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T1 Dietary inferences from dental microwear patterns in Chalcolithic populations from the Iberian Peninsula: the case of El Portalón de Cueva Mayor (Sierra de Atapuerca, Burgos, Spain) and El Alto de la Huesera (Álava, Spain)
A1 García González, Rebeca
A1 Sánchez Puente, Zuriñe
A1 Arsuaga, Juan Luis
A1 Carretero Díaz, José Miguel
K1 Chalcolithic diet
K1 Northern Plateau
K1 Age-related dietary habits
K1 Anatomía humana
K1 Human anatomy
K1 Restos humanos (Arqueología)
K1 Human remains (Archaeology)
K1 Alimentación
K1 Diet
AB Dietary habits are inferred through dental microwear analysis in humans from two Chalcolithic sites located on the Iberian Northern Plateau: El Portalón de Cueva Mayor and El Alto de la Huesera. The pattern of dental microwear was established on the buccal surfaces of permanent and deciduous molars, on the bottom of facet 9 on the occlusal surface of lower molars and on the incisal surfaces of deciduous incisors. Our findings suggest that during the Chalcolithic, the diet of populations from the Northern Plateau is less abrasive than that at the Mediterranean coast, due mainly to high meat consumption. The differences in diet are related to environmental factors, which are more appropriate for animal husbandry on the Northern Plateau. The consumption of meat is not equivalent in sub-adult and adult individuals from our samples located on the Northern Plateau. Younger individuals show a harder diet with less meat intake than older ones.
PB Springer
SN 1866-9557
YR 2019
FD 2019-08
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10259/10117
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10259/10117
LA eng
NO The authors received financial support from the Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad, Spain (project CGL2015-65387-C3-2-P, MINECO-FEDER). Excavations in El Portalón are funded by the Junta de Castilla y León and Fundación Atapuerca.
DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Burgos
RD 03-mar-2025