rodríguez-hidalgo et al. eshe 2016 hunting
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Hunting, butchering, carrying and sharing
along the Gran Dolina sequence
The ancient origin of the modern subsistence dynamics
RODRÍGUEZ-HIDALGO, SALADIÉ, ARSUAGA, BERMÚDEZ DE CASTRO & CARBONELL
Gradual Evolution from
obligate scavengers…
…to AMH as Top of the
Evolutionary Process as
Prominent Hunters
Figure from Espigares et al. 2013 QI
Sorry Sir, I'm skillful
hunter and wooden-
spear maker
Yes, my
friend and me
too!
OMG,
TALKING
MONKEYS!!!
Stasis Punctuated by
Change?
Gran Dolina
TD6.2
TD10.2 bison bone bed
TD10.1bone bed
Upper
TD10.1 NR 1770
NR 24216
NR 6994
NR 4411
Location
Residential base
Kill Site
Residential base
Ungulates79%
Primate15%
Carnivores6%
Ungulates99%
Carnivores0,5% Mesofauna
0,6%
Ungulates99%
Carnivores0,2%
Mesofauna1,1%
Ungulates77%
Carnivores5%
Mesofauna18%
TD6.2
TD10.2
TD10.1
Up. TD10.1
(Saladié et al. 2011)
TD6.2
(Rodríguez.-Hidalgo 2015)
TD10.1
(Blasco et al. 2013)
Up. TD10.1
General strategies
STALKING
AMBUSHING
Specific strategies
COMMUNAL DRIVE
INTERGRUPAL VIOLENCE
a) More Cut marks in Shafts
b) More Cut marks in Meaty Limbs
Experimental Early Access
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c) More Cut marks in Limb Bones
a) Cut marks on Shafts > 70%
c) Cut marks on Limb Bones >30%
b) Cut marks on Meaty Limbs >70%
76-97%
30-47%
41-61%
2-18%
20-66%
Gran Dolina Early Access
Slicing marks > 81-96%
Massive breakage of long bones
Intensive processing of the carcasses
Complete chaîne opératoire: Skinning,
evisceration, dismembering, defleshing,
disarticulation
Overlapping of Cutmarks and Tooth marks
always primary access of hominins
Gran Dolina Early Access
Systematic processing of the carcasses
Layers with Input of Materials (referential or logistical)
The same skeletal profile for every weight of size
Overlapping of diverse transport strategies
Dominance of axial elements (skull and trunks)
Preferential transport of high marrow yield elements
Layer with Output of Materials (kill site)
Cooperative Work for
Transport
Partial or Integral Transport of
Carcasses of >150 individuals from the
Kill Sites to Camps
Deferred Consumption Meat Sharing
Are the 4 layers identical?Important differences from a zooarcheological and
taphonomical point of view
Mainly related with the time and nature of the occupations
Gradual or Punctuated?
Early emergence of…
Hunting
Large UngulatesCooperation
Modern
Butchering
Deferred
ConsumptionPrime-adults Sharing
…and Stasis
Many thanks toESHE Society
Atapuerca Research Team
Pictures and PhotosKennis & Kennis
Javier Trueba
Mauricio Antón
Stanley Kubrick
Brian Fray
M. Coutureau
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