Tell Halula as a case study
Alcàntara Fors, Roger1*
1Laboratori d’Arqueozoologia, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Differentiation between wild and domestic pig have always been a troublesome matter. Although
biometrical criteria under the premise of size reduction have proven to be reliable, its utility is
mostly reduced to significantly distant populations.
Recent studies have attempted to improve our ability in distinguishing wild and domestic pig in its
earliest phases of domestication taking different approaches to the problem: biometry, geometric
morphometrics or aDNA.
We present a brief review of recent approaches on pig differentiation and reproduce some of
these techniques on a revision of suid remains from the site of Tell Halula. Located in the Middle
Euphrates Valley in the Arab Republic of Syria, its exceptional archaeological sequence ranging from
7800-5800 cal BC grants a perfect sample for evaluating the results obtained with these
methodologies and for broadening our knowledge on pig’s domestication process.
Results support a high degree of variability in pig exploitation during early phases of pig
husbandry adoption. It’s increasingly obvious that early pig domestication is a complex and very
variable phenomenon that isn’t only represented through animals’ physical characteristics. An
integrative approach is required to differentiate between wild and domestic populations.
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In the kitchen of Człuchów governor. Study on XVIth, XVIIth and XVIIIth
Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth cuisine.
Niemczak, Kamil1*
1Center of Middle-East European Antiquity Research, University of Warsaw
Archaeological excavations of governor castle in Człuchów (Poland) brought a lot of faunal
remains. One of the most interesting parts of these materials is dated on XVIth century.
Archeozoological investigation on these bones has demonstrated that big percent of it belong to
wild animals. That situation isn't very typical for Middle Ages and Modern Era archaeological sites
from Polish territory. Looking for possible answer to this problem leads us to "Compendium
Ferculorum", the first Polish cookbook from XVIIth century. Work of Stanisław Czerniecki, cook
master of Lubomirski’s family, shows what polish magnates were eating in the times of Polish–
Lithuanian Commonwealth. Their specific taste made them distinctive group of society. Faunal
remains from castle which was residence of governor can show us reflection of these preferences,
like willingly eating of wild game and reluctant consumption of pork.
Session 5Special animal treatment in archaeological contexts
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The chelonians in the Iberian archaeological record and the importance of
the ensemble of Camino de las Yeseras (Chalcolithic of Madrid, Spain).
Boneta Jiménez, Iratxe1* Pérez-García, Adán2,3 Liesau, Corina4
1Universidad Autónoma de Madrid. C/Francisco Tomás y Valiente, 1. 28049 Cantoblanco, Madrid, Spain. 2Grupo de Biología Evolutiva, Facultad de Ciencias, UNED, Paseo de la Senda del Rey 9, 28040 Madrid, Spain. 3Centro de Geologia, Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa (FCUL), Edificio C6, Campo Grande, 1749-016
Lisbon, Portugal. 4Dpto. de Prehistoria y Arqueología. Universidad Autónoma de Madrid. C/Francisco Tomás y Valiente, 1. 28049
Cantoblanco, Madrid, Spain.
*Corresponding author: [email protected]
The chelonian accumulation of thousands of postcranial elements (especially those corresponding
to the shells) of the freshwater turtles Mauremys leprosa and Emys orbicularis in one pit from the
Chalcolithic site of Camino de las Yeseras (Madrid, Spain) is studied. For this purpose, an update of
the presence and nature of the turtle remains in the Iberian archaeological sites is presented. The
whole Iberian archaeological record of turtles is examined taking into account both the temporal
and the faunalcontext. This revision is done through a comprehensive literature review, covering
both archaeological and systematic publications. The limited information in several studies and
publications presenting remains of turtles is notified, and inaccuracies or problems in some of them
are discussed. In this sense, new interpretations concerning the firsthand study of some of these
remains are presented here. In addition, specimens from several archaeological sites where the
turtles were hitherto unpublished are analyzed here.
