Cet article présente les principaux résultats de l'étude archéozoologique du niveau
châtelperronien, où ont été découverts les restes d'un Néandertalien, de Saint-Césaire. Les …

The contribution of Neandertals to the biological and cultural emergence of early modern
humans remains highly debated in anthropology. Particularly controversial is the long-held …

Reindeer (R angifer tarandus) populations reached the I berian P eninsula during the end of
the M iddle P leistocene and there are numerous examples of this species from L ate P …

The article presents a description of cervid remains from the Middle Pleistocene Acheulean
site of Gruta da Aroeira (= Galerias Pesadas) in central Portugal. The assemblage …

Interactions between prehistoric foragers and reindeer at the end of the Pleistocene are still
poorly documented in northern Iberia, particularly the reasons and means by which their …

The exploitation of small game, especially rabbits, by Neandertals as sources of food or for
utilitarian purposes is no longer a subject of debate given increasing evidence for such …

ABSTRACT The grave of La Balance-Ilot P, in Avignon, southern France, is an individual
and isolated burial, attributed in the 1970′ s to the Mesolithic or the Early Neolithic. The …

Evidence acquired in the past years highlighted the high complexity of Neanderthal
subsistence strategies in terms of the spectrum of exploited species (mammals, birds …

The term Upper Palaeolithic derives from excavations in western Europe—particularly south-
west France—from the 1860s. The uppermost Pleistocene deposits of caves and rock …

Neandertals were top predators who basically relied on middle-to large-sized ungulates for
dietary purposes, but there is growing evidence that supports their consumption of plants …