New data on Late Pleistocene small vertebrates from northern France

Stoetzel, Emmanuelle; Koehler, Héloïse; Cliquet, Dominique; Sévêque, Noémie; Auguste, Patrick

Document type :

Compte-rendu et recension critique d'ouvrage

DOI :

10.1016/j.crpv.2015.12.003

Title :

New data on Late Pleistocene small vertebrates from northern France

Author(s) :

Stoetzel, Emmanuelle [Auteur]
Histoire naturelle de l'Homme préhistorique [HNHP]
Koehler, Héloïse [Auteur]
Archéologies et Sciences de l'Antiquité [ArScAn]
Pôle d'Archéologie Interdépartemental Rhénan [PAIR]
Cliquet, Dominique [Auteur]
Direction Régionale des Affaires Culturelles - Normandie [DRAC Normandie]
Sévêque, Noémie [Auteur]
Évolution, Écologie et Paléontologie (Evo-Eco-Paleo) - UMR 8198 [Evo-Eco-Paléo (EEP)]
Histoire, Archéologie et Littérature des Mondes Anciens - UMR 8164 [HALMA]
Auguste, Patrick [Auteur]

Évolution, Écologie et Paléontologie (Evo-Eco-Paleo) - UMR 8198 [Evo-Eco-Paléo (EEP)]

Journal title :

Comptes Rendus. Palevol

Pages :

681 - 695

Publisher :

Académie des sciences (Paris)

Publication date :

2016-07

ISSN :

1631-0683

HAL domain(s) :

Sciences de l'Homme et Société/Archéologie et Préhistoire

English abstract : [en]

tQuaternary small vertebrate assemblages from northern France, and more generally fromnorthwestern Europe, are poorly recognized, and studied less than those from more south-ern, Mediterranean areas. However, important ...
Show more >tQuaternary small vertebrate assemblages from northern France, and more generally fromnorthwestern Europe, are poorly recognized, and studied less than those from more south-ern, Mediterranean areas. However, important sites of human occupation are often foundin these northern areas, with significant issues related to the occupation of these sites byNeanderthals and previous humans, as well as faunal dynamics under climatic pressure. Inthis paper, we present preliminary results from the study of small vertebrate assemblagesfrom two Late Pleistocene sites of northern France: Mutzig (Alsace) and Le Rozel (Nor-mandy). Both are ancient rock-shelters that have been excavated recently and have yieldedevidence of Neanderthal occupation, but in very different contexts: Le Rozel is located ina coastal area of northwestern France contemporaneous with a temperate period, whileMutzig is located at the foot of the Vosges mountains in northeastern France and was occu-pied during a cold period. Consequently, even if these two sites are chronologically closeto each other, differences in faunal composition are observed and discussed in relation tothe geographic, climatic and biochronological context, in comparing the results from smallvertebrates with those from other disciplines (numerical dating, large mammals).Show less >

Language :

Anglais

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Non

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