neanderthal subsistence strategies and implications of cognition complexity - final
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Neanderthal Subsistence Strategies
and Implications of Cognition Complexity
By Jaclyn Janero
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Complex Cognition:• “… the capacity for abstract thought, analogical reasoning, cognitive fluidity, innovative thought, complex goal-directed actions, flexibility in problem-solving, multi-tasking, task switching, response inhibition, and planning over long distances of time.” (Wadley, 2013)•Different than animal hunting• Evidence of this within Neanderthal sites
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Abri du Maras (~71 kya)
Hardy, et al. 2013
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Abri du Maras
Evidence of twisted fibers
Butchery on a lagomorph femur
Feather barbule fragment
Fish scales
Hardy, et al. 2013
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Payre (~150 kya)
Tools used to process starchy plantsHardy & Moncel, 2011
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Jonzac (~57 kya)
Jonzac bone bedsBritton, et al. 2011Niven, et al. 2012
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Cave Bear Exploitation (~50 kya – 27 kya)
•Hard to document human interaction due to caves•Open air sites• Cut marks, projectile point• Art
Projectile point location and mark Cut marks on a
metacarpalWojtal, et al 2015
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Neanderthal Dental Samples
Hardy et al., 2012
• Dental calculus•Medicinal plants• Bitumen & Shale• Inhalation of
smoke
Images of particles trapped in dental calculus
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Conclusion
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References• Britton, et al. 2011. Strontium isotope evidence for migration in late Pleistocene Rangifer:
Implications for Neanderthal hunting strategies at the Middle Paleolithic site of Jonzac, France. Journal of Human Evolution 61:176-185.
• Hardy, Bruce & Marie-Helene Moncel 2011. Neanderthal Use of Fish, Mammals, Birds, Starchy Plants, and Wood 125-250,000 years ago. PLoS ONE 6:1-9.
• Hardy, et al. 2012. Neanderthal medics? Evidence for food, cooking, and medicinal plants entrapped in dental calculus. Naturwissenschaften 99:617-626.
• Hardy, et al. 2013. Impossible Neanderthals? Making string, throwing projectiles, and catching small game during Marine Isotope Stage 4. Quaternary Science Reviews 82:23-40.
• Niven, et al. 2012. Neanderthal mobility and large-game hunting: The exploitation of reindeer during the Quina Mousterian at Chez-Pinaud Jonzac. Journal of Human Evolution 63:624-635.
• Wadley, Lynn 2013. Recoginizing Complex Cognition through Innovative Technology in Stone Age and Paleolithic Sites. Cambridge Archaeological Journal 23:163-183.
• Wojtal, et al. 2015. Gravettian hunting and exploitation of bears in Central Europe. Quaternary International 359-360:58-71.