BORIOVÁ, Soňa, Sandra SÁZELOVÁ, Martin NOVÁK, Jindřich ŠTELCL and Jiří SVOBODA. Human and non-human taphonomic effects on faunal remains from the Late Upper Paleolithic: A case study from the Stránská skála IV site, Czech Republic. International Journal of Osteoarchaeology. Hoboken: Wiley, 2020, vol. 30, No 2, p. 155-169. ISSN 1047-482X. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/oa.2843.
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Original name Human and non-human taphonomic effects on faunal remains from the Late Upper Paleolithic: A case study from the Stránská skála IV site, Czech Republic.
Authors BORIOVÁ, Soňa (703 Slovakia, guarantor, belonging to the institution), Sandra SÁZELOVÁ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Martin NOVÁK (703 Slovakia), Jindřich ŠTELCL (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution) and Jiří SVOBODA (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution).
Edition International Journal of Osteoarchaeology, Hoboken, Wiley, 2020, 1047-482X.
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Original language English
Type of outcome Article in a journal
Field of Study 50404 Antropology, ethnology
Country of publisher United States of America
Confidentiality degree is not subject to a state or trade secret
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Impact factor Impact factor: 1.311
RIV identification code RIV/00216224:14310/20:00115183
Organization unit Faculty of Science
Doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/oa.2843
UT WoS 000503619100001
Keywords in English horse exploitation; hunter-gatherer societies; Last Glacial Maximum (LGM); specialised killing site; Stránská skála IV; taphonomy
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Tags International impact, Reviewed
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Abstract
This paper focuses on two accumulations of horse bones at the Stránská skála IV site, dated from around the Last Glacial Maximum (Epigravettian). Osteological material was subjected to taxonomical and taphonomical analyses. The results confirmed the prevalence of horses, and quantitative analyses indicated a minimum of 10 individuals, which is the approximate size of a herd. The taphonomical analyses did not confirm any traces of human activities, but on the basis of skeletal part representation in combination with other site features, we interpret this site as a human opportunistic killing/hunting site. This interpretation was supplemented by approximate nutritional yield analysis, and the outcome was nearly 1,160 kg of meat. The absence of traces of human activity may be explained by the extensive activity of other taphonomic agents described. Their identification plays a key role in the interpretation process.
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MUNI/A/1528/2018, interní kód MUName: Exkavace a laboratorní zpracování humánního a archeozoologického osteologického materiálu z archeologických a etnoarcheologických kontextů
Investor: Masaryk University, Category A
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