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Marianne Deschamps
Last Interglacial Iberian Neandertals as fisher-hunter-gatherers.
Fruits of the sea The origins of marine resource consumption by humans have been much debated. Zilhão et al. present evidence that, in Atlantic Iberia's coastal settings, Middle Paleolithic Neanderthals exploited marine resources at a scale on par with the modern human–associated Middle Stone Age of southern Africa (see the Perspective by Will). Excavations at the Figueira Brava site on Portugal's Atlantic coast reveal shell middens rich in the remains of mollusks, crabs, and fish, as well as terrestrial food items. Familiarity with the sea and its resources may thus have been widespread for residents there in the Middle Paleolithic. The Figueira Brava Neanderthals also exploited stone pine…
Des traces et des hommes : projet interdisciplinaire pour interpréter les comportements techno-économiques des Néandertaliens
Cette contribution expose les problematiques du PCR « Des Traces et des Hommes », un projet de recherche interdisciplinaire sur les modalites d’acquisition et de traitement des matieres vegetales et animales au Paleolithique moyen en Europe occidentale. Elle presente brievement les differentes experimentations effectuees entre 2007 et 2009 et les resultats preliminaires obtenus dans chacun des themes developpes.