M D Garralda
Biographic Data
| ID | 51686 |
|---|---|
| NAME | M D Garralda |
| GIVEN NAMES | M D |
| FAMILY NAME | Garralda |
| SIGNATURE | GARRALDA M D |
| AFFILIATIONS | Universidad Complutense de Madrid |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-9609-9249 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 33 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 150 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 33 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1975 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 8 |
A Multi-Isotope Approach to Early Childhood Palaeolithic Diet and Provenance from a Magdalenian Individual from Northern Iberia
Multi-isotope analysis on various body tissues is increasingly used in archaeology and palaeontology to provide valuable information about an individual’s life-history at different temporal resolutions (isobiographies). This paper presents the dietary and mobility reconstruction and anthropological study of a recently identified Magdalenian child from Los Canes cave (Asturias, Spain), through conventional osteological analysis, sequential stable …
Human remains in the Ardines karstic massif: Tito Bustillo and La Lloseta caves (Asturias, Spain)
Ka human teeth from El Castillo Cave (Cantabria, Spain) Mid-Upper Paleolithic transition
Three deciduous tooth crowns were found in Unit 18B in El Castillo Cave (Spain), considered a transitional Middle-Upper Paleolithic Unit with numerous14C dates with means earlier than > 42-44 ka cal. BP. Our goal was to describe these teeth, compare them to Neanderthal, Mousterian Modern Humans, and Early-Mid Upper Paleolithic fossils (through scatterplots andZ-scores), and analyze their morphology. The teeth consist of deciduous and isolated cro…
Los Canes Mesolithic burials: Archaeothanatology
The Neanderthal teeth from Marillac (Charente, Southwestern France): Morphology, comparisons and paleobiology
The Gravettian child mandible from El Castillo Cave (Puente Viesgo, Cantabria, Spain)
OBJECTIVES: This article documents an incomplete child's mandible found in H. Obermaier's excavation campaign (in 1912) in El Castillo Cave, Spain. This fossil was assigned to what was then considered a phase of the "Aurignacian-delta". MATERIALS AND METHODS: We exhaustively analyzed the original Obermaier documents, with particular attention to those corresponding to the year of the discovery. We extracted a bone sample to radiocarbon date the f…
The challenges of identifying partially digested human teeth: First description of Neandertal remains from the Mousterian site of Marillac (Marillac-le-Franc, Charente, France) and implications for pa…
Excavations at the collapsed cave site of Marillac (Marillac-le-Franc, Charente, France)1, uncovered in the lower half of the stratigraphy, a series of Late Pleistocene sedimentological facies containing a MIS 4/3 fauna. Also discovered were Middle Paleolithic artefacts (Quina Mousterian) and numerous fragmentary Neandertal fossils corresponding to a MNI of seven individuals.Analyses of the geomorphology of the eastern locus of the site, of the a…
Neanderthal infant and adult infracranial remains from Marillac (Charente, France)
At the site of Marillac, near the Ligonne River in Marillac‐le‐Franc (Charente, France), a remarkable stratigraphic sequence has yielded a wealth of archaeological information, palaeoenvironmental data, as well as faunal and human remains. Marillac must have been a sinkhole used by Neanderthal groups as a hunting camp during MIS 4 (TL date 57,600 ± 4,600BP), where Quina Mousterian lithics and fragmented bones of reindeer predominate. This article…
Hyperostosis frontalis interna in a Neandertal from Marillac (Charente, France)
Neanderthals from El Salt (Alcoy, Spain) in the context of the latest Middle Palaeolithic populations from the southeast of the Iberian Peninsula
Two newly identified Mousterian human rib fragments from Combe-Grenal (Domme, France)