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Some observations on the features of animals presented in the tribute scenes
of the pharaonic Egypt
Braulińska, Kamila1*
1University of Warsaw, Poland
The so-called tribute scenes represented in pharaonic art depict goods offered by foreign
delegations to Egyptian kings. The popular name 'tribute' may be misleading, as the scenes might
have also included diplomatic gifts and a certain import presented by the queen Hatshepsut in her
famous temple. Among the goods presented in the New Kingdom, animal raw materials, as well as
live creatures can be found. The led or carried animals are depicted in particular poses and seem to
bear specific characteristics. Nevertheless, the aspective approach of Egyptian art disturbs a clear
interpretation of the issue. Therefore, more emphasis should be put on detailed zoological study in
wider range. In the discussed scenes it might indicate unique observation skills typical for ancient
artists, and that the animals could have been domesticated or, in most cases, at least tamed.
Several features may be traced in zooarchaeological material, even more in ancient iconography.
Unfortunately, the textual sources do not seem to be considerably helpful, perhaps contrary to the
modern comparative material behavioral study. What appears to be problematic as well, is the fact
that not much of ancient bone material evidences the phenomenon of animal inbound at all.
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Llama (Llama glama) and Alpaca (Vicugna pacos) as a main victim of Inca
religious practices.
Marciniak, Katarzyna1*
1Archaeological Institute, Faculty of History, Warsaw University
Both domesticated and wild camelids play an important role in ancient Andean societies, as they
were the only large domesticated ruminants on the mainland of the Americas. The moment of their
domestication was one of the most important in the history of South America, among others,
because by dint of their diverse use pre-Columbian cultures developed so rapidly. Since the
domestication of South American Camelids (SAC), human-animal relation between them were seen
as the key to human survival, providing materials and services essential to the economy of pre-
Columbian cultures. They were pack animals transporting goods on a very long distances, they also
have a great ability to withstand environmental conditions of mountain and lowland, their fur was
used for the production of fabrics, have been used for ritual and in everyday life. In addition, the
meat of domesticated camelids was one of the main sources of protein in the diet of pre-Columbian
cultures. Extensive use of all four species of camelids caused that they were strongly inscribed in
the awareness of the native american societies.
This paper takes the attempt to standardize the information about varied use of South American
Camelids in ritual practices in Inca times described in sixteenth-century, as well as on the basis of
osteological material from ceremonial sites of Inca Empire. The special attention will be paid on
how present-day native communities living in the Andes maintain tradition of animal sacrifice up to
the present moment.
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Preliminary results on Late Roman Animal bone deposit from the
Vermeulenstraat in Tongeren (Belgium)
Nijssen, Emmy1*
1Independent researcher
Tongeren is the only Roman city in Belgium. It is located in the Northeast of the country. The site
Vermeulenstraat has known a permanent occupation since the arrival of the Romans in the first
century BC. The site is located in the centre of the town and has been investigated by
archaeologists in several fazes.
The last excavation dates from 2007 and it is this zooarchaeological material that will be
investigated. The ration of the three main domesticates: sheep/goat, cattle and pig will be
explained as well as the frequency of other domestic or wild species. In turn, this can be related to
the research conducted in the 90’s, to see whether or not there is a consumption pattern change
throughout the Roman period on this site.
On top of that, archaeological research has shown that this was a high status villa with several
objects that came from long distance trading. Not surprisingly the villa also contained a
hypocaustum. It is here that a certain amount animal bones seem to be placed in a more careful
way than the general consumption waste. Whether or not this is a ritual deposit, will be clarified in
forthcoming research.
Posters
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Deer Parks and Recreation. Zooarchaeological evidence from the Earls of
Arundel hunting lodge in Downley (West Sussex, UK).
