Divje babe I: 11. Remains of large mammals /title> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=windows-1252"> <LINK REL="stylesheet" TYPE="text/css" HREF="../style.css"> </head> <center> <table width="800" border="0" cellspacing="5"> <tbody> <tr> <td align="left" class="glava_txt_zg"><a href="http://www.zrc-sazu.si" target=_top><img src="../../Grafika/logo_moder_nov.jpg"></a> Institute of Archaeology</td> <td align="right" class="podnaslovPred"><a href="../../Si/Naslov_iza.html">[Slovenian]</a></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <hr width="790" size="2" border="0" color="#009ED8" /> <table cellspacing="5" width="800" border="0" class="meni"> <tbody> <tr> <td nowrap><a href="../Naslov_IZA.html">Home</a></td> <td nowrap><a href="../Osebne_strani/Sodelavci.html">Members</a></td> <td nowrap><a href="../Program.html">Programme</a></td> <td nowrap><a href="../Projekti.html">Projects</a></td> <td nowrap><a href="../Lab.html">Laboratory</a></td> </tr><tr> <td nowrap><a href="../Zbirke.html">Database</a></td> <td nowrap><a href="../Publikacije.html">Publications</a></td> <td nowrap><a href="../Knjiznica.html">Library</a></td> <td nowrap><a href="../Povezave.html">Links</a></td> <td nowrap><a href="../Arhiv.html">Archive</a></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <body> <table cellspacing="5" width="800" border="0"> <tbody> <tr><td> <p><span class="naslovPred">DIVJE BABE I. Upper Pleistocene Palaeolithic site in Slovenia</span><br> Part I: Geology and Palaeontology</p> <p><span class="podnaslovPred">11. Remains of large mammals from Divje babe I</a> - Stratigraphy, taxonomy and biometry</span><br><br> Borut TOŠKAN</p> <p><b>Abstract</b></p> <p>In the Upper Pleistocene (OIS 3 and OIS 5) layers of the Palaeolithic cave site Divje babe I, in addition to finds of cave bear, a further 995 remains of large mammals from at least 20 different species were found: <i>Lepus timidus seu europaeus, Marmota marmota, Ursus arctos, Canis lupus, Vulpes vulpes, Alopex lagopus, Mustela putorius, Martes martes, Lutra lutra, Felis silvestris, Lynx lynx, Panthera pardus, Panthera spelaea, Sus scrofa, Cervus elaphus, Alces alces, Capreolus capreolus, Rupicapra rupicapra, Capra ibex</i> in <i>Mammuthus primigenius</i> seu <i>Dicerorhinus</i> seu <i>Coleodonta</i>. The number and place of appearance of cutmarks, carnivore tooth marks and hammerstone percussion marks on the long bones of ungulates show that both Palaeolithic man and carnivores contributed to the accumulation of the taphocenosis in the cave. It appears that man typically had first access to carcasses of large herbivores (red deer, chamois, ibex, roe deer), while carnivore access was largely restricted to scavenging of hominid-butchered fare, specifically grease from hammerstone-generated (near-) epiphyseal fragments. It is very unlikely that people would be more successful than wolf, bear, cave lion, leopard and lynx in seeking carrion, so the bulk of the bones of ungulates in Divje babe I presumably represent the remains of human prey.</p> <p><img src="../../Grafika/Divje_babe/11.jpg"><br><br> Number and place of appearance of traces on fossil bones of ungulates from Divje babe I which can be directly connected to the activities of Palaeolithic man (i.e., cut marks, chop marks, cone fractures, specific pattern of fragmentation). In brackets is stated the total number of specimens of an individual skeletal element in the sample in question. In the determination I did not distinguish between phalanxes of front and rear extremities.</p> <p>***</p> <p> 2007, (<a href="Opera_13.html">Opera Instituti Archaeologici Sloveniae, 13</a>), 480pp, 10 colour photoogaphs, 178 b-w drawings, photoogaphs and maps, 89 tabels and 38 annexes; 20 x 29 cm, hardcover, ISBN 978-961-254-019-7. </p> <p align="center"> <a href="Divje_babe_kazalo.html">Contents</a> <a href="#top">Top</a> </p> </td></tr></tbody></table> </body> </center> </html>