This paper presents the discovery and study of two new fossil human remains from the mousterian site of Combe-Grenal located in the commune of Domme in Dordogne. These two fragments are from ribs and they have been found in level 25 (Bordes’ excavation ; Quina type Mousterian). One of them is a fragment of an adult right first rib. The second is a fragment of an adolescent lower mid-thoracic rib (possibly the 8th or 9th). Although none of these f…
Legg-Calvé-Perthes Disease and unifocal eosinophilic granuloma in a visigoth from the Duratón necropolis (Segovia, Spain)
Individual number 12, exhumed at the Duratón Visigoth necropolis (Segovia, Spain), was found in a supine position inside a simple fossa without adornments. He was a very robust adult (∼50/60 years) male presenting two pathologies, independently originated and both occurring in a particular anatomical area: the right hip. The first one has been diagnosed as Legg-Calvé-Perthes Disease, and it affects the right femur and the coxal. The femoral head …
Neanderthal Geographical and Chronological Variation
Le plus ancien enfant d'Aquitaine: Combe-Grenal 31 (Domme, France)
Le récolement des collections du Musée national de Préhistoire a permis, lors du travail sur la faune découverte au cours des fouilles de F. Bordes à Combe-Grenal, site de référence, l’identification d’un nouveau fossile humain, Combe-Grenal 31. Il provient de la couche 60. En fonction des vestiges archéologiques et paléontologiques qu'elle livre, et de comparaisons avec des niveaux aussi anciens de différents gisements, cette couche s’est probab…
La molaire d’enfant néandertalien de Genay (Côte-d’Or, France). Réflexions sur la variabilité dentaire des Néandertaliens
En 1985, un germe isolé d’une molaire inférieure était mis au jour par Y. Pautrat dans le site de Genay en Côte-d’Or (France) durant des fouilles de sauvetage. Ce germe a été trouvé avec du matériel lithique attribué au Moustérien et des vestiges fauniques qui pourraient être rapportés au stade isotopique 4. Toutefois, il n’est pas possible d’établir précisément la position spatiale de ce nouveau vestige, numéroté Genay 3, avec le crâne fragmenta…
Les dents moustériennes de la grotte Boccard, lieu-dit Bas-de-Morant (commune de Créancey, Côte-d'Or, Bourgogne): The Mousterian teeth from the Boccard Cave, Bas-de-Morant (Municipality of Créancey, C…
The Boccard cave is located in the Créancey municipality of the Côte-d’Or. A clear stratigraphy has been defined with a Mousterian layer in which three human permanent teeth were discovered: a lateral upper left incisor, an upper second right premolar and a lower second right molar. The metrical and morphological, descriptive and comparative studies of these remains enable us to integrate them within the variability of Neanderthal teeth and to ex…
La molaire néandertalienne de la grotte Vaufrey (Dordogne, France)
The site of Vaufrey Cave (Dordogne, France) has been excavated since 1968. This work revealed a complex stratigraphy ranging from the Acheulean to the Mousterian. Level I of this site, which was covered by stalagmitic floor A, contained a Quina type Mousterian lithic industry. Sediments indicate very cold and dry conditions with deer and reindeer remains among the fauna. In this level, which has a U/Th date of 74 ± 18Ka (Isotopic Stage 4), a huma…
Child pathology in the mendicants' necropolis of El Burgo de Osma Cathedral (Soria, Spain): Pathologie infantile chez les mendiants de la nécropole de la cathédrale d’El Burgo de Osma (Soria, Espagne)
The necropolis discovered in the Cloister of the El Burgo de Osma Cathedral (Soria, Northern Spain) consists of a group of 63 burials, with a total of 75 individuals, 55 adults, 4 youths and 16 children between 0 and 13 years old. Historical documents dating from the time when this necropolis was used (in the 17th and 18th centuries), point to this area as a cemetery for “...poor mendicants...”. The study of the pathologies of this human group co…
Eight hundred‐year‐old human remains from the Ituri tropical forest, Democratic Republic of Congo: The rock shelter site of Matangai Turu Northwest
