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A site with mixed occupation: Neanderthals and carnivores at Érd (Hungary)

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The Middle Palaeolithic open-air site of Érd, near Budapest (Transdanubia, Hungary), with its specific lithic industry on quartzite pebbles, combustion structures and abundant animal bone material dominated by cave bears, was long time considered as one of the best example of a long-term camp of Neanderthals specializing in cave bear hunting. This interpretation of the site was based on the knowledge of the late 1960s. However, the association of carnivore remains and lithic artefacts found in cave or sheltered sites of the Palaeolithic period raises questions about the formation processes of the bone accumulations and about the relationships between these different agents. The development in methodology, both in archaeozoology and lithic technology, allows to apply new approaches in the study of this complex problematic. Independent new analyses of the lithic assemblage and the osteological material of Érd resulted completely new conclusions concerning past human activities at the site as well as the presence and the role of cave bear and cave hyena. An interpretation of the site as a refuge or den for these predators together with the undeniable presence of humans implies a mixed functioning through recurrent occupations.
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hal-03352125 , version 1 (07-03-2022)
hal-03352125 , version 2 (02-05-2023)

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Éva Daschek, Zsolt Mester. A site with mixed occupation: Neanderthals and carnivores at Érd (Hungary). Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, 2020, 29, pp.102116. ⟨10.1016/j.jasrep.2019.102116⟩. ⟨hal-03352125v2⟩
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