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| Pàgina inicial > Articles > Articles publicats > To den or not to den. Contributions to the taphonomic history of the Early Pleistocene site of Venta Micena 4 (Orce, Guadix-Baza Basin) |
(Universidad Complutense de Madrid. Departamento de Prehistoria, Historia Antigua y Arqueología) (Universidad de Granada. Departamento de Prehistoria y Arqueología) (University of Cambridge. Emmanuel College) (Universidad Complutense de Madrid. Departamento de Prehistoria, Historia Antigua y Arqueología) (Universidad Complutense de Madrid. Departamento de Prehistoria, Historia Antigua y Arqueología) (Universidad de Salamanca. Departamento de Ingeniería Cartográfica y del Terreno) (Centro de Interpretación Primeros Pobladores de Europa "Josep Gibert") (University of Helsinki. Department of Geosciences and Geography) (University of Helsinki. Department of Geosciences and Geology) (Institut Català de Paleoecologia Humana i Evolució Social) (Universitat Rovira i Virgili. Departament d'Història i Història de l'Art) (University of Helsinki. Department of Anatomy) (Institut Català de Paleontologia Miquel Crusafont) (Universidad de Zaragoza. Departamento de Ciencias de la Tierra) (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Geologia) (Institut Català de Paleoecologia Humana i Evolució Social) (Finnish Museum of Natural History) (Universidad de Granada. Instituto Universitario de La Paz y Los Conflictos)
| Data: | 2023 |
| Resum: | Venta Micena (Orce, Guadix-Baza Basin, Spain) is an Early Pleistocene locality renowned for the richness and quality of its palaeontological record. VM is spread over an area of 2. 5 km2, where several exposed fossil outcrops are visible amidst its gorges and ravines. The best known of these sites, VM3, has been interpreted as a hyaena den. In addition, a new site, named VM4, has recently been the focus of fieldwork and taphonomic studies. The publication by Luzón et al. (2021) pointed out that VM4 presents a more complex history than VM3. First, two different sub-levels were identified: VM4-I and VM4-II. Secondly, the preliminary taphonomic analysis showed conspicuous differences with regard to VM3. Nevertheless, such interpretation has been challenged by Palmqvist et al. (2022) who proposed that VM3 and VM4 are both the result of a single depositional process, entailing the selective transport of skeletal parts by the giant extinct hyaena Pachycrocuta brevirostris back to its den. Using well-preserved faunal elements whose depositional context and provenance are reliable, in this paper we show that: 1) there are two clearly defined sub-levels in VM4 with some shared taphonomic characteristics as well as some notable differences; 2) VM3 and VM4 exhibit enough divergence to support differences in site formation processes; 3) The interpretation of both VM4-I and VM4-II is more consistent with their characterisation as open-air sites in which multiple agents and depositional processes contributed to its formation, rather than with hyaena dens. Nevertheless, excavations are still in progress at VM4 and therefore any results and interpretations ought to be considered as provisional. |
| Ajuts: | Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación PID2021-125098NB-I00 Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación PRE2020-094482 Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación CEX2019-000945-M-20-1 Agència de Gestió d'Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca 2021/SGR-01238 |
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| Llengua: | Anglès |
| Document: | Article ; recerca ; Versió publicada |
| Matèria: | Herbivores ; Carnivores ; Modifications ; Depositional events ; Open-air sites |
| Publicat a: | Quaternary science reviews, Vol. 308 (May 2023) , art. 108031, ISSN 1873-457X |