Little is known about human prehistory in the central African lowland tropical forest due to a paucity of archaeological evidence. Here we report results from our archaeological investigations of a late Holocene site in the northeast Congo Basin, with emphasis on a single skeleton from the rock shelter site of Matangai Turu Northwest, in the Ituri Forest, Democratic Republic of Congo. The skeleton dates from ∼810 BP (1235 calibrated AD) and is as…
Eight hundred-year-old human remains from the Ituri tropical forest, Democratic Republic of Congo: The rock shelter site of Matangai Turu Northwest
Little is known about human prehistory in the central African lowland tropical forest due to a paucity of archaeological evidence. Here we report results from our archaeological investigations of a late Holocene site in the northeast Congo Basin, with emphasis on a single skeleton from the rock shelter site of Matangai Turu Northwest, in the Ituri Forest, Democratic Republic of Congo. The skeleton dates from ∼810 BP (1235 calibrated AD) and is as…
Les Néandertaliens de la grotte de Combe-Grenal (Domme, Dordogne, France) / The Neanderthals from Combe-Grenal cave (Domme, Dordogne, France)
Nous étudions dans ce travail les restes humains trouvés par D. et E. Peyrony et par F. Bordes pendant leurs fouilles de la grotte de Combe-Grenal (Domme, Dordogne, SO France), gisement qui a fourni un complexe stratigraphique allant de l'Acheuléen à la fin du Moustérien. Plusieurs niveaux de cette dernière culture, assignés aux stades isotopiques 5a et surtout 4, ont livré les matériaux anthropologiques dont la chronologie se situe autour de 70 …
Mesolithic burials in los canes cave (Asturias, Spain)
Denise Ferembach,in memoriam
Variabilidad de los tori orales en la población de Coimbra (Portugal) a principios del siglo XX
El presente estudio analiza la variabilidad de la expresi6n de los tres tori orales (palatinus, max illaris y mandibularisi en una muestra de 483 cráneos pertencientes a dos de las colecciones identificadas del Museo de Antropología de la Universidad de Coimbra. Estos individuos vivieron y murieron en distintas "freguesias" del "Concelho" de Coimbra a comienzos del siglo XX. Los resultados muestran que una gran parte de los individuos presentan t…
Les dents d'enfant des niveaux moustériens de la grotte de Carihuela (Grenade-Espagne)
La grotte de la Carihuela , située au Nord-Est de Grenade (Espagne), a fait l'objet de plusieurs campagnes de fouilles. Les dents humaines qui sont présentées dans cet article proviennent des niveaux moustériens fouillés en 1969. Au nombre de six, ces dents peuvent être toutes rapportées à un même sujet immature, désigné alors sous le nom de Pinar 7, et âgé d'environ 8-9 ans. De grande taille , ces dents présentent une morphologie générale qui ne…
Neanderthals from El Salt (Alcoy, Spain) in the context of the latest Middle Palaeolithic populations from the southeast of the Iberian Peninsula
Les Néandertaliens de la grotte de Combe-Grenal (Domme, Dordogne, France) / The Neanderthals from Combe-Grenal cave (Domme, Dordogne, France)
Nous étudions dans ce travail les restes humains trouvés par D. et E. Peyrony et par F. Bordes pendant leurs fouilles de la grotte de Combe-Grenal (Domme, Dordogne, SO France), gisement qui a fourni un complexe stratigraphique allant de l'Acheuléen à la fin du Moustérien. Plusieurs niveaux de cette dernière culture, assignés aux stades isotopiques 5a et surtout 4, ont livré les matériaux anthropologiques dont la chronologie se situe autour de 70 …
Mesolithic burials in los canes cave (Asturias, Spain)
The Gravettian child mandible from El Castillo Cave (Puente Viesgo, Cantabria, Spain)
OBJECTIVES: This article documents an incomplete child's mandible found in H. Obermaier's excavation campaign (in 1912) in El Castillo Cave, Spain. This fossil was assigned to what was then considered a phase of the "Aurignacian-delta". MATERIALS AND METHODS: We exhaustively analyzed the original Obermaier documents, with particular attention to those corresponding to the year of the discovery. We extracted a bone sample to radiocarbon date the f…
