An archaeozoological approach to the Early Iron Age in Cantabria Spain: El Ostrero (Alto de Maliaño, Camargo, Cantabria)

Book of Abstracts

Encontro de Zooarqueologia

Ibérica (EZI2017)

5ª Reunião Científica

de Arqueomalacologia

da Península Ibérica (5RCAPI)

26-29 April 2017

Faro – Portugal

Edited by

Maria João Valente

Cláudia Costa

Cleia Detry

Encontro de Zooarqueologia Ibérica (EZI2017) e

5ª edição da Reunião Científica

de Arqueomalacologia Ibérica (5RCAPI)

Iberian Zooarchaeology Meeting 2017 (EZI2017) and

5th Iberian Peninsula Archaeomalacology

Scientific Meeting (5RCAPI)

26–29 April 2017, Faro – Portugal

BOOK OF ABSTRACTS

Edited by:

Maria João Valente, Cláudia Costa & Cleia Detry

Hosted by the Universidade do Algarve

ISBN 978-989-8859-11-2 (paper)

ISBN 978-989-8859-12-9 (pdf)

Book of Abstracts of the Encontro de Zooarqueologia Ibérica 2017 (EZI2017) and 5ª Reunião

Científica de Arqueomalacologia da Península Ibérica (5RCAPI). 26-29 April 2017, Faro – Portugal

Edited by Maria João Valente, Cláudia Costa & Cleia Detry

ISBN (paper) 978-989-8859-11-2

ISBN (pdf)

978-989-8859-12-9

© Universidade do Algarve

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Table of Contents

Archeozoology: the dialogue between natural and human sciences (by Marta Moreno García) ... 6

The development of Iberian archaeozoology (1975–2016). Reflections of a personal experience (by Arturo Morales Muñiz) ... 6

EZI2017 ORAL SESSIONS ... 7

Wednesday, 26 April ... 8

SESSION E1: Small prey in Iberian Paleolithic ... 8

SESSION E2: Crossroads in zooarchaeology: environment and hunter-gatherers during the Late Pleistocene– Early Holocene ... 9

SESSION E3: Issues in neolithic zooarchaeology: from domestication to taphonomy ... 11

SESSION E4: Miscellaneous topics in (Iberian) zooarchaeology ... 13

Thursday, 27 April ... 16

SESSION E5: Animal husbandry from the Chalcolitic to the Iron Age ... 16

SESSION E6: Funerary practices and zooarchaeology from Late Prehistory to the Iron Age ... 19

SESSION E7: Animal management during the Roman period and Late Antiquity ... 21

SESSION E8: Different paths in the usage of animal resources in Medieval Times ... 24

Friday, 28 April ... 26

SESSION E9: Eclectic studies: isotopes, ichtio- and herpetofauna ... 26

5RCAPI ORAL SESSIONS ... 28

Friday, 28 April ... 29

SESSION R1: Mussels in Iberian archaeomalacology ... 29

Saturday, 29 April ... 31

SESSION R2: Molluscs and crabs in prehistoric times: food resources and paleoenvironmental indicators ... 31

SESSION R3: Shells as prehistoric ornaments: choices and techniques ... 33

SESSION R4: Shellfishing on the distant shores of Brazil ... 35

SESSION R5: Bronze Age to Early Roman Period: variance in mollusc usage in Iberia ... 36

SESSION R6: Archaeomalacology from later historic periods (Late Roman to Modern Age): food resources and (paleo)ecological utility ... 38

JOINT POSTER SESSION (Friday, April 28th) ... 40

SESSION EP: Posters EZI2017 ... 41

SESSION RP: Posters 5RCAPI ... 54

Author Index ... 56

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Organisation

Organising Commission

– Maria João Valente, Universidade do Algarve, CEAACP – Cláudia Costa, Universidade do Algarve, ICArEHB – Cleia Detry, Universidade de Lisboa, Uniarq

Secretariat

– Francisco Rosa Correia, Universidade do Algarve – Frederico Táta Regala, Universidade do Algarve, ICArEHB – Humberto Veríssimo, Universidade do Algarve

