Neanderthal exploitation of ibex and chamois in southwestern Europe

J Yravedra, L Cobo-Sánchez - Journal of Human Evolution, 2015 - Elsevier
There is increasing evidence that Neanderthals had a diverse and flexible diet. They
exploited a wide range of resources from large proboscideans to small animals like turtles …

Criteria for identifying red deer (Cervus elaphus) age and sex from their canines. Application to the study of Upper Palaeolithic and Mesolithic ornaments

F D'errico, M Vanhaeren - Journal of Archaeological Science, 2002 - Elsevier
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 …

The total exploitation of reindeer at the site of Les Petits Guinards: what's new about the annual cycle of nomadism of Magdalenian groups in the French Massif …

L Fontana, FX Chauvière - In search of Total Animal Exploitation …, 2009 - shs.hal.science
The site of Les Petits Guinards in Creuzier-le-Vieux (Allier, France) yielded 1,230 fragments
of Reindeer antler. his assemblage, which is unique for the Upper Palaeolithic of the Massif …

Middle Pleistocene ecology and Neanderthal subsistence: Insights from stable isotope analyses in Payre (Ardèche, southeastern France)

M Ecker, H Bocherens, MA Julien, F Rivals… - Journal of Human …, 2013 - Elsevier
Abstract The Middle Palaeolithic site of Payre in southeastern France yields abundant
archaeological material associated with fossil hominid remains. With its long sequence of …

Neanderthals' hunting seasonality inferred from combined cementochronology, mesowear, and microwear analysis: case studies from the Alpine foreland in Italy

A Livraghi, F Rivals, W Rendu, M Peresani - … and Anthropological Sciences, 2022 - Springer
Herbivore teeth are a valuable source of information for inferring the hunting season of past
hunter-gatherers, the spatial–temporal organization of their activities, their socio-economic …

Who brought the bird remains to the Middle Palaeolithic site of Les Fieux (Southwestern, France)? Direct evidence of a complex taphonomic story

V Laroulandie, JP Faivre, M Gerbe, V Mourre - Quaternary International, 2016 - Elsevier
Only a few years ago, Neanderthals were considered as unable to exploit fast-moving small
prey. Several recent studies have reconsidered this matter and shown that in some setting …

Strontium isotope evidence for migration in late Pleistocene Rangifer: Implications for Neanderthal hunting strategies at the Middle Palaeolithic site of Jonzac, France

K Britton, V Grimes, L Niven, TE Steele… - Journal of human …, 2011 - Elsevier
In order to understand the behaviours and subsistence choices of Palaeolithic hunter–
gatherers, it is essential to understand the behavioural ecology of their prey. Here, we …

Climate-mediated shifts in Neandertal subsistence behaviors at Pech de l'Azé IV and Roc de Marsal (Dordogne Valley, France)

J Hodgkins, CW Marean, A Turq, D Sandgathe… - Journal of Human …, 2016 - Elsevier
Neandertals disappeared from Europe just after 40,000 years ago. Some hypotheses
ascribe this to numerous population crashes associated with glacial cycles in the late …

The Antiquity of the Rhine River: Stratigraphic Coverage of the Dinotheriensande (Eppelsheim Formation) of the Mainz Basin (Germany)

M Böhme, M Aiglstorfer, D Uhl, O Kullmer - PLoS One, 2012 - journals.plos.org
Background Mammalian fossils from the Eppelsheim Formation (Dinotheriensande) have
been a benchmark for Neogene vertebrate palaeontology since 200 years. Worldwide …

[HTML][HTML] The demography of the Upper Palaeolithic hunter–gatherers of Southwestern France: A multi-proxy approach using archaeological data

JC French - Journal of Anthropological Archaeology, 2015 - Elsevier
Demographic change is increasingly cited as an explanation for many of the patterns seen
in the Palaeolithic archaeological record, following the assumption of a relationship between …