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@article{item_3033017,
title = {{Neanderthal selective hunting of reindeer? The case study of Abri du Maras (south-eastern France)}},
author = {Daujeard, C. and Vettese, D. and Britton, Kate and B{\'e}arez, P. and Boulbes, N. and Cr{\'e}gut-Bonnoure, E. and Desclaux, E. and Lateur, N. and Pike-Tay, A. and Rivals, F. and Allu{\'e}, E. and Chac{\'o}n, M. G. and Puaud, S. and Richard, M. and Courty, M.-A. and Gallotti, R. and Hardy, B. and Bahain, J. J. and Falgu{\`e}res, C. and Pons-Branchu, E. and Valladas, H. and Moncel, M.-H.},
issn = {1866-9565},
doi = {10.1007/s12520-017-0580-8},
publisher = {Springer},
year = {2019},
date = {2019-03},
abstract = {{Monospecific exploitation of reindeer by Neanderthals is a common behaviour in the Upper Pleistocene of Western Europe. However, reindeer-dominated assemblages have largely been reported from regions of northern Germany and south-western France, with few examples noted in south-eastern France, where faunal assemblages yield most of the time a variety of other large ungulates such as red deer, horse and diverse bovids. Here, we present multi-strand (bio- and eco-) archaeological datasets from the site of Abri du Maras (level 4.1), situated at the mouth of the Ard{\`e}che and Rh{\^o}ne rivers, a new example of a reindeer-dominated Neanderthal site in south-eastern France. Dated to the beginning of the MIS 3, the zooarchaeological assemblage is dominated by reindeer (88{\textpercent} of the NISP, representing 16 individuals) but also includes horse, bison, giant deer (Megaloceros giganteus), red deer, ibex and lagomorphs. The combination of zooarchaeological, cementochronological and tooth microwear analyses evidence a single species-dominated spectrum, with catastrophic mortality and repeated autumnal deaths. This integrated approach provides an extensive picture of human subsistence behaviour, pointing to short-term hunting episodes of reindeer herds in an exceptional context of a quasi-exclusive Neanderthal accumulation. The high number of individuals and selective butchery may correspond with a cooperative and planned mass hunting strategy. The multidisciplinary approach undertaken here also incorporating paleontological, charcoal, ecological and isotopic analyses places the archaeological and zooarchaeological data within a broader regional palaeoenvironmental framework, providing valuable landscape-contextual information. The zooarchaeological data suggest a subsistence behaviour different from other Neanderthal reindeer-dominated assemblages often connected with specialised butchery or hunting sites.}},
journal = {{Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences}},
volume = {11},
number = {3},
pages = {985--1011},
}