Bears and Hyenas from the Latest Pleistocene of Southern IberiaSima de Abraham, Priego de Córdoba, Andalusia
- Martínez Sánchez, Rafael María
- López García, Juan Manuel
- Alcalá Ortiz, Antonio
- Blain, Hugues Alexandre
- Rabal Garcés, Raquel
ISSN: 1696-0815
Año de publicación: 2012
Volumen: 10
Número: 3-4
Páginas: 545-559
Tipo: Artículo
Otras publicaciones en: Journal of taphonomy
Resumen
This work describes the fossil accumulations recovered during the excavation of the sinkhole called Sima de Abraham (Sierra Alcaide, Priego de Córdoba, Iberia). This site is characterized by a prominent accumulation of mammalian fossil remains, including carnivores (especially bears, lynx, wildcats and spotted hyenas) and artiodactyls (red deer and ibex) among other species. Human activity does not seem to be the primary agent of accumulation, although a series of cut marks have been found on the articular cavity of the proximal ulna of a large bear, providing interesting insight into the interaction between bears and humans. The age of the deposit was set in the Late Pleistocene in a previous study according to the presence of the southern water vole (Arvicola sapidus) and subsequently corroborated by means of AMS and U/Th, obtaining an approximate age of 40- 30 ky BP, corresponding to MIS 3, in the latest Pleistocene.