41915
Accession Number
21344
Title Of Article Chaper
Late Palaeolithic Exploitation of Horse and Red Deer at Gough's Cave, Cheddar, Somerset
Title Of Journal Book
Proceedings of the University of Bristol Spelaeological Society
Volume
17
Issue
3
Pages
311-330
Collation
40 p. : ills., 32 plates, 4 figs., 1 table
Reference Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references
Language Of Text
English
Literature Type
Serial
Literature Level
Analytic
Abstract
This contribution studies the body part representation of the horse and red deer bones, the season of occupation of the cave as indicated by the bones, and the cut marks on the bones. Samples from different areas of the cave show very different body part representation, only some aspects of which can be put down to differential recovery and post-excavation discard. A theory is put forward to explain differences in terms of human and carnivore activity. The red deer jaws suggest that the cave was used in the winter. The very clear cut marks indicate normal skinning, dismemberment and filleting of the animals, and also the removal of tendons and ligaments from the lower limbs, presumably for industrial purposes.
Keywords
palaeolithic;exploitation;horse;red deer;Gough's Cave; Cheddar; Somerset
pub_id
41915