Nabais, Mariana1* Barber, Nicole1 Roberts, Mark1
1University College London
*corresponding author: [email protected]
The deer park at Downley is one of many medieval parks known from the county of Sussex (UK),
8km north of Chichester. The park belonged to the Earls of Arundel and there is evidence of its
occasional use by high-status figures, such as King Henry VIII. The park perimeter measures 6.6km
and covers an area of 261.7ha. During the first season of excavation in 2014 the presence of a
substantial lodge building was proven within the pale, the features associated with the lodge
contained various archaeological and environmental remains. This paper focuses on the study of
zooarchaeological materials recovered from the 16 trenches opened in 2014. All faunal remains
were studied, revealing domestic animals such as cattle and sheep, as well as wild animals such as
deer and boar. Fallow deer is the most frequent species showing a very complete body part
representation, suggesting it was hunted and processed locally. Further work is carried out looking
at body part representation, which is particularly important when looking at the ritualised
dismemberment of hunted animals. In any hunting milieu dogs/hounds are prevalent, and are
represented by some anatomical elements, but also by considerable evidence of gnawing marks on
bones that were clearly humanly processed before being fed to the animals.
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Hunting, breeding and environmental changes – petroglyphs from Tien
Shan range.
Janik, Pawel1 Kossowska, Dominika1*
1Antiquity of Southeastern Europe Research Centre University of Warsaw
*corresponding author: [email protected]
We would like to present the poster about zoomorphic motifs engraved on the rocks from the
area of Tien Shan in Central Asia as an example of a source showing environmental changes and
human adaptation to the new habitats. The Tien Shan's Petroglyphs were created from the
Paleolithic times to the almost present day. By dint of specific features some of these rock
engravings can be dated. There present sacred ceremonies, hunting scenes, human images and
local and domesticated animals. Some petroglyphs are evidence of fauna's changes. For example
there are reindeer's depiction on the area which is now semi-arid. Furthermore these petroglyphs
may exhibit transition from a nomadic hunter-gatherer way of life to a more settled agrarian-based
one. The rock engravings also portray changes in a structure of hunting and animal husbandry. So
we believe that this kind of the iconographic analysis is very important for zooarchaeological
studies in Central Asia.
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Approximation to animal husbandry of enclosures A16 and A17 of the site
of l’Assut (Tivenys, Tarragona, Spain)
Jiménez Manchón, Sergio1,2* Cáceres, Isabel1,2 Diloli Fons, Jordi1
1Universitat Rovira i Virgili (URV), Avinguda de Catalunya 35, 43002 Tarragona, Spain
2IPHES, Institut Català de Paleoecologia Humana i Evolució Social Zona Educacional 4 -Campus Sescelades URV (Edifici
W3) ES 43007 Tarragona, Spain
*corresponding author: [email protected]
The site of l’Assut, dated from the 7th to the 1st centuries BC, is an Iron Age settlement located on
the lower course of river Ebro (Tivenys, Spain). The excavation campaigns of 2010 and 2011 were
focused on the study of enclosures A16 and A17 (5th-2ndcenturies BC). The zooarchaeological
analysis of the 427 bone remains recovered allowed inferring the farming strategies developed at
the village. Caprines predominated in all chronological phases and a gradual growth of pig
production was noticed. In addition, in the last phase (2nd century BC) a significant change in the
variability of taxonomic representation was attested, being the relevant increase of red deer
hunting the main difference on it.
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Shedding Light on Dog Domestication Process: a New Methodological
Approach.
Catagnano, Valentina1*
1Department of Prehistory, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.
The research is focused on dog Domestication process In the Western Mediterranean Area from
Neolithic to Roman Age combining, for the first time, two different perspectives.
According to the large existing differences between dogs already in prehistoric times (in terms of
specified colour coat, size, strength, cranial morphology) and the difficulty to discriminate first
domesticated dogs (canis familiaris) from their ancestors (Canis lupus) by using only biometrics, we
decided to integrate zooacrhaeological data with the newest techniques of genetic research (Next
Generation Sequencing).
Our goal is to shed light on selective pressure which has been submitted dog during times,
explaining internal and external-site variability, stressing its correlation with the social and
economic factors and, on the other hand, the identification of specific selected genetic characters
that drove domestication.
This pioneering study wants to propose a new methodological approach to dog domestication
process investigation and the comparison of our future results and the zooarchaeological literature
on this subject, will definitely help us to better understand how, where and when domestication
took place.
