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SUMMARY:The Adriatic Plain: A Late Glacial Refugium? Preliminary zooarchae
 ological data from the Late Upper Palaeolithic site of Vela Spila (Croatia
 ) - Victoria Pía Spry-Marqués\, University of Cambridge
DTSTART:20101216T163000Z
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CONTACT:Mark Sapwell
DESCRIPTION:The Late Upper Pleistocene (LUP) was a time of cold climatic c
 onditions in Europe\, especially during the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) c. 
 20 - 18\,000 BP. As a result\, humans would have faced severe survival con
 ditions due to the diminished availability of resources. It is generally a
 ssumed that this resulted in an impoverishment of the subsistence base\, a
 s well as migrations to more 'favourable' areas (i.e. refugia). Zooarchaeo
 logical research has the potential to address these issues by looking at t
 he quality\, quantity and characteristics of faunal assemblages during the
  LUP.\nWas human diet impoverished (i.e. were humans hungry) or were novel
  modifications introduced? Were humans able to survive throughout Europe o
 r did they move to refugia? If so\, what subsistence practices took place 
