@misc{10481/76391,
year = {2022},
month = {6},
url = {http://hdl.handle.net/10481/76391},
abstract = {Little is known about the subsistence practices of the first European settlers, mainly
due to the shortage of archaeological sites in Europe older than a million years.
This article contributes to the knowledge of the subsistence of the first Europeans
with new zooarchaeology and taphonomic data from the Palaeolithic site of Barranco
León (Orce, Granada, Spain). We present the results of the analysis of the
faunal assemblages retrieved in the context of new excavations undertaken between
2016 and 2020. We have followed a standard methodology for the identification and
quantification of species, mortality profiles, skeletal representation and taphonomic
analysis. With regard to the taphonomic evidence, we have documented the extent of
rounding, abrasion and other alterations. Finally, we examined traces from the activities
of carnivores and hominins that led to the accumulation and alteration of the
bone assemblages. Results indicate that the archaeo-paleontological deposits from
Barranco León present a dual-patterned mixed taphonomic origin. The first phase
primarily involved waterborne processes (BL-D1), which led to the accumulation
of lithic raw materials, a few archaeological stone tools, and some faunal remains
with percussion and cutmarks. The second phase (BL-D2) contains several stone
tools associated with faunal remains with more anthropogenic alterations, such as
cutmarks and percussion marks. After analysing the Barranco León zooarchaeological
assemblage, the present study concludes that hominins had access to the meat
and within-bone nutrients of animals of diverse sizes. However, the specific carcass
acquisition mechanisms that hominins followed are less certain because the presence
of tooth marks suggests that carnivores also played a role in the accumulation
and modification of the Barranco León faunal assemblage.},
organization = {CRUE-CSIC agreement		
Springer Nature},
organization = {Junta de Andalucia, Consejeria de Educacion, Cultura y Deporte: Orce Research Project `Primeras ocupaciones humanas y contexto paleoecologico a partir de los depositos pliopleistocenos de la cuenca Guadix-Baza: zona arqueologica de la Cuenca de Orce (Grana	BC.03.032/17},
organization = {Spanish Government	PRE2019-089411	
RTI2018-099850-B-I00},
organization = {University of Salamanca},
organization = {Arts and Humanities Research Council through a Baillie Gifford AHRC Scholarship (OOC-DTP program) at the University of Oxford	AH/R012709/1},
organization = {National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) of Australia	PRE2020-094482},
organization = {European Union-NextGenerationEU	2021URV-MS-03},
organization = {Ministry of Universities and Recovery, Transformation and Resilience Plan},
organization = {Generalitat de Catalunya	2017SGR-859	
2017SGR-1666},
organization = {Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation through the `Maria de Maeztu' program for Units of Excellence	CEX2019-000945-M},
organization = {Spanish Government	CEX2019-000945-M-20-1},
publisher = {Springer},
keywords = {Early Pleistocene},
keywords = {Taphonomy},
keywords = {First settlement of Europe},
keywords = {Cutmarks},
keywords = {Hominin-carnivore interactions},
keywords = {Bone surface modifications},
title = {Unravelling Hominin Activities in the Zooarchaeological Assemblage of Barranco León (Orce, Granada, Spain)},
doi = {10.1007/s41982-022-00111-1},
author = {Yravedra, José and Serrano Ramos, Alexia and Luzón, Carmen and Cámara, José and Montilla, Eva and Toro Moyano, Isidro and Jiménez Arenas, Juan Manuel},
}