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New Archaeozoological data for Late Antiquity in the northern Iberia
Peninsula: El Castillón (Santa Eulalia de Tábara, Zamora)
Portero Hernández, R.1* Álvarez-Fernández, E.1 Sastre Blanco, J. C.2 Fuentes Melgar, P.2
Franganillo Rodríguez, D.2
1Dpto. de Prehistoria, Historia Antigua y Arqueología, Facultad de Geografía e Historia, Universidad de Salamanca
(USAL). C. Cerrada de Serranos s/n. E-37002. Salamanca. 2Asociación Científico – Cultural Zamora Protohistórica
*corresponding author: [email protected]
The fortified settlement of El Castillón is located in the middle course of the River Esla, on the
historical frontier between the Swabian and Visigothic kingdoms. It controlled the whole valley and
was directly related with the iron ore mines in Sierra de la Culebra. Different areas have been
identified inside it, both dwellings and functional (metal-working area and storage area) spaces,
dated in the late fifth and early sixth centuries AD. This report represents a preliminary study of the
abundant archaeofaunal remains (mainly of mammals, but also of birds, fish and molluscs) found in
the storage area at the site.
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Biodiversity and Animal Management Strategies in Wetland Environments
during the Middle Holocene: a Comparison between the Alpine and the
Mediterranean Area.
Navarrete, Vanessa1*
1Laboratori d’Arqueozoologia, Departament de Prehistòria. Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona.
Wetland environments constituted a significant place where first farming communities were
established. Animal management strategies present a high variability degree during the Neolithic.
The aim for this study is to evaluate if lake environments influenced in subsistence strategies of first
farming societies in terms of biodiversity availability in both the Alpine and the Mediterranean area.
For this purpose, a comparative analysis between mammal exploitation strategies in dryland and
wetland sites has been carried out. Emphasis is placed on La Draga site (Girona, Spain), an exclusive
Early Neolithic lakeshore (5430-4796 cal BC) in the Mediterranean area because of anoxic
preservation of bioarchaeological remains. Archaeozoological studies evidence that among the 51
animal species documented, the remains of wild mammals represent 3% of the total. Although
most of wild animal species exploited constituted, in terms of meat supply, a sporadic or occasional
resource, the wide diversity of species represented is significant.
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Management and exploitation of livestock and wild faunas from the Early
Bronze age levels of Vallone Inferno (PA) and Case Bastione (EN) sites
Di Simone, Giovanni1* Petruso, Daria2 Martín Rodríguez, Patricia3,4
1Università degli studi di Ferrara, Dipartimento degli Studi Umanistici
2Università degli studi di Palermo, Dipartimento delle Scienze della Terra e del Mare 3IPHES, Institut Català de Paleoecologia Humana i Evolució Social (Catalan Institute of Human Paleoecology and Social
Evolution) 4Àrea de Prehistòria. Universitat Rovira i Virgili (URV)
*corresponding author: [email protected]
This work deals with the archaeozoological and taphonomical study of large mammal remains
recovered from the Early Bronze age levels of Vallone Inferno rock shelter (PA) and Case Bastione
Village (EN), both located in central Sicily. The aim is the comparison of the two faunal samples
belonging to coeval archaeological sites but typologically different being Vallone Inferno a closed
human context and Case Bastione an opened one. At such purpose has been carried on the
reconstruction of the management and exploitation techniques of livestock and wild faunas by
human populations.
The archaeozoological analysis performed in the Department of Earth and Sea Science of Palermo
University proved that humans from both sites were involved in the breeding mainly of sheep and
goats and secondarily of pig and ox while the rare hunting was addressed to the red deer.
Subsequently in the Laboratory of Archaeozoology and Taphonomy of the Biology and Evolution
Department of Ferrara University have been investigated only the bones were have been
recognized traces both of natural origin (roots, manganese crusts, carnivores and rodents bites,
trampling, weathering) and human made (burnt/boiled evidences, fractures, slaughter traces). The
slaughter traces have been analyzed with SEM testifying the use of lithic tools.
