We submit two reference collections of red deer (Cervus elaphus) canines of known age and
sex to a morphological and metrical study and establish criteria for ageing and sexing …

Prey age‐at‐death is often used to assess hunting strategies, but the age profiles of animals
represented in Middle Palaeolithic ungulate assemblages vary through time and across …

Morphological characters for the separation of red and fallow deer remains are described.
These encompass antlers, permanent dentition, and postcranial bones. The characters were …

Monospecific exploitation of reindeer by Neanderthals is a common behaviour in the Upper
Pleistocene of Western Europe. However, reindeer-dominated assemblages have largely …

Pech de l'Azé IV has long been known for its extensive sequence of Mousterian deposits
that span from MIS 5c to the later parts of MIS 3 and incorporate roughly 60,000 years of …

This paper presents a study of the reindeer hunting seasons represented in Magdalenian
occupations (levels 25 & 27) at the site of La Madeleine where this game comprises …

Knowing the age of individuals is crucial for almost any analysis of population dynamics,
evolution, palaeontology, management and conservation. The aim of this study was to …

Archaeozoological and technological analyses of the grave goods associated with the Saint-
Germain-la-Rivière burial (15,570±200 BP) and their comparison with ornaments and faunal …

More than 300 beads made from real and artificial red deer canines were discovered in
special burials at the late Neolithic village site of Polgár–Csőszhalom-dűlő 6 in the north of …

Five southwest French sites containing Gravettian occupations provide zooarchaeological,
artifactual, and paleoenvironmental data for an integrated examination of hunting strategies …