| Evidence for bronze age cannibalism in El Mirador Cave (Sierra de Atapuerca, Burgos, Spain). | |
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PMID: 17492670 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
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During excavations of the Bronze Age levels at El Mirador Cave, a hole containing human remains was found. Taphonomic analysis revealed the existence of cutmarks, human toothmarks, cooking damage, and deliberate breakage in most of the remains recovered, suggesting a clear case of gastronomic cannibalism. The piled distribution of the remains, the uneven skeletal representation, and the chronological difference between the pit and the remains suggest that these bones were subsequently buried by a human group that inhabited into the cave later in time. Evidence of gastronomic cannibalism has already been documented in Gran Dolina, another site in the Sierra de Atapuerca, on remains of Homo antecessor with an age of 800 ky (Fernández-Jalvo et al.: Science 271 (1996) 277-278; Fernández-Jalvo et al.: J Hum Evol 37 (1999) 591-622). |
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Authors:
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Isabel Cáceres; Marina Lozano; Palmira Saladié |
Publication Detail:
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Type: Historical Article; Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't |
Journal Detail:
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Title: American journal of physical anthropology Volume: 133 ISSN: 0002-9483 ISO Abbreviation: Am. J. Phys. Anthropol. Publication Date: 2007 Jul |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2007-06-11 Completed Date: 2007-08-03 Revised Date: - |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 0400654 Medline TA: Am J Phys Anthropol Country: United States |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 899-917 Citation Subset: IM |
Copyright Information:
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(c) 2007 Wiley-Liss, Inc. |
Affiliation:
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IPHES-URV, Area de Prehistòria, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Imperial Tarraco, ES43005 Tarragona, Spain. icaceres@prehistoria.urv.net |
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Adult Bone and Bones / anatomy & histology Cannibalism / history* Child, Preschool Female Fossils History, Ancient Humans Male Spain |
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