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A Working System for the Recording and Analysis of Processing Marks on
Bones.
Cornwell, Anita M.1 Fischer, Albert1*
1Independent researcher
*Corresponding author: [email protected]
The poster will display the product of a collaborative development for solving the problem of a
system for recording, analysing and presenting graphic forms of butchery data. We believe the
solution to this problem has eluded the zooarchaeological community for more than 30 years and
has meant that these types of data from many assemblages has been inaccessible and in some
cases has now been lost.
Key criteria for the system have been established to create a workable system that will enable its
use as widely as possible. One of these has been the avoidance of further high investment for users
by creating all the necessary system requirements, principally its templates and computer
programming. Also all the system’s components have been developed on free software or standard
packages.
As well as the recording and analysis facilities, the system incorporates procedures to export data
into other programs for further analyses or to share site data with other researchers who use the
system, thereby enabling inter-site or more broad based analyses of butchery data.
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New results of interaction between Homo sapiens, carnivores and
megafauna in the Pampean region (Argentina) during the first American
peopling.
Chichkoyan, Karina Vanesa1,2 *
1IPHES, Institut Català de Paleoecologia Humana i Evolució Social, Zona Educacional, 4. Campus Selscelades URV (Edifici
W 3). 43007. Tarragona, España. 2Área de Prehistoria, Universitat Rovira i Virgili (URV). Avinguda de Catalunya 35, 43002. Tarragona, España.
Pampean megafaunal collections housed in different museums in Europe and Argentina are being
taphonomically analyzed. This study has revealed anthropic cut marks and carnivore intervention in
different taxon of extinct groups, like Megatherium sp., Mylodontidae, Macrauchenia patachonica
and Glyptodontidae among others. Also several bones with pathologies have been detected. This
can be linked to the fact that this fauna was in an ecological crisis, because of the changing
conditions characteristic of the Pleistocene- Holocene transition in the region. This information
allows to reconstruct the paleoecological relationships that Homo sapiens established with the
native fauna in the first American dispersal. Through hunting or scavenging actions humans have
intervened as a new competitor and predator over a decadent fauna, producing modifications
and/or colonization of the native niches. This could have implied the extinction of several stocks
characteristic of the Quaternary period. Consequently, this perspective allows to get deep into the
way that humans have impacted over a paleoenvironment not used to this presence. This situation
contrast with other continents like Europe that had several Homo sp. interventions before the
introduction of our specie.
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Breaking the bones. Fresh breakage on rabbit bones: an experimental
approach
Aparicio, Carolina1 Rufà, Anna2, 1, * Blasco, Ruth3
1 Àrea de Prehistòria, Universitat Rovira i Virgili (URV), Avinguda de Catalunya, 35, 43002 Tarragona, Spain 2 IPHES; Institut Català de Paleoecologia Humana i Evolució Social, C/ Marcel·lí Domingo s/n. Campus Sescelades URV
(Edifici W3), 43007 Tarragona, Spain 3 Departament de Prehistòria, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Facultat de Lletres-Edifici B, 08193 Bellaterra,
Barcelona, Spain
*Corresponding author: [email protected]
How to determine breakage patterns on bones has been a field of discussion by different authors,
especially to discern which fractures were done when the bone was still fresh or when it was
already dry, without collagen content. Despite it is broadly accepted how bone fractures can be
determined on large animals, rabbits, as well as other small prey, may act different in similar
situations, producing breakage patterns that might not be the same as stipulated before. Some
trials made on rabbit bones try to determine general morphology patterns of bones when they
break. They also attempt to assess the taphonomical modifications associated to breakage; but no
special attention has been paid on the fracture planes. The main goal of this preliminary study is to
characterize fresh breakage on rabbit bones from an experimental approach. A reproduction of
long bones breakage has been carried out on raw and roasted rabbits to explore if some differences
can be appreciated between them. The same analyses will be useful to characterize possible
differences between intentional breakage and that generated when bone is in dry state.
