- 作者：S ; rine Costamagno ; Isabelle Robert ; Vé ; ronique Laroul ; ie ; Vincent Mourre ; Cé ; line Thié ; baut
- 关键词：Taphonomy ; Accumulator agents ; Boarded vulture ; Semi-digested marks ; Mousterian
- 刊名：Annales de Paleontologie
- 出版年：2008
- 出版时间：October-December 2008
- 年：2008
- 卷：94
- 期：4
- 页码：245-265
- 全文大小：1677 K
Located in the Aure Valley (French central Pyrénées), the Noisetier cave opens at 825 m asl. This Middle Palaeolithic site has produced a Mousterian industry associated with a rich faunal assemblage. Bone remains are dominated by Chamois then Ibex and Red deer. Taphonomic analysis strongly suggests a human origin for the Ibex and the Red deer but questions arise for the Chamois. The chamois assemblage differed from the bones of both species by its low cut marks ratio. Semi-digested bones are particularly abundant. Differences are even more perceptible for skeletal portions. For Red deer and Ibex, long bone remains are mostly shaft portions whereas for Chamois, ends are the most abundant. Comparisons of the Noisetier cave bone assemblage with different present-day reference data leads to the conclusion that Chamois bones have mostly been accumulated by bearded vultures.