Journal
PALAEOGEOGRAPHY PALAEOCLIMATOLOGY PALAEOECOLOGY
Volume 443, Issue -, Pages 249-262Publisher
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2015.11.047
Keywords
Cova del Coll Verdaguer; Coprolite; Upper Pleistocene; Micromorphology; Carnivore; Hyenid
Funding
- Grup de Recerca del Quaternari [2014/100639]
- portuguese Fundacao para a Ciencia e a Tecnologia from the FSE/POPH [SFRH/BPD/100828/2014, SFRH/BPD/100507/2014]
- Laboratoire d'Excellence LabexMed (Aix-Marseille Universite, CNRS) [UMR7269]
- Graduate School Human Development in Landscapes (Kiel University) in the frame of the German Universities Excellence Initiative
- [2014SGR-108]
- [HAR2014-55131]
- Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia [SFRH/BPD/100507/2014] Funding Source: FCT
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Three morphotypes of fossil fecal material (coprolites) have been identified from the Upper Pleistocene site of Cova del Coll Verdaguer (NE Iberian Peninsula). Coprolites are commonly found in Pleistocene records and also in places in which human and carnivore activities co-occurred. However, coprolite identification is typically limited to hyenids, the most readily recognizable fossilized feces, owing to their distinctive shape and good preservation, although non-hyena carnivore coprolites are also likely to be present in these assemblages. Several criteria for a multi-scale integrative analysis are proposed here for discriminating different morphotypes. Hence, this analysis provides an opportunity to assess the involvement of several carnivores in bone accumulations, to identify carnivores not specifically represented by skeletal remains and to evaluate interactions between humans and the carnivore guild, especially medium and small carnivores. (C) 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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