– Lino André, Universidade do Algarve, ICArEHB – Patrícia Aleixo, Universidade do Algarve – Pedro Fernandes, Universidade do Algarve, NAP – Rute Branco, Universidade do Algarve, NAP – Vera Pereira, Universidade de Coimbra, CEAACP

Scientific Commission EZI2017

– Arturo Morales Muñiz, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (Spain) – Carlos Fernández-Rodríguez, Universidad de León (Spain) – Carlos Pimenta, DGPC – Laboratório de Arqueociências (Portugal)

– Corina Liesau von Lettow-Vorbeck, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (Spain) – Jean-Philip Brugal, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (France) – João Luís Cardoso, Universidade Aberta (Portugal)

– Jordi Nadal Lorenzo, Universitat de Barcelona (Spain)

– José Antonio Riquelme Cantal, Universidad de Córdoba (Spain) – Juan Carlos Díez Fernández-Lomana, Universidad de Burgos (Spain) – Manuel Pérez Ripoll, Universitat de València (Spain)

– Marta Moreno García, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (Spain) – Pedro Maria Castaños Ugarte, Sociedad de Ciencias Aranzadi (Spain) – Simon Davis, DGPC – Laboratório de Arqueociências (Portugal) – Sónia Gabriel, DGPC – Laboratório de Arqueociências (Portugal)

Scientific Commission 5RCAPI

– André Carlo Colonese, University of York (United Kingdom) – Arturo Morales Muñiz, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (Spain) – Carlos Fernández-Rodríguez, Universidad de León (Spain)

– David Cuenca Solana, Universidad de Cantabria (Spain) / Université de Rennes (France) – Darío Bernal-Casacola, Universidad de Cádiz (Spain)

– Igor Gutíerrez-Zugasti, Universidad de Cantabria (Spain) – João Paulo Cabral, Universidade do Porto (Portugal) – Pedro Callapez, Universidade de Coimbra (Portugal)

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EP.21 | LATE BRONZE AGE FAUNAL REMAINS FROM FRAGA DOS CORVOS (MACEDO DE CAVALEIROS, EASTERN TRÁS-OS-MONTES, PORTUGAL)

Margarida Carvalho [1], Elsa Luís [2], Cleia Detry [2] & João Carlos Senna-Martinez [2]. Contact: maggie.carvalho@sapo.pt

[1] Faculdade de Letras, Universidade de Lisboa, PT. [2] UNIARQ – Centro de Arqueologia da Universidade de Lisboa. Faculdade de Letras de Lisboa. Universidade de Lisboa, PT.

This work aims to present the results from the study of faunal remains attributed to a late phase of the Late Bronze Age (LBA) and recovered during the 2011-2016 field seasons at the Sector-M of Fraga dos Corvos archaeological site. The site is located in the Northeast of Portugal, on a schist outcrop in the northwestern slope of Serra de Bornes (Bragança District, Macedo de Cavaleiros County). The Bronze Age habitat of Fraga dos Corvos was surrounded, in the LBA, by a monumental “talud wall” encompassing an area of more than 1ha. Sector-M corresponds to a platform atop the southern end of the site. In the excavated area, the usually difficult preservation of organic remains, due to the generally acidic soils, was counteracted by a layer of small stones in an argillaceous matrix which created good taphonomical conditions for the preservation of faunal remains in the underlying stratigraphical units. As Zooarchaeological studies are scarce in Portugal northernmost areas, the data from Fraga dos Corvos allow us to begin to understand the role domestic and wild species played in the regional LBA subsistence. Domestic species are predominant (Ovis/Capra and Bos sp.) with a smaller presence of wild ones (Sus sp., probably the boar, and Oryctolagus

cuniculus).

Keywords: Final Bronze Age, zooarchaeology, Northeastern Portugal, Macedo de Cavaleiros, Fraga dos Corvos

EP.22 | FAUNAL REMAINS FROM THE LATE BRONZE AGE OF THE OUTEIRO DO CIRCO (BEJA, PORTUGAL)

Íris Dias [1], Eduardo Porfírio [2], Miguel Serra [2] & Cleia Detry [3]. Contact: iris.fcdias@gmail.com

[1] Faculdade de Letras, Universidade de Lisboa, PT. [2] Palimpsesto – Estudo e Preservação do Património Cultural Lda, Coimbra, PT. [3] UNIARQ – Centro de Arqueologia da Universidade de Lisboa. Faculdade de Letras de Lisboa. Universidade de Lisboa, PT.