La molaire néandertalienne de la grotte Vaufrey (Dordogne, France)
The site of Vaufrey Cave (Dordogne, France) has been excavated since 1968. This work revealed a complex stratigraphy ranging from the Acheulean to the Mousterian. Level I of this site, which was covered by stalagmitic floor A, contained a Quina type Mousterian lithic industry. Sediments indicate very cold and dry conditions with deer and reindeer remains among the fauna. In this level, which has a U/Th date of 74 ± 18Ka (Isotopic Stage 4), a huma…
The Neanderthal teeth from Marillac (Charente, Southwestern France): Morphology, comparisons and paleobiology
The challenges of identifying partially digested human teeth: First description of Neandertal remains from the Mousterian site of Marillac (Marillac-le-Franc, Charente, France) and implications for pa…
Excavations at the collapsed cave site of Marillac (Marillac-le-Franc, Charente, France)1, uncovered in the lower half of the stratigraphy, a series of Late Pleistocene sedimentological facies containing a MIS 4/3 fauna. Also discovered were Middle Paleolithic artefacts (Quina Mousterian) and numerous fragmentary Neandertal fossils corresponding to a MNI of seven individuals.Analyses of the geomorphology of the eastern locus of the site, of the a…
Neanderthal infant and adult infracranial remains from Marillac (Charente, France)
At the site of Marillac, near the Ligonne River in Marillac‐le‐Franc (Charente, France), a remarkable stratigraphic sequence has yielded a wealth of archaeological information, palaeoenvironmental data, as well as faunal and human remains. Marillac must have been a sinkhole used by Neanderthal groups as a hunting camp during MIS 4 (TL date 57,600 ± 4,600BP), where Quina Mousterian lithics and fragmented bones of reindeer predominate. This article…
Eight hundred‐year‐old human remains from the Ituri tropical forest, Democratic Republic of Congo: The rock shelter site of Matangai Turu Northwest
Little is known about human prehistory in the central African lowland tropical forest due to a paucity of archaeological evidence. Here we report results from our archaeological investigations of a late Holocene site in the northeast Congo Basin, with emphasis on a single skeleton from the rock shelter site of Matangai Turu Northwest, in the Ituri Forest, Democratic Republic of Congo. The skeleton dates from ∼810 BP (1235 calibrated AD) and is as…
Ka human teeth from El Castillo Cave (Cantabria, Spain) Mid-Upper Paleolithic transition
Three deciduous tooth crowns were found in Unit 18B in El Castillo Cave (Spain), considered a transitional Middle-Upper Paleolithic Unit with numerous14C dates with means earlier than > 42-44 ka cal. BP. Our goal was to describe these teeth, compare them to Neanderthal, Mousterian Modern Humans, and Early-Mid Upper Paleolithic fossils (through scatterplots andZ-scores), and analyze their morphology. The teeth consist of deciduous and isolated cro…
Hyperostosis frontalis interna in a Neandertal from Marillac (Charente, France)
Enthesopathies in a spanish medieval population: Anthropological, epidemiological, and ethnohistorical aspects
Enthesopathies found in a medieval (VI–XIIc.A.D.) peasant population from northern Spain are decribed. These bony lesions affected both the upper and lower limbs of this group. The hard work engaged in daily by both sexes and various habitual activities related to carrying heavy loads, agriculture, cattle-raising, and hunting
Les dents moustériennes de la grotte Boccard, lieu-dit Bas-de-Morant (commune de Créancey, Côte-d'Or, Bourgogne): The Mousterian teeth from the Boccard Cave, Bas-de-Morant (Municipality of Créancey, C…
The Boccard cave is located in the Créancey municipality of the Côte-d’Or. A clear stratigraphy has been defined with a Mousterian layer in which three human permanent teeth were discovered: a lateral upper left incisor, an upper second right premolar and a lower second right molar. The metrical and morphological, descriptive and comparative studies of these remains enable us to integrate them within the variability of Neanderthal teeth and to ex…
