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AUTHOR
Jean-philip Brugal
Gastric erosion on artiodactyl acropodials eaten by large carnivores and vultures: a taphonomic comparison
International audience
Identifying fossil rabbit warrens: Insights from a taphonomical analysis of a modern warren
14 pages; International audience; The European rabbit is a small burrowing mammal that is particularly abundant in Western Europe since the Pleistocene and introduced around the world over the last few centuries. Rabbit bones are regularly recovered from archaeological and palaeontological sites; however, demonstrating their contemporaneity with associated material is often difficult. Additionally, determining the origin of rabbit remains in fossil sites is equally problematic due to the lack of reference collections for natural accumulations. In order to address these issues, we excavated a modern rabbit warren in southwestern France using modern archaeological field methods and techniques…