Livestock management at the Late Iron Age site of Baltarga (eastern Pyrenees): an integrated bio-geoarchaeological approach

L Colominas, M Portillo, J Morera, J Oller… - Archaeological and …, 2023 - Springer
Despite the important role of livestock farming amongst Iron Age communities living in
mountain regions, there is little information about livestock management, and particularly …

Differentiating taphonomic features from trampling and dietary microwear, an experimental approach

C Micó, R Blasco, A Muñoz Del Pozo… - Historical …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Dental microwear is a common and wellestablished technique which allows the short-term
reconstruction of the dietary behaviour in extinct and extant vertebrates, allowing inferences …

Editorial Preface to Special Issue: Understanding dental proxies of ancient diets

G Merceron, T Tütken, R Scott - Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology …, 2023 - Elsevier
Vertebrate teeth are highly mineralized dermal tissues composed, principally, of bioapatite
making them highly resistant to physical and chemical alteration over geologic time scales …

Changing perspectives on early hominin diets

MF Teaford, PS Ungar, FE Grine - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
It is axiomatic that knowledge of the diets of extinct hominin species is central to any
understanding of their ecology and our evolution. The importance of diet in the …

Enamel chipping and its ecological correlates in African papionins: Implications for hominin feeding behavior

LD Fannin, L Swedell, WS McGraw - Journal of Human Evolution, 2023 - Elsevier
African papionins are classic paleoecological referents for fossil hominins. Enamel chips on
the teeth of baboons and hominins are argued to represent responses to similar dietary …

Dental topography of the Oligocene anthropoids Aegyptopithecus zeuxis and Apidium phiomense: Paleodietary insights from analysis of wear series

PE Morse, JD Pampush, RF Kay - Journal of human evolution, 2023 - Elsevier
Fossil primate dietary inference is enhanced when ascertained through multiple, distinct
proxies. Dental topography can be used to assess changes in occlusal morphology with …

Identifying the impact of soil Ingestion on dental microwear textures using a wild boar experimental model

M Louail, L Caner, D Neaux, K Ortiz, Y Locatelli… - … Method and Theory, 2023 - Springer
Dental microwear has been widely used to reconstruct mammals' past diet and to
understand their dental evolution. In archaeology, it can help reconstruct anthropogenic …

Feeding ecology of the last European colobine monkey, Dolichopithecus ruscinensis

CA Plastiras, G Thiery, F Guy, DS Kostopoulos… - Journal of Human …, 2022 - Elsevier
Currently, very little is known about the ecology of extinct Eurasian cercopithecids. Dietary
information is crucial in understanding the ecological adaptations and diversity of extinct …

Investigating the dietary niches of fossil Plio-Pleistocene European macaques: The case of Macaca majori Azzaroli, 1946 from Sardinia

CA Plastiras, G Thiery, F Guy, DM Alba… - Journal of Human …, 2023 - Elsevier
The genus Macaca includes medium-to large-bodied monkeys and represents one of the
most diverse primate genera, also having a very large geographic range. Nowadays, wild …

Livestock management at the Late Iron Age site of Baltarga (eastern Pyrenees): an integrated bio-geoarchaeological approach

L Colominas Barberà, M Portillo Ramírez… - … Sciences, 15, 159 …, 2023 - recercat.cat
Despite the important role of livestock farming amongst Iron Age communities living in
mountain regions, there is little information about livestock management, and particularly …