Archaeological experimentation with Cancer pagurus: mimicking Neanderthal processing methods

A total of six videos are presented showing Mariana Nabais and Rodrigo Portero processing brown crabs (Cancer pagurus), mimicking the potential movements used by Neanderthals living in Gruta da Figueira Brava (Portugal) around 90,000 years ago. Each person processed one raw, one boiled and one roast...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: Mariana Nabais, Rodrigo Portero
Tipo de recurso: conjunto de datos
Fecha de publicación:2022
País:España
Institución:Consorci de Serveis Universitaris de Catalunya (CSUC)
Repositorio:CORA.Repositori de Dades de Recerca
OAI Identifier:oai:dnet:cora.rdr____::cbe8f0b3c9bc63b8f062534c297ab5bf
Acceso en línea:https://doi.org/10.34810/DATA894
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Arts and Humanities
Experimentation
Cancer pagurus
Taphonomy
Subsistence
Middle Palaeolithic
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Sumario:A total of six videos are presented showing Mariana Nabais and Rodrigo Portero processing brown crabs (Cancer pagurus), mimicking the potential movements used by Neanderthals living in Gruta da Figueira Brava (Portugal) around 90,000 years ago. Each person processed one raw, one boiled and one roasted crab using their bare hands and a quartz hammerstone. The protocol of the experimentation and results are presented in the paper Nabais et al (2023) published in Historical Biology.