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The role of small prey in hunter–gatherer subsistence strategies from the Late Pleistocene–Early Holocene transition site in NE Iberia: the leporid accumulation from the Epipalaeolithic level of Balma del Gai site

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In Mediterranean Europe during the Pleistocene–Holocene, transition changes in the intensification of small prey exploitation by humans are detected. In the NE of the Iberian Peninsula, these changes are mainly evidenced by an increase in the number of rabbit remains, normally exceeding the 90% of the recovered animal specimens. The archaeological site of Balma del Gai (Moià, Barcelona) provides one of the most significant archaeological records of this kind. Through zooarchaeological and taphonomic analysis, our work’s aims are: to elucidate the human activity on leporids (rabbits and hares) in comparison to other predators, to understand the different ways of handling and exploiting rabbit carcasses and to assess the importance of this small prey for the Epipalaeolithic hunter–gatherers. Results on anatomical representation, breakage and bone surface modifications show that rabbit remains recovered respond to an anthropogenic contribution. High proportions of thermo-altered bones, cut marks caused by lithic tools and teeth marks are observed. All parameters indicate intense exploitation of rabbit fur and meat. This study shows clear evidence of the importance of small prey for human subsistence during this period.

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Financial support from research projects HAR2017-86509 and SGR2017-00011 are gratefully acknowledged. Our thanks to the anonymous reviewers, whose critical comments helped us to improve our paper.

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Lluís Lloveras was funded by a postdoctoral grant (BP-B00140-2014) from the Departament d’Universitats, Recerca I Societat de la Informació de la Generalitat de Catalunya and the COFUND programme (Marie Curie Actions).

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List of cut marked bones, location of the marks on each bone, number of cuts, orientation and intensity, recorded in rabbit remains recovered from the Balma del Gai site. (XLSX 15 kb)

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Rosado-Méndez, N.Y., Lloveras, L., García-Argüelles, P. et al. The role of small prey in hunter–gatherer subsistence strategies from the Late Pleistocene–Early Holocene transition site in NE Iberia: the leporid accumulation from the Epipalaeolithic level of Balma del Gai site. Archaeol Anthropol Sci 11, 2507–2525 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12520-018-0695-6

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