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Late Pleistocene leopards as a bone accumulator: taphonomic results from S’Espasa cave and other Iberian key sites

dc.creatorSauqué Latas, Víctor
dc.creatorSanchis, Alfred
dc.creatorMadurell Malapeira, Joan
dc.date2018-08
dc.date.accessioned2021-04-06T18:18:51Z
dc.date.available2021-04-06T18:18:51Z
dc.identifierSauqué Latas, Víctor; Sanchis, Alfred; Madurell Malapeira, Joan; Late Pleistocene leopards as a bone accumulator: taphonomic results from S’Espasa cave and other Iberian key sites; Taylor & Francis; Historical Biology; 30; 6; 8-2018; 821-834
dc.identifier0891-2963
dc.identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/11336/63006
dc.identifier1029-2381
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dc.descriptionThe Pleistocene faunal accumulations documented in caves have commonly been attributed to the activity of humans or carnivores. According to the palaeontological and archaeological literature, cave hyena (Crocuta spelaea) was the main known bone accumulator in karstic environments. However, in recent times, the role of leopards as bone accumulators has been revealed, and recent research has identified this behaviour in the Iberian Pleistocene. Moreover, there are other caves where leopard could have been claimed as an accumulator such as S’Espasa. In this work we present its taphonomic study. This cave was compared with the actualistic studies of leopards. Besides, the site of S’Espasa was compared with the other leopard dens in the Iberian Peninsula. These sites present faunal assemblages composed mainly by leopard (Panthera pardus) and Iberian wild goat (Capra pyrenaica), the bones of this ungulate present a similar pattern of bone modification by carnivores, skeletal survival rate, and bone breakage. These features indicate that goats could have been accumulated by leopards. With the data from this work and the previous ones, we try to establish a pattern that will help in the future to identify other accumulations created by this big cat.
dc.descriptionFil: Sauqué Latas, Víctor. Universidad de Zaragoza; España. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Córdoba. Instituto de Antropología de Córdoba. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Facultad de Filosofía y Humanidades. Instituto de Antropología de Córdoba; Argentina
dc.descriptionFil: Sanchis, Alfred. Museu de Prehistòria de València; España
dc.descriptionFil: Madurell Malapeira, Joan. Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona; España
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dc.languageeng
dc.publisherTaylor & Francis
dc.relationinfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/url/https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/08912963.2017.1343313
dc.relationinfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1080/08912963.2017.1343313
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dc.rightshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ar/
dc.subjectCAPRA PYRENAICA
dc.subjectIBERIAN PENINSULA
dc.subjectPANTHERA PARDUS
dc.subjectPLEISTOCENE
dc.subjectTAPHONOMY
dc.subjectMeteorología y Ciencias Atmosféricas
dc.subjectCiencias de la Tierra y relacionadas con el Medio Ambiente
dc.subjectCIENCIAS NATURALES Y EXACTAS
dc.subjectHistoria
dc.subjectHistoria y Arqueología
dc.subjectHUMANIDADES
dc.titleLate Pleistocene leopards as a bone accumulator: taphonomic results from S’Espasa cave and other Iberian key sites
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