Evidence for bronze age cannibalism in El Mirador Cave (Sierra de Atapuerca, Burgos, Spain) Export

@article{citeulike:1287940, abstract = {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 (Fern\'{a}ndez-Jalvo et al.: Science 271 (1996) 277-278; Fern\'{a}ndez-Jalvo et al.: J Hum Evol 37 (1999) 591-622). Am J Phys Anthropol, 2007. {\copyright} 2007 Wiley-Liss, Inc.}, address = {IPHES-URV, \`{A}rea de Prehist\`{o}ria, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Imperial Tarraco, ES43005 Tarragona, Spain}, author = {C\'{a}ceres, Isabel and Lozano, Marina and Saladi\'{e}, Palmira}, citeulike-article-id = {1287940}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.20610}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/abstract/114261507/ABSTRACT}, doi = {10.1002/ajpa.20610}, journal = {American Journal of Physical Anthropology}, keywords = {200705, age-du-bronze, cannibalisme, espagne}, number = {3}, pages = {899--917}, posted-at = {2007-05-10 12:35:54}, priority = {2}, title = {Evidence for bronze age cannibalism in El Mirador Cave (Sierra de Atapuerca, Burgos, Spain)}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.20610}, volume = {133}, year = {2007} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:1287940 L3 - citeulike-article-id:1287940 N2 - 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). Am J Phys Anthropol, 2007. © 2007 Wiley-Liss, Inc. IS - 3 JF - American Journal of Physical Anthropology AD - IPHES-URV, Àrea de Prehistòria, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Imperial Tarraco, ES43005 Tarragona, Spain EP - 917 TI - Evidence for bronze age cannibalism in El Mirador Cave (Sierra de Atapuerca, Burgos, Spain) VL - 133 SP - 899 KW - 200705 KW - age-du-bronze KW - cannibalisme KW - espagne AU - Cáceres, Isabel AU - Lozano, Marina AU - Saladié, Palmira PY - 2007/// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.20610 ER -