Year: 2023, 2023
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Name(s): Creator (cre): Scott, Marissa, Thesis advisor (ths): Morin, Eugene, Degree committee member (dgc): Spzak, Paul, Degree committee member (dgc): Connolly, James, Degree committee member (dgc): Blasco, Ruth, Degree granting institution (dgg): Trent University Abstract: <p>This thesis employs zooarchaeological, taphonomic, and spatial analysis to reconstruct subsistence behaviors of Middle Paleolithic Neanderthals using layer V of Abric del Pastor as a case study. Located in Alcoy, Alicante, Spain, Abric del Pastor is a cave shelter with occupation layers dated from MIS 5 through 3. The faunal assemblage is examined on two time scales: i) a longer time… more Full Text: i AN ARCHAEZOOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF LAYER V FAUNAL REMAINS FROM ABRIC DEL PASTOR, ALCOY ALICANTE SPAIN A Thesis Submitted to the Committee on Graduate Studies in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Arts in the Faculty of Arts …
Year: 2020, 2020
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Abstract: <p>The Upper Paleolithic sequence at Vale Boi, Portugal, represents an early example of resource intensification, for which evidence of both diet diversification and intensified utilization of faunal remains has been published. The current research project tests the hypothesis that bone grease rendering was occurring throughout the Upper Paleolithic sequence at Vale Boi. As there are… more Full Text: Rendering New Insights: An Investigation of Bone Processing Activities at Vale Boi A Thesis Submitted to the Committee on Graduate Studies in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Arts in the Faculty of Arts and Science TRENT …
