RESEARCH ARTICLE
The Rule Rather Than the Exception! Multi-Predator Actualistic Accumulations From Cau del Duc (Lleida, Spain) and Their Implications for the Interpretation of the Archaeopaleontological Record
Julián Mignino,
Anna Rufà,
Goizane Alonso,
Maite Arilla,
Ruth Blasco,
Corresponding Author
Julián Mignino
Facultad de Filosofía y Humanidades, Museo de Antropología, Instituto de Antropología de Córdoba, IDACOR, CONICET, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Córdoba, Argentina
Correspondence:
Julián Mignino ([email protected])
Contribution: Conceptualization (lead), Investigation (lead), Writing - review & editing (equal)
Search for more papers by this authorAnna Rufà
ICArEHB—Interdisciplinary Center for Archaeology and the Evolution of Human Behaviour, Universidade do Algarve, Faro, Portugal
PACEA UMR 5199, Univ. Bordeaux, CNRS, MCC, Pessac, France
Contribution: Resources, Investigation (lead), Writing - original draft (equal)
Search for more papers by this authorGoizane Alonso
Universidad de Burgos (UBU), Burgos, Spain
Contribution: Writing - review & editing (equal)
Search for more papers by this authorMaite Arilla
Institut Català de Paleoecologia Humana i Evolució Social (IPHES-CERCA), Tarragona, Spain
Departament d'Història i Història de l'Art, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Tarragona, Spain
Contribution: Writing - review & editing (equal)
Search for more papers by this authorRuth Blasco
Institut Català de Paleoecologia Humana i Evolució Social (IPHES-CERCA), Tarragona, Spain
Departament d'Història i Història de l'Art, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Tarragona, Spain
Contribution: Resources, Investigation (lead), Writing - review & editing (equal)
Search for more papers by this authorJulián Mignino,
Anna Rufà,
Goizane Alonso,
Maite Arilla,
Ruth Blasco,
Corresponding Author
Julián Mignino
Facultad de Filosofía y Humanidades, Museo de Antropología, Instituto de Antropología de Córdoba, IDACOR, CONICET, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Córdoba, Argentina
Correspondence:
Julián Mignino ([email protected])
Contribution: Conceptualization (lead), Investigation (lead), Writing - review & editing (equal)
Search for more papers by this authorAnna Rufà
ICArEHB—Interdisciplinary Center for Archaeology and the Evolution of Human Behaviour, Universidade do Algarve, Faro, Portugal
PACEA UMR 5199, Univ. Bordeaux, CNRS, MCC, Pessac, France
Contribution: Resources, Investigation (lead), Writing - original draft (equal)
Search for more papers by this authorGoizane Alonso
Universidad de Burgos (UBU), Burgos, Spain
Contribution: Writing - review & editing (equal)
Search for more papers by this authorMaite Arilla
Institut Català de Paleoecologia Humana i Evolució Social (IPHES-CERCA), Tarragona, Spain
Departament d'Història i Història de l'Art, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Tarragona, Spain
Contribution: Writing - review & editing (equal)
Search for more papers by this authorRuth Blasco
Institut Català de Paleoecologia Humana i Evolució Social (IPHES-CERCA), Tarragona, Spain
Departament d'Història i Història de l'Art, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Tarragona, Spain
Contribution: Resources, Investigation (lead), Writing - review & editing (equal)
Search for more papers by this authorFirst published: 15 January 2025
Funding: This work was supported by Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Generalitat de Catalunya, Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación, and European Research Council.
ABSTRACT
Numerous zooarchaeological cases have reported the presence of more than one type of predator as causal agents in the formation of the bone record in karstic contexts. However, modern analogs capable of supporting these interpretations from actualistic cases are practically nonexistent. In this paper, we present the analysis of a leporid assemblage accumulated in a cave where the action of different non-human predators converged. The exhaustive taphonomic analyses suggest that these remains were accumulated by more than one type of predator as the majority product of non-ingested remains. In comparison with other studies carried out at the same site, we could affirm that the genesis of this assemblage is due to the predatory action of nocturnal birds of prey and carnivorous mammals that carried their prey to this cave. We discuss these results and provide information to enrich archaeological and paleontological studies in contexts with combined taphonomic problems.
Conflicts of Interest
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