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.

J 2020

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.

BORIOVÁ, Soňa, Sandra SÁZELOVÁ, Martin NOVÁK, Jindřich ŠTELCL, Jiří SVOBODA et. al.

Basic information

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

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Článek v odborném periodiku

Field of Study

50404 Antropology, ethnology

Country of publisher

United States of America

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

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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

Abstract

V originále

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.

Links

MUNI/A/1528/2018, interní kód MU

Name: Exkavace a laboratorní zpracování humánního a archeozoologického osteologického materiálu z archeologických a etnoarcheologických kontextů

Investor: Masaryk University, Category A

Citovat

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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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. \textit{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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