The Azilian man from Los Azules Cave I (Cangas de Onis, Oviedo, Spain)
Variabilité morphologique dans la péninsule ibérique: Epipaléolithique - Age ancien
Garralda M. D., Mesa M.S. Variabilité morphologique dans la péninsule ibérique : Epipaléolithique - Age ancien. In: Bulletins et Mémoires de la Société d'anthropologie de Paris, XIV° Série. Tome 1 fascicule 3, 1984. pp. 207-219
Los Canes Mesolithic burials: Archaeothanatology
Two newly identified Mousterian human rib fragments from Combe-Grenal (Domme, France)
This paper presents the discovery and study of two new fossil human remains from the mousterian site of Combe-Grenal located in the commune of Domme in Dordogne. These two fragments are from ribs and they have been found in level 25 (Bordes’ excavation ; Quina type Mousterian). One of them is a fragment of an adult right first rib. The second is a fragment of an adolescent lower mid-thoracic rib (possibly the 8th or 9th). Although none of these f…
Morphological variability in the Iberian Peninsula: Middle—Modern Ages
This paper studies the morphological variability of the principal masculine series of the Iberian Peninsula from the Middle to the Modern Era. This analysis was based on the thirteen most important measurements of the neuro- and splanchnocranium. The method used was a univariated comparison by means of graphic techniques and diverse statistical tests. The knowledge of each population studied, its dating, geographic location, cultural aspects, as …
Child pathology in the mendicants' necropolis of El Burgo de Osma Cathedral (Soria, Spain): Pathologie infantile chez les mendiants de la nécropole de la cathédrale d’El Burgo de Osma (Soria, Espagne)
The necropolis discovered in the Cloister of the El Burgo de Osma Cathedral (Soria, Northern Spain) consists of a group of 63 burials, with a total of 75 individuals, 55 adults, 4 youths and 16 children between 0 and 13 years old. Historical documents dating from the time when this necropolis was used (in the 17th and 18th centuries), point to this area as a cemetery for “...poor mendicants...”. The study of the pathologies of this human group co…
L'évolution de la stature
Garralda M. D., Vandermeersch B. L'évolution de la stature. In: Bulletins et Mémoires de la Société d'anthropologie de Paris, Nouvelle Série. Tome 5 fascicule 1-2, 1993. pp. 269-281
La sépulture azilienne de la Cueva de los Azules (Cangas de Onis, Oviedo, Espagne)
Fernandez-Tresguerres J. A., Garralda M. D. La sépulture azilienne de la Cueva de los Azules (Cangas de Onis, Oviedo, Espagne). In: Bulletins et Mémoires de la Société d'anthropologie de Paris, XIII° Série. Tome 2 fascicule 3, 1975. p. 287
Un cas de mutilation dentaire chez les anciens Canariens
Garralda M. D., Del-Nero G. Un cas de mutilation dentaire chez les anciens Canariens. In: Bulletins et Mémoires de la Société d'anthropologie de Paris, XIII° Série. Tome 9 fascicule 4, 1982. pp. 299-308
Variabilité morphologique dans la péninsule ibérique: Epipaléolithique - Age ancien
Garralda M. D., Mesa M.S. Variabilité morphologique dans la péninsule ibérique : Epipaléolithique - Age ancien. In: Bulletins et Mémoires de la Société d'anthropologie de Paris, XIV° Série. Tome 1 fascicule 3, 1984. pp. 207-219
Morphological variability in the Iberian Peninsula: Middle—Modern Ages
This paper studies the morphological variability of the principal masculine series of the Iberian Peninsula from the Middle to the Modern Era. This analysis was based on the thirteen most important measurements of the neuro- and splanchnocranium. The method used was a univariated comparison by means of graphic techniques and diverse statistical tests. The knowledge of each population studied, its dating, geographic location, cultural aspects, as …
The Azilian man from Los Azules Cave I (Cangas de Onis, Oviedo, Spain)
Abstracts — Second Symposium on Upper Paleolithic
Enthesopathies in a spanish medieval population: Anthropological, epidemiological, and ethnohistorical aspects
