Structuring domestic space in the Lower Magdalenian: an analysis of the fauna from Level 115 of El Mirón Cave, Cantabria

Documenting the intentional structuring of space by hunter-gatherers can be challenging, especially in complex cave contexts. One approach is the spatial analysis of discard patterns. Here, the authors consider the spatial distribution of faunal remains from the Lower Magdalenian Level 115 in El Mir...

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Autores: Jones, Emily Lena, Straus, Lawrence Guy, Marín-Arroyo, Ana B.|||0000-0003-3353-5581, González Morales, Manuel R.|||0000-0001-7277-7837
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2023
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Cantabria (UC)
Repositorio:UCrea Repositorio Abierto de la Universidad de Cantabria
Idioma:inglés
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Palabra clave:Iberia
Upper Palaeolithic
Zooarchaeology
Spatial organisation
Archaeozoology
Faunal analysis
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spelling Structuring domestic space in the Lower Magdalenian: an analysis of the fauna from Level 115 of El Mirón Cave, CantabriaJones, Emily LenaStraus, Lawrence GuyMarín-Arroyo, Ana B.|||0000-0003-3353-5581González Morales, Manuel R.|||0000-0001-7277-7837IberiaUpper PalaeolithicZooarchaeologySpatial organisationArchaeozoologyFaunal analysisDocumenting the intentional structuring of space by hunter-gatherers can be challenging, especially in complex cave contexts. One approach is the spatial analysis of discard patterns. Here, the authors consider the spatial distribution of faunal remains from the Lower Magdalenian Level 115 in El Mirón Cave, Cantabria, to assess a possible structuring function for an unusual alignment of rocks. Although it is impossible to determine whether the alignment was intentionally constructed, differences in the distributions of taxa and in specimen sizes on different sides of this feature suggest that it played a role in structuring the living space of the cave's inhabitants.Jones’s analysis of the El Mirón Level 115 archaeofauna was supported by a Spain Fulbright Scholar Award and by a Faculty Field Research Grant from the Latin American and Iberian Institute of the University of New Mexico. The excavation of El Mirón Cave, directed by Straus and González Morales since 1996, has been authorised and partially funded by the Gobierno de Cantabria, with additional funding from the US National Science Foundation, Fundación M. Botín, L.S.B. Leakey Foundation, Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia, National Geographic Society, University of New Mexico, UNM Foundation Stone Age Research Fund (J. and R. Auel, principal donors), and material support from the IIIPC and Town of Ramales de la Victoria, Cantabria.Antiquity LtdUniversidad de Cantabria20232023-01-01journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501NAhttp://purl.org/coar/version/c_be7fb7dd8ff6fe43info:eu-repo/semantics/articlehttps://hdl.handle.net/10902/29644Antiquity, 2023, 97(392), 280-294reponame:UCrea Repositorio Abierto de la Universidad de Cantabriainstname:Universidad de Cantabria (UC)Inglésengopen accesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2Attribution 4.0 Internationalhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:repositorio.unican.es:10902/296442026-06-02T12:39:31Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Structuring domestic space in the Lower Magdalenian: an analysis of the fauna from Level 115 of El Mirón Cave, Cantabria
title Structuring domestic space in the Lower Magdalenian: an analysis of the fauna from Level 115 of El Mirón Cave, Cantabria
spellingShingle Structuring domestic space in the Lower Magdalenian: an analysis of the fauna from Level 115 of El Mirón Cave, Cantabria
Jones, Emily Lena
Iberia
Upper Palaeolithic
Zooarchaeology
Spatial organisation
Archaeozoology
Faunal analysis
title_short Structuring domestic space in the Lower Magdalenian: an analysis of the fauna from Level 115 of El Mirón Cave, Cantabria
title_full Structuring domestic space in the Lower Magdalenian: an analysis of the fauna from Level 115 of El Mirón Cave, Cantabria
title_fullStr Structuring domestic space in the Lower Magdalenian: an analysis of the fauna from Level 115 of El Mirón Cave, Cantabria
title_full_unstemmed Structuring domestic space in the Lower Magdalenian: an analysis of the fauna from Level 115 of El Mirón Cave, Cantabria
title_sort Structuring domestic space in the Lower Magdalenian: an analysis of the fauna from Level 115 of El Mirón Cave, Cantabria
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Jones, Emily Lena
Straus, Lawrence Guy
Marín-Arroyo, Ana B.|||0000-0003-3353-5581
González Morales, Manuel R.|||0000-0001-7277-7837
author Jones, Emily Lena
author_facet Jones, Emily Lena
Straus, Lawrence Guy
Marín-Arroyo, Ana B.|||0000-0003-3353-5581
González Morales, Manuel R.|||0000-0001-7277-7837
author_role author
author2 Straus, Lawrence Guy
Marín-Arroyo, Ana B.|||0000-0003-3353-5581
González Morales, Manuel R.|||0000-0001-7277-7837
author2_role author
author
author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Universidad de Cantabria
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Iberia
Upper Palaeolithic
Zooarchaeology
Spatial organisation
Archaeozoology
Faunal analysis
topic Iberia
Upper Palaeolithic
Zooarchaeology
Spatial organisation
Archaeozoology
Faunal analysis
description Documenting the intentional structuring of space by hunter-gatherers can be challenging, especially in complex cave contexts. One approach is the spatial analysis of discard patterns. Here, the authors consider the spatial distribution of faunal remains from the Lower Magdalenian Level 115 in El Mirón Cave, Cantabria, to assess a possible structuring function for an unusual alignment of rocks. Although it is impossible to determine whether the alignment was intentionally constructed, differences in the distributions of taxa and in specimen sizes on different sides of this feature suggest that it played a role in structuring the living space of the cave's inhabitants.
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