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The turtles from the middle Paleolithic site of Gruta Nova da Columbeira (Bombarral, Portugal): update through an archaeozoological perspective

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dc.contributor.authorJiménez, Iratxe Boneta
dc.contributor.authorCardoso, João Luís
dc.contributor.authorPérez-García, Adán
dc.date.accessioned2023-06-14T09:15:47Z
dc.date.available2023-06-14T09:15:47Z
dc.date.issued2023-05-29
dc.description.abstractTwenty-five years after the preliminary systematic study of the turtle remains (Agrionemys [=Testudo] hermanni and Emys or Mauremys) recovered from Gruta Nova da Columbeira site (Bombarral, Portugal), the results of its review from systematic and archaeozoological perspectives are presented here. Tortoise remains studies from pre-Upper Paleolithic sites worldwide have provided relevant data confirming its role as a dietary supply for hominid populations and informing about their ability to adapt to local environmental resources. The Iberian Peninsula record in general, and specifically, that from Portugal, have yielded substantial evidence to this highly debated topic. In this sense, turtle remains recovered in Gruta Nova da Columbeira site, discovered in the 1960s and the main ensemble chronologically ascribed to the MIS-5 (87.1 ± 6.3 ka BP), offer new information to this debate. Its detailed restudy, has allowed us the identification, justification, and figuration of remains attributed to two Iberian turtle taxa, Chersine hermanni and Emys orbicularis. Therefore, this update on the data concerning the turtle record from Gruta Nova da Columbeira provides new justified taxonomic evidence regarding the Iberian turtle taxa distribution during the Upper Pleistocene. The previously suggested hypothesis about the tortoise human consumption on the site is here evaluated through the development of an archaeozoological and taphonomical analysis, as well as considering the potential documentation of anthropic alterations (e.g., burning, cutmarks, percussion marks). In this sense, this hypothesis is confirmed. In addition, the presence of carnivore activity evidence indicates the engagement of other agents in the deposit formation.pt_PT
dc.description.sponsorshipMinisterio de Ciencia e Innovacion del Gobierno de España; Grant number: PID2019-111210GB-I00.pt_PT
dc.description.versioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionpt_PT
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1002/ar.25229pt_PT
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.2/14016
dc.language.isoengpt_PT
dc.peerreviewedyespt_PT
dc.subjectChersine hermannipt_PT
dc.subjectEmys orbicularispt_PT
dc.subjectNeanderthalpt_PT
dc.subjectTortoise consumptionpt_PT
dc.subjectUpper Pleistocenept_PT
dc.titleThe turtles from the middle Paleolithic site of Gruta Nova da Columbeira (Bombarral, Portugal): update through an archaeozoological perspectivept_PT
dc.typejournal article
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oaire.citation.conferencePlaceEstados Unidos da Américapt_PT
oaire.citation.endPage15pt_PT
oaire.citation.startPage1pt_PT
oaire.citation.titleThe Anatomical Recordpt_PT
oaire.citation.volumeSpecial Issue Articlept_PT
person.familyNameCardoso
person.givenNameJoão Luis
person.identifier.ciencia-id4916-6273-3F6C
person.identifier.orcid0000-0003-2234-2266
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rcaap.typearticlept_PT
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