In the Pursuit of Game
The Mousterian Cave Site of Gabasa 1 in the Spanish Pyrenees
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2980353 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ma Fernanda Blasco (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1997 |
| Volume | 53 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 177-217 |
| Publication date | 1997-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Anthropological Research (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0091-7710 • E-ISSN: 2153-3806 |
| Publisher | University of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1086/jar.53.2.3631276 |
| OpenAlex | W2328333555 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 30 |
Four aspects of Gabasa 1 Cave make it a key site for understanding the subsistence dynamics of Neandertals and the environments in which they developed in the southwest of Europe: (1) the cave is at the edge of the Spanish Central Pyrenees, an area considered by some workers as a "barrier" and by others as a route of communication between the Iberian Peninsula and the rest of Europe; (2) it is one of the very few deeply stratified Middle paleolithic archaeological sites in this region; (3) the archaeological material is very rich in both artifacts and ecofacts, the lithic industry is clearly assigned to the Mousterian, and the faunal assemblage is large and well preserved; and (4) the site has been recently excavated following modern methods of data recovery. The object of this study is to attempt to distinguish between the animal bones that were accumulated by foraging activities of the Neandertals in Gabasa 1 and those produced by nonhuman agencies. This goal is achieved by applying a number of taphonomic analyses
Archaeology · Assemblage (archaeology · Biology · Cave · Fauna · Faunal assemblage · Geography · Hearth · Middle Paleolithic · Mousterian · Neanderthal · Peninsula · Subsistence agriculture · Taphonomy · Upper Paleolithic · Zooarchaeology · Archaeological and Geological Studies · Ecology · Evolution and Paleontology Studies · Geology · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology
Zooarcheological Analysis of the Assemblage from the 2000–2003 Excavations
New Contributions on Subsistence Practices during the Middle-Upper Paleolithic in Northern Spain
Foraging Goals and Transport Decisions in Western Europe during the Paleolithic and Early Holocene
Conclusions
A Diachronic Evaluation of Neanderthal Cervid Exploitation and Site Use at Pech de l’Azé IV, France
Short-Term Neanderthal Occupations and Carnivores in the Northeast of Iberian Peninsula
Nutritional ecology and the human demography of Neandertal extinction
The use of tooth marks for new research into identifying and understanding the first domestic dogs in Palaeolithic populations
Vale Boi
El Paleolítico en el valle medio del Ebro
Neanderthal resilience and adaptability
Neanderthal Survival in the North of the Iberian Peninsula? Reflections from a Catalan and Cantabrian Perspective
Neanderthal mobile toolkit in short-term occupations at Teixoneres Cave (Moia, Spain)
Bears in the scene
Stone Tools in Carnivore Sites
Wind of change
Taphonomic and Methodological Perspectives of Leporid Hunting During the Upper Paleolithic of the Western Mediterranean Basin
The Iberian Peninsula, the last European refugium of panthera pardus linnaeus 1758 during the Upper Pleistocene
Big Game and Small Prey
Evidence of small fast game exploitation in the Middle Paleolithic of Les Canalettes Aveyron, France
Intensive subsistence practices at Vale Boi, an Upper Paleolithic site in southwestern Portugal
Radiocarbon Dates From the Oxford Ams System
New insights into Neanderthal subsistence strategies in northern Iberia
Neanderthal exploitation of ibex and chamois in southwestern Europe
Variation in mortality profiles of red deer ( Cervus elaphus ) in Middle Palaeolithic assemblages from western Europe
Intertaxonomic Variability in Patterns of Bone Density and the Differential Representation of Bovid, Cervid, and Equid Elements in the Archaeological Record
Mixed sites
Neanderthal subsistence strategies
Enhancing the reconstruction of the Gabasa Neandertal's diet using Ca and Sr stable isotopes
Specialised hunting of Iberian ibex during Neanderthal occupation at El Esquilleu Cave, northern Spain
| Unique citing works | 30 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,11 |
| Citation span | 1999 - 2026 (28) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 30 |