1. Neanderthal subsistence at Chez-Pinaud Jonzac (Charente-Maritime, France): A kill site dominated by reindeer remains, but with a horse-laden diet?
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Rendu, William, Renou, Sylvain, Koliasnikova, Anastasiia, Baumann, Malvina, Plisson, Hugues, Discamps, Emmanuel, Soulier, Marie-Cécile, Gicqueau, Arthur, Augoyard, Mathilde, Bocquel, Manon, Guerin, Guillaume, Shnaider, Svetlana, Kolobova, Kseniya, Archaeozoology in Siberia and Central Asia (ZooSCAn), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut français d'études sur l'Asie centrale (IFEAC), Ministère de l'Europe et des Affaires étrangères (MEAE)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), University of Liege, Liege, Belgium, De la Préhistoire à l'Actuel : Culture, Environnement et Anthropologie (PACEA), Université de Bordeaux (UB)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Travaux et recherches archéologiques sur les cultures, les espaces et les sociétés (TRACES), École des hautes études en sciences sociales (EHESS)-Université Toulouse - Jean Jaurès (UT2J), Université de Toulouse (UT)-Université de Toulouse (UT)-Ministère de la Culture et de la Communication (MCC)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Géosciences Rennes (GR), Université de Rennes (UR)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire des Sciences de l'Univers de Rennes (OSUR), Université de Rennes (UR)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université de Rennes 2 (UR2)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université de Rennes 2 (UR2)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography NAS RA, Conseil Général de Charente-Maritime, HADES, and European Project: 851793,QuinaWorld
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Neanderthal ,Ecology ,Middle Paleolithic ,[SHS.ARCHEO]Humanities and Social Sciences/Archaeology and Prehistory ,Neanderthal hunting strategy zooarchaeology Middle Paleolithic site function ,zooarchaeology ,site function ,hunting strategy ,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics - Abstract
International audience; During the MIS 4 in Southwestern France, Quina Neanderthal from the north of the Aquitaine was characterized by a hunting specialization on the reindeer and the lack of diversity in their diet. They developed task-specific locations dedicated to the capture, the butchery, and the consumption of reindeer, and the whole society seems, in this region, to be dependent on this food resource. In this context, the site of Chez-Pinaud at Jonzac (France) occupies a specific place. First, interpreted as a reindeer kill and butchery site, the recent recovery of the site underlines the importance of the large ungulate (horse and bison) to the faunal spectrum (30% of the NISP). Considering the quantity of meat and grease that these species can provide to hunters, the new zooarchaeological analyses suggest that at least the horse may have played a major role in the diet of the Neanderthal population. Since Jonzac is one of the largest sites for this period, these results relativize the importance of reindeer specialization of the Quina population and the lack of diversityl in their diet.
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- 2023