The excavations conducted at the fortified settlement of Outeiro do Circo (Beja), have been proving the presence in this place of a human occupation dated from the Late Bronze Age. Delimited by a unique walled defensive structure, this settlement is implanted in a crest of hills of low altimetry, in an area of fertile soils that have promoted the establishment of several communities in the region through times.

In between the collected findings during the several excavations carried out in the framework of two research projects, developed in years 2008-2013 and in 2014/2017, plenty of these were osteological elements, assignable to mammals. This work’s purpose was to analyze this same group, of which the domestic species are the majority. Among the findings, there were remains of goats, cattle, pigs, one dog element and equines. Regarding wild animals, only a deer and a hare were recorded.

The preponderance of domestic animals points out that the food resources depended heavily on the livestock. Hunting seems to have been a secondary gain in this settlement’s economy. This scenario proves that the community, in this case, was a highly sedentary community, which invested heavily in the livestock and the agriculture holding. Thus, demanding perpetual intervention by the community to help sustain these same resources.

Keywords: zooarchaeology, Bronze Age, Beja

EP.23 | AN ARCHAEOZOOLOGICAL APPROACH TO THE EARLY IRON AGE IN CANTABRIA SPAIN: EL OSTRERO (ALTO DE MALIAÑO, CAMARGO, CANTABRIA)

Esteban Álvarez-Fernández [1], Mariám Cueto [2], Rafael Bolado [2] & Miriám Cubas [3]. Contact: epanik@usal.es [1] Departamento de Prehistoria, Historia Antigua y Arqueología, Facultad de Geografía e Historia, Universidad de Salamanca (USAL), ES. [2] Instituto Internacional de Investigaciones Prehistóricas de Cantabria, Universidad de Cantabria. Santander, ES. [3] BioArCh, Universidad de York, UK.

The site of “El Ostrero”, which is now destroyed, was located in Alto de Maliaño (Camargo, Cantabria), on a hill about 500m from the Boo Estuary. Excavations in 1984 documented a tumulus-shaped deposit, 5m in diameter, formed by a dense accumulation of archaeological remains, including fauna, pottery and metal objects. The faunal remains are restudied here. The number of mammal bones is very small, contrasting with the large quantities of mollusc shells, mainly oysters, clams and razor shells. A radiocarbon determination of an oyster shell dates the deposit’s formation in the Early Iron Age.

Keywords: marine resources, terrestrial fauna, shell-midden, Early Iron Age, Northern Spain

EP.24 | TAPHONOMIC TOOLS TO INTERPRET AN ANIMAL ENCLOSURE: THE CASE OF THE IRON AGE SITE OF EL TURÓ DE LA FONT DE LA CANYA (BARCELONA, SPAIN)

Sergio Jiménez Manchón [1,2], Isabel Cáceres [3,4] & Sílvia Valenzuela-Lamas [1,5]. Contact: sergiojimenezmanchon@gmail.com

[1] ASM – Archéologie des Sociétés Méditerranéennes, UMR 5140, Montpellier, FR. [2] Labex ARCHIMEDE programme IA-ANR-11-LABX-0032-01. [3] Universitat Rovira i Virgili (URV), Tarragona, ES. [4] IPHES – Institut Català de Paleoecologia Humana i Evolució Social, Tarragona, ES. [5] Institució Milà i Fontanals – Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (IMF–CSIC), Barcelona, ES.

The Stratigraphic Unit 1710 from the Iron Age site of El Turó de la Font de la Canya (7-6th _{BC) has been interpreted as a}

pen (an animal enclosure) thanks to taphonomic data. Several faunal remains of this Stratigraphic Unit present bites made by pigs and herbivores (bovines and caprines). Pig bites have been documented on the basis of their morphology and their measurements following present-day referential (Saladié, 2009). Herbivore bites were identified thanks to

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