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Microremains from El Mirón Cave human dental calculus suggest a mixed plant/animal subsistence economy during the Magdalenian in Northern Iberia

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Microremains from El Mirón Cave human dental calculus suggest a mixed plant/animal subsistence economy during the Magdalenian in Northern Iberia

dc.contributor.author	Power, Robert C.
dc.contributor.author	Salazar García, Domingo Carlos
dc.contributor.author	Straus, Lawrence Guy
dc.contributor.author	González Morales, Manuel R.
dc.contributor.author	Henry, Amanda G.
dc.date.accessioned	2015-07-24T11:43:58Z
dc.date.available	2015-07-24T11:43:58Z
dc.date.issued	2015
dc.identifier.citation	Power, Robert C. Salazar García, Domingo Carlos Straus, Lawrence Guy González Morales, Manuel R. Henry, Amanda G. 2015 Microremains from El Mir on Cave human dental calculus suggest a mixed plant/animal subsistence economy during the Magdalenian in Northern Iberia Journal of Archaeological Science 60 39 46
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10550/45837
dc.description.abstract	Despite more than a century of detailed investigation of the Magdalenian period in Northern Iberia, our understanding of the diets during this period is limited. Methodologies for the reconstruction of Late Glacial subsistence strategies have overwhelmingly targeted animal exploitation, thus revealing only a portion of the dietary spectrum. Retrieving food debris from calculus offers a means to provide missing information on other components of diet.We undertook analysis of human dental calculus samples from Magdalenian individuals (including the ¿Red Lady¿) at El Mir on Cave (Cantabria, Spain), as well as several control samples, to better understand the less visible dietary components. Dental calculus yielded a diverse assemblage of microremains from plant, fungal, animal and mineral sources that may provide data on diet and environment. The types of microremains show that the individuals at El Mir on consumed a variety of plants, including seeds and underground storage organs, as well as other foods, including possibly bolete mushrooms. These findings suggest that plant and plant-like foods were parts of her diet, supplementing staples derived from animal foods. As faunal evidence suggests that the Magdalenian Cantabrian diet included a large proportion of animal foods, we argue here for a mixed subsistence pattern.
dc.language.iso	eng
dc.relation.ispartof	Journal of Archaeological Science, 2015, num. 60, p. 39-46
dc.subject	Prehistòria
dc.title	Microremains from El Mirón Cave human dental calculus suggest a mixed plant/animal subsistence economy during the Magdalenian in Northern Iberia
dc.type	journal article	es_ES
dc.date.updated	2015-07-24T11:43:59Z
dc.identifier.doi	10.1016/j.jas.2015.04.003
dc.identifier.idgrec	106666
dc.rights.accessRights	open access	es_ES