Sobre el aprovechamiento de recursos de origen animal en la región de Madrid durante el III milenio cal. AC: la fauna de los contextos calcolíticos del Sector 3 de Las Cabeceras (Pozuelo de Alarcón, Madrid)

[EN] This paper presents the analysis of a small faunal assemblage from Sector 3 at the archaeological site of “Las Cabeceras”, Pozuelo de Alarcón, Madrid. The faunal remains were recovered from 32 pits dated to the Chalcolithic (first half of the 3rd millennium cal. BC.). The faunal spectrum is dom...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: Moreno García, Marta, Cantalapiedra, Victor
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2021
País:España
Institución:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
Repositorio:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC
OAI Identifier:oai:digital.csic.es:10261/243893
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10261/243893
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Animal husbandry
Ganadería
Hunting
Archaeozoology
Chalcolithic
Madrid
Caza
Arqueozoología
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Sumario:[EN] This paper presents the analysis of a small faunal assemblage from Sector 3 at the archaeological site of “Las Cabeceras”, Pozuelo de Alarcón, Madrid. The faunal remains were recovered from 32 pits dated to the Chalcolithic (first half of the 3rd millennium cal. BC.). The faunal spectrum is dominated by the main domesticates, followed by game species, among which red deer, equids and aurochs stand out. The dominance of adult and senile animals suggests the diversified productive orientation of the main domesticates (i.e., meat, wool, dairy products, traction, dung, etc.). In the case of pig, the absence of immature individuals and the ocurrence of quite old females may reflect an interest in the production of piglets to be exchanged among local or regional settlements. Also, it stands out the relative high frequency of wild large-sized herbivores in comparison with coeval sites located in the center of the Iberian Peninsula.