Los Batanes: A trap for the Pyrenean wild goat during the Late Pleistocene (Spain)

Los Batanes cave (1025 m.a.s.l.) is a karstic system formed by pressure ducts, near the locality of Biescas in the Upper Gallego Valley (Huesca, Spain). Many fossil remains were retrieved from the cave sediments. The minimum sediment calendar age was determined to be 12.770 ± 60 BP. This date indica...

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Autores: Sauqué, Víctor, García-González, Ricardo, Rabal-Garcés, Raquel, Galán, Julia, Núñez-Lahuerta, Carmen, Gisbert, Mario, Cuenca Bescós, Gloria
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Fecha de publicación:2018
País:España
Recursos:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
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Palavra-chave:Capra pyrenaica pyrenaica
Palaeontology
Taphonomy
Biometry
Spanish Pyrenees
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spelling Los Batanes: A trap for the Pyrenean wild goat during the Late Pleistocene (Spain)Sauqué, VíctorGarcía-González, RicardoRabal-Garcés, RaquelGalán, JuliaNúñez-Lahuerta, CarmenGisbert, MarioCuenca Bescós, GloriaCapra pyrenaica pyrenaicaPalaeontologyTaphonomyBiometrySpanish PyreneesLos Batanes cave (1025 m.a.s.l.) is a karstic system formed by pressure ducts, near the locality of Biescas in the Upper Gallego Valley (Huesca, Spain). Many fossil remains were retrieved from the cave sediments. The minimum sediment calendar age was determined to be 12.770 ± 60 BP. This date indicates that the deposit was formed before the Late Pleistocene-Early Holocene transition at the Pyrenees. Here we analyze the faunal assemblage of the site that is only conformed by remains of Pyrenean wild goat (Capra pyrenaica pyrenaica), which is a recently extinct subspecies of Iberian wild goat (C. pyrenaica). In the site, 1079 remains of Iberian wild goat have been recovered being one of the most numerous both in minimum number of individuals (MNI) and number of identified specimens (NISP) recovered until now in a natural trap in the Spanish Pyrenees. The population of Los Batanes shows a wide range of ages between juvenile and senile individuals and the MNI estimated from the number of right metatarsus is nine. The taphonomic features indicate that the cave acted as a trap for the goats which inhabited the vicinity of the cave. These goats probably stumbled and fell to the bottom of the pit and they could not get out, dying inside. Due to the origin of the accumulation numerous complete bones have been recovered. These fossil allow us to perform a biometric analysis that indicates that population of Los Batanes is in the range size of other goats from Late Pleistocene of Iberian Peninsula.The IEA (Instituto de Estudios Altoaragoneses) has partially subsidised the palaeontological activities, conceding us a grant, “Ayudas a la investigación del IEA, 2014”. The Government of Aragon granted us to develop the project “Recovery of paleontological, remains, cataloguing and dating of the Pleistocene-Holocene deposits of Huesca Pyrenees caves”. We also would like to thank the projects: CGL2012-38434-C03-01 and CGL2015-65387-C3-2-01. C. Núñez-Lahuerta and J. Galán are the recipients of Ph.D. fellowships from the Gobierno de Aragón (DGA), co-financied by the European Social Fund (FSE) of the European Union in the case of C. Núñez-Lahuerta. V. Sauqué is supported by the Ministerio de Ciencia, Tecnología e Innovación Productiva, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET) of Argentina (Postdoctoral Fellowship) (Resolucion Nº4256).Peer reviewedElsevierGobierno de AragónEuropean CommissionConsejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (Argentina)Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (España)Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas [https://ror.org/02gfc7t72]2022202220182022info:eu-repo/semantics/articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501Postprintinfo:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersionapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10261/264845reponame:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSICinstname:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)Inglés#PLACEHOLDER_PARENT_METADATA_VALUE##PLACEHOLDER_PARENT_METADATA_VALUE#info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/MINECO//CGL2012-38434-C03-01info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/MINECO//CGL2015-65387-C3-2-01http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2017.09.011Síinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:digital.csic.es:10261/2648452026-05-22T06:33:51Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Los Batanes: A trap for the Pyrenean wild goat during the Late Pleistocene (Spain)
title Los Batanes: A trap for the Pyrenean wild goat during the Late Pleistocene (Spain)
spellingShingle Los Batanes: A trap for the Pyrenean wild goat during the Late Pleistocene (Spain)
Sauqué, Víctor
Capra pyrenaica pyrenaica
Palaeontology
Taphonomy
Biometry
Spanish Pyrenees
title_short Los Batanes: A trap for the Pyrenean wild goat during the Late Pleistocene (Spain)
title_full Los Batanes: A trap for the Pyrenean wild goat during the Late Pleistocene (Spain)
title_fullStr Los Batanes: A trap for the Pyrenean wild goat during the Late Pleistocene (Spain)
title_full_unstemmed Los Batanes: A trap for the Pyrenean wild goat during the Late Pleistocene (Spain)
title_sort Los Batanes: A trap for the Pyrenean wild goat during the Late Pleistocene (Spain)
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Sauqué, Víctor
García-González, Ricardo
Rabal-Garcés, Raquel
Galán, Julia
Núñez-Lahuerta, Carmen
Gisbert, Mario
Cuenca Bescós, Gloria
author Sauqué, Víctor
author_facet Sauqué, Víctor
García-González, Ricardo
Rabal-Garcés, Raquel
Galán, Julia
Núñez-Lahuerta, Carmen
Gisbert, Mario
Cuenca Bescós, Gloria
author_role author
author2 García-González, Ricardo
Rabal-Garcés, Raquel
Galán, Julia
Núñez-Lahuerta, Carmen
Gisbert, Mario
Cuenca Bescós, Gloria
author2_role author
author
author
author
author
author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Gobierno de Aragón
European Commission
Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (Argentina)
Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (España)
Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas [https://ror.org/02gfc7t72]
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Capra pyrenaica pyrenaica
Palaeontology
Taphonomy
Biometry
Spanish Pyrenees
topic Capra pyrenaica pyrenaica
Palaeontology
Taphonomy
Biometry
Spanish Pyrenees
description Los Batanes cave (1025 m.a.s.l.) is a karstic system formed by pressure ducts, near the locality of Biescas in the Upper Gallego Valley (Huesca, Spain). Many fossil remains were retrieved from the cave sediments. The minimum sediment calendar age was determined to be 12.770 ± 60 BP. This date indicates that the deposit was formed before the Late Pleistocene-Early Holocene transition at the Pyrenees. Here we analyze the faunal assemblage of the site that is only conformed by remains of Pyrenean wild goat (Capra pyrenaica pyrenaica), which is a recently extinct subspecies of Iberian wild goat (C. pyrenaica). In the site, 1079 remains of Iberian wild goat have been recovered being one of the most numerous both in minimum number of individuals (MNI) and number of identified specimens (NISP) recovered until now in a natural trap in the Spanish Pyrenees. The population of Los Batanes shows a wide range of ages between juvenile and senile individuals and the MNI estimated from the number of right metatarsus is nine. The taphonomic features indicate that the cave acted as a trap for the goats which inhabited the vicinity of the cave. These goats probably stumbled and fell to the bottom of the pit and they could not get out, dying inside. Due to the origin of the accumulation numerous complete bones have been recovered. These fossil allow us to perform a biometric analysis that indicates that population of Los Batanes is in the range size of other goats from Late Pleistocene of Iberian Peninsula.
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