Enthesopathies found in a medieval (VI–XIIc.A.D.) peasant population from northern Spain are decribed. These bony lesions affected both the upper and lower limbs of this group. The hard work engaged in daily by both sexes and various habitual activities related to carrying heavy loads, agriculture, cattle-raising, and hunting
L'évolution de la stature
Garralda M. D., Vandermeersch B. L'évolution de la stature. In: Bulletins et Mémoires de la Société d'anthropologie de Paris, Nouvelle Série. Tome 5 fascicule 1-2, 1993. pp. 269-281
Les dents d'enfant des niveaux moustériens de la grotte de Carihuela (Grenade-Espagne)
La grotte de la Carihuela , située au Nord-Est de Grenade (Espagne), a fait l'objet de plusieurs campagnes de fouilles. Les dents humaines qui sont présentées dans cet article proviennent des niveaux moustériens fouillés en 1969. Au nombre de six, ces dents peuvent être toutes rapportées à un même sujet immature, désigné alors sous le nom de Pinar 7, et âgé d'environ 8-9 ans. De grande taille , ces dents présentent une morphologie générale qui ne…
Variabilidad de los tori orales en la población de Coimbra (Portugal) a principios del siglo XX
El presente estudio analiza la variabilidad de la expresi6n de los tres tori orales (palatinus, max illaris y mandibularisi en una muestra de 483 cráneos pertencientes a dos de las colecciones identificadas del Museo de Antropología de la Universidad de Coimbra. Estos individuos vivieron y murieron en distintas "freguesias" del "Concelho" de Coimbra a comienzos del siglo XX. Los resultados muestran que una gran parte de los individuos presentan t…
Mesolithic burials in los canes cave (Asturias, Spain)
Denise Ferembach,in memoriam
Les Néandertaliens de la grotte de Combe-Grenal (Domme, Dordogne, France) / The Neanderthals from Combe-Grenal cave (Domme, Dordogne, France)
Nous étudions dans ce travail les restes humains trouvés par D. et E. Peyrony et par F. Bordes pendant leurs fouilles de la grotte de Combe-Grenal (Domme, Dordogne, SO France), gisement qui a fourni un complexe stratigraphique allant de l'Acheuléen à la fin du Moustérien. Plusieurs niveaux de cette dernière culture, assignés aux stades isotopiques 5a et surtout 4, ont livré les matériaux anthropologiques dont la chronologie se situe autour de 70 …
Eight hundred‐year‐old human remains from the Ituri tropical forest, Democratic Republic of Congo: The rock shelter site of Matangai Turu Northwest
Little is known about human prehistory in the central African lowland tropical forest due to a paucity of archaeological evidence. Here we report results from our archaeological investigations of a late Holocene site in the northeast Congo Basin, with emphasis on a single skeleton from the rock shelter site of Matangai Turu Northwest, in the Ituri Forest, Democratic Republic of Congo. The skeleton dates from ∼810 BP (1235 calibrated AD) and is as…
Eight hundred-year-old human remains from the Ituri tropical forest, Democratic Republic of Congo: The rock shelter site of Matangai Turu Northwest
Little is known about human prehistory in the central African lowland tropical forest due to a paucity of archaeological evidence. Here we report results from our archaeological investigations of a late Holocene site in the northeast Congo Basin, with emphasis on a single skeleton from the rock shelter site of Matangai Turu Northwest, in the Ituri Forest, Democratic Republic of Congo. The skeleton dates from ∼810 BP (1235 calibrated AD) and is as…
Child pathology in the mendicants' necropolis of El Burgo de Osma Cathedral (Soria, Spain): Pathologie infantile chez les mendiants de la nécropole de la cathédrale d’El Burgo de Osma (Soria, Espagne)
The necropolis discovered in the Cloister of the El Burgo de Osma Cathedral (Soria, Northern Spain) consists of a group of 63 burials, with a total of 75 individuals, 55 adults, 4 youths and 16 children between 0 and 13 years old. Historical documents dating from the time when this necropolis was used (in the 17th and 18th centuries), point to this area as a cemetery for “...poor mendicants...”. The study of the pathologies of this human group co…
