Distinguishing between Bos and Bison petrous bones. A case studybovines from the Des-Cubierta Cave (Pinilla del Valle, Madrid)

  1. Galindo-Pellicena, María A. 1
  2. Arsuaga, Juan L. 2
  3. Laplana, César 3
  4. De Gaspar, Ignacio 2
  5. Álvarez-Lao, Diego 4
  6. Pérez-González, Alfredo 5
  7. Baquedano, Enrique 6
  1. 1 Universitat de València
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    Universitat de València

    Valencia, España

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  2. 2 Universidad Complutense de Madrid
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    Universidad Complutense de Madrid

    Madrid, España

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  3. 3 Museo Arqueológico Regional
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    Museo Arqueológico Regional

    Madrid, España

  4. 4 Universidad de Oviedo
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    Universidad de Oviedo

    Oviedo, España

    ROR https://ror.org/006gksa02

  5. 5 Centro Nacional de Investigación sobre la Evolución Humana (CENIEH)
  6. 6 Fundación General de la Universidad de Alcalá de Henares
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Journal:
Spanish journal of palaeontology

ISSN: 2255-0550

Year of publication: 2019

Issue Title: SPANISH JOURNAL OF PALAEONTOLOGY

Volume: 34

Issue: 2

Pages: 257-268

Type: Article

DOI: 10.7203/SJP.34.2.16115 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openOpen access editor

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Abstract

The taxonomic identification of large bovine remains in archaeological and palaeontological sites is important in order to infer the palaeoenvironment of these sites and to know if their inhabitants were hunters of Bosor Bison. Their presence may also have biostratigraphic or archaeozoological implications. Although the petrous bone is one of the elements of the skeleton with the greatest preservation potential in prehistoric sites, due to its hardness and compactness, it is not frequently used by the palaeontologists to distinguish between Bosand Bison, the two genera commonly present at the sites during the Pleistocene. Due to the abundance of petrous bones at the Late Pleistocene layers of the Des-Cubierta cave, the aim of this work is to identify Bosand Bisonin this site through the morphological features defined by Guadelli (1999) for this bone and using morphometric geometrics with material of Bos taurus,Bos primigenius, and Bison priscusin order to identify the differences among petrous bones of these species.

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This research has been supported by the financial assistance of the Spanish Society of Palaeontology ID AJISEP-2017-07142. M.A. Galindo-Pellicena was also being supported by a postdoctoral grant from the Fundacion Atapuerca. We thank the Excavation Team of the Des-Cubierta cave for their work in the field, and our colleagues from the Centro Mixto UCM-ISCIII of Madrid and from the Regional Archaeological Museum of Alcalá de Henares, especially to Belén Márquez, Elena Santos, Beatrice Vacca and Abel Moclánfor their suggestions during the elaboration of the manuscript. Thanks must be extended to the Restoration Team, especially to M. Cruz Ortega, to the photographers Alfonso Dávila and Mario Torquemada (M.A.R.), Sandra Gómez and Lucía Villaescusa, as well as to the reviewers Joan Madurell and Johannes van der Made, and to the editor Carlos Martínez, for their suggestions that have greatly improved the manuscript. This work is a contribution to the project PGC2018-094125-B-100 (MCIU/ AEI/FEDER, UE) and PGC2018-093925-B-C33.

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    • AJISEP-2017-07142
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