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Communication Dans Un Congrès M. Maltby (Ed.), Integrating Zooarchaeology. Proceedings of the 9th conference of ICAZ, Durham, 23-28 august 2002. Oxbow books : Oxford Année : 2006

Solutrean Animal Resource Exploitation at Combe Saunière (Dordogne, France)

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Excavations at the site of Combe Saunière yielded a large quantity of well-preserved Solutrean artefacts, including more than 400 shouldered point fragments and over 12,000 identifiable faunal remains. Several domains of analysis were integrated to reconstruct the technological and economic behaviour of Solutrean populations in their territory. One aspect of this reconstruction, based on the analysis of preserved organic materials, is presented in this paper. Solutrean groups primarily hunted ungulates with little selection, though reindeer were preferred. After the complete exploitation of nutritional resources, shown by the high density of cut marks and the systematic breakage of marrow-bearing bones, a high percentage of the spongy but compact bone was burned. Technical and symbolic needs were clearly anticipated through the hunting of certain birds, the collection of reindeer antler and ivory, the utilisation of objects naturally present on the ground surface, and the stockpiling of reindeer metapodials for future transformation into tools. The technological exploitation of osseous materials was highly diverse and fully integrated with other technological and subsistence activities.
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halshs-00083099 , version 1 (29-06-2006)

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Jean-Christophe Castel, Despina Liolios, Véronique Laroulandie, François-Xavier Chauvière, Jean-Pierre Chadelle, et al.. Solutrean Animal Resource Exploitation at Combe Saunière (Dordogne, France). M. Maltby (Ed.), Integrating Zooarchaeology. Proceedings of the 9th conference of ICAZ, Durham, 23-28 august 2002. Oxbow books : Oxford, 2006, Oxford, United Kingdom. pp.138-152. ⟨halshs-00083099⟩
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