La molaire néandertalienne de la grotte Vaufrey (Dordogne, France)
The site of Vaufrey Cave (Dordogne, France) has been excavated since 1968. This work revealed a complex stratigraphy ranging from the Acheulean to the Mousterian. Level I of this site, which was covered by stalagmitic floor A, contained a Quina type Mousterian lithic industry. Sediments indicate very cold and dry conditions with deer and reindeer remains among the fauna. In this level, which has a U/Th date of 74 ± 18Ka (Isotopic Stage 4), a huma…
La molaire d’enfant néandertalien de Genay (Côte-d’Or, France). Réflexions sur la variabilité dentaire des Néandertaliens
En 1985, un germe isolé d’une molaire inférieure était mis au jour par Y. Pautrat dans le site de Genay en Côte-d’Or (France) durant des fouilles de sauvetage. Ce germe a été trouvé avec du matériel lithique attribué au Moustérien et des vestiges fauniques qui pourraient être rapportés au stade isotopique 4. Toutefois, il n’est pas possible d’établir précisément la position spatiale de ce nouveau vestige, numéroté Genay 3, avec le crâne fragmenta…
Les dents moustériennes de la grotte Boccard, lieu-dit Bas-de-Morant (commune de Créancey, Côte-d'Or, Bourgogne): The Mousterian teeth from the Boccard Cave, Bas-de-Morant (Municipality of Créancey, C…
The Boccard cave is located in the Créancey municipality of the Côte-d’Or. A clear stratigraphy has been defined with a Mousterian layer in which three human permanent teeth were discovered: a lateral upper left incisor, an upper second right premolar and a lower second right molar. The metrical and morphological, descriptive and comparative studies of these remains enable us to integrate them within the variability of Neanderthal teeth and to ex…
Neanderthal Geographical and Chronological Variation
Le plus ancien enfant d'Aquitaine: Combe-Grenal 31 (Domme, France)
Le récolement des collections du Musée national de Préhistoire a permis, lors du travail sur la faune découverte au cours des fouilles de F. Bordes à Combe-Grenal, site de référence, l’identification d’un nouveau fossile humain, Combe-Grenal 31. Il provient de la couche 60. En fonction des vestiges archéologiques et paléontologiques qu'elle livre, et de comparaisons avec des niveaux aussi anciens de différents gisements, cette couche s’est probab…
Legg-Calvé-Perthes Disease and unifocal eosinophilic granuloma in a visigoth from the Duratón necropolis (Segovia, Spain)
Individual number 12, exhumed at the Duratón Visigoth necropolis (Segovia, Spain), was found in a supine position inside a simple fossa without adornments. He was a very robust adult (∼50/60 years) male presenting two pathologies, independently originated and both occurring in a particular anatomical area: the right hip. The first one has been diagnosed as Legg-Calvé-Perthes Disease, and it affects the right femur and the coxal. The femoral head …
Two newly identified Mousterian human rib fragments from Combe-Grenal (Domme, France)
This paper presents the discovery and study of two new fossil human remains from the mousterian site of Combe-Grenal located in the commune of Domme in Dordogne. These two fragments are from ribs and they have been found in level 25 (Bordes’ excavation ; Quina type Mousterian). One of them is a fragment of an adult right first rib. The second is a fragment of an adolescent lower mid-thoracic rib (possibly the 8th or 9th). Although none of these f…
Neanderthal infant and adult infracranial remains from Marillac (Charente, France)
At the site of Marillac, near the Ligonne River in Marillac‐le‐Franc (Charente, France), a remarkable stratigraphic sequence has yielded a wealth of archaeological information, palaeoenvironmental data, as well as faunal and human remains. Marillac must have been a sinkhole used by Neanderthal groups as a hunting camp during MIS 4 (TL date 57,600 ± 4,600BP), where Quina Mousterian lithics and fragmented bones of reindeer predominate. This article…
Hyperostosis frontalis interna in a Neandertal from Marillac (Charente, France)
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