Not Just Food: the Snowy Owl in French magdalenian Sites
LAROULANDIE, Véronique
De la Préhistoire à l'Actuel : Culture, Environnement et Anthropologie [PACEA]
De la Préhistoire à l'Actuel : Culture, Environnement et Anthropologie [PACEA]
LAROULANDIE, Véronique
De la Préhistoire à l'Actuel : Culture, Environnement et Anthropologie [PACEA]
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De la Préhistoire à l'Actuel : Culture, Environnement et Anthropologie [PACEA]
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Ce document a été publié dans
Abstracts of the 69th Annual Meeting Society for American Archaeology, Montréal, Canada, 31 mars 4 avril 2004. Symposuim 94 "Understanding Small Prey in Archaeological Sites: Theorical approaches and explanations, Abstracts of the 69th Annual Meeting Society for American Archaeology, Montréal, Canada, 31 mars 4 avril 2004. Symposuim 94 "Understanding Small Prey in Archaeological Sites: Theorical approaches and explanations", 2004, Washington. 2004p. 199
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Résumé en anglais
Several Magdalenian sites from southwestern France have yielded bones of the Snowy Owl (Nyctea scandiaca). Although the number of calories provided by this bird is small when compared with larger mammals, how the exploitation ...Lire la suite >
Several Magdalenian sites from southwestern France have yielded bones of the Snowy Owl (Nyctea scandiaca). Although the number of calories provided by this bird is small when compared with larger mammals, how the exploitation of this species fit into a broader hunting strategy is unclear. In addition, zooarchaeological studies show that this bird of prey was not used simply as a food item. Bones and probably feathers were used as raw material, demonstrating that the Snowy Owl contributed to multiple aspects of the Paleolithic economy.< Réduire
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Préhistoire
archéozoology
os d'oiseau
Harfang
Mots clés en anglais
Prehistory
Archaeozoology
bird bone
snowy owl
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