The residential occupation of the Gruta da Aroeira (Almonda, Portugal) cave site: shedding light on hunting and subsistence practices in the Middle Pleistocene of western Eurasia

The Gruta da Aroeira (Torres Novas, Portugal), with evidence of human occupancy dating back ∼ 400,000 years, is one of very few Middle Pleistocene cave sites to provide a fossil hominin cranium in association with Acheulean bifaces and the by-products of fire usage. Zooarchaeological, taphonomic and...

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Autores: Sanz Borràs, Montserrat, Daura Luján, Joan, Rivals, Florent, Zilhão, João, 1957-
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Fecha de publicación:2024
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Institución:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)
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Palabra clave:Arqueologia
Plistocè
Tafonomia
Portugal
Archaeology
Pleistocene
Taphonomy
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spelling The residential occupation of the Gruta da Aroeira (Almonda, Portugal) cave site: shedding light on hunting and subsistence practices in the Middle Pleistocene of western EurasiaSanz Borràs, MontserratDaura Luján, JoanRivals, FlorentZilhão, João, 1957-ArqueologiaPlistocèTafonomiaPortugalArchaeologyPleistoceneTaphonomyPortugalThe Gruta da Aroeira (Torres Novas, Portugal), with evidence of human occupancy dating back ∼ 400,000 years, is one of very few Middle Pleistocene cave sites to provide a fossil hominin cranium in association with Acheulean bifaces and the by-products of fire usage. Zooarchaeological, taphonomic and tooth-wear analyses suggest that the accumulation of the faunal remains and their modification are anthropogenic. Large game constituted the basis of subsistence, with equids and cervids being preferentially targeted. Woodland and open landscapes formed the ecosystems supporting the populations of the mammals that were preyed upon by the inhabitants of the site. Most of the animal carcasses were carried to, and fully butchered at the site, which was used as a residential base camp. The features of the Aroeira faunal assemblage foreshadow the subsistence strategies developed by the hunter-gatherers of the Middle and the Upper Palaeolithic and testify to their very ancient roots.Springer Verlag2025202520242025info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion18 p.application/pdfapplication/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/2445/218769Articles publicats en revistes (Història i Arqueologia)reponame:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunyainstname:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)InglésReproducció del document publicat a: https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1007/s12520-024-02026-0Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences, 2024, vol. 16, num.139https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1007/s12520-024-02026-0cc by (c) Sanz Borràs, Montserrat et al., 2024http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:recercat.cat:2445/2187692026-05-29T05:05:01Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv The residential occupation of the Gruta da Aroeira (Almonda, Portugal) cave site: shedding light on hunting and subsistence practices in the Middle Pleistocene of western Eurasia
title The residential occupation of the Gruta da Aroeira (Almonda, Portugal) cave site: shedding light on hunting and subsistence practices in the Middle Pleistocene of western Eurasia
spellingShingle The residential occupation of the Gruta da Aroeira (Almonda, Portugal) cave site: shedding light on hunting and subsistence practices in the Middle Pleistocene of western Eurasia
Sanz Borràs, Montserrat
Arqueologia
Plistocè
Tafonomia
Portugal
Archaeology
Pleistocene
Taphonomy
Portugal
title_short The residential occupation of the Gruta da Aroeira (Almonda, Portugal) cave site: shedding light on hunting and subsistence practices in the Middle Pleistocene of western Eurasia
title_full The residential occupation of the Gruta da Aroeira (Almonda, Portugal) cave site: shedding light on hunting and subsistence practices in the Middle Pleistocene of western Eurasia
title_fullStr The residential occupation of the Gruta da Aroeira (Almonda, Portugal) cave site: shedding light on hunting and subsistence practices in the Middle Pleistocene of western Eurasia
title_full_unstemmed The residential occupation of the Gruta da Aroeira (Almonda, Portugal) cave site: shedding light on hunting and subsistence practices in the Middle Pleistocene of western Eurasia
title_sort The residential occupation of the Gruta da Aroeira (Almonda, Portugal) cave site: shedding light on hunting and subsistence practices in the Middle Pleistocene of western Eurasia
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Sanz Borràs, Montserrat
Daura Luján, Joan
Rivals, Florent
Zilhão, João, 1957-
author Sanz Borràs, Montserrat
author_facet Sanz Borràs, Montserrat
Daura Luján, Joan
Rivals, Florent
Zilhão, João, 1957-
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Rivals, Florent
Zilhão, João, 1957-
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Arqueologia
Plistocè
Tafonomia
Portugal
Archaeology
Pleistocene
Taphonomy
Portugal
topic Arqueologia
Plistocè
Tafonomia
Portugal
Archaeology
Pleistocene
Taphonomy
Portugal
description The Gruta da Aroeira (Torres Novas, Portugal), with evidence of human occupancy dating back ∼ 400,000 years, is one of very few Middle Pleistocene cave sites to provide a fossil hominin cranium in association with Acheulean bifaces and the by-products of fire usage. Zooarchaeological, taphonomic and tooth-wear analyses suggest that the accumulation of the faunal remains and their modification are anthropogenic. Large game constituted the basis of subsistence, with equids and cervids being preferentially targeted. Woodland and open landscapes formed the ecosystems supporting the populations of the mammals that were preyed upon by the inhabitants of the site. Most of the animal carcasses were carried to, and fully butchered at the site, which was used as a residential base camp. The features of the Aroeira faunal assemblage foreshadow the subsistence strategies developed by the hunter-gatherers of the Middle and the Upper Palaeolithic and testify to their very ancient roots.
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Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences, 2024, vol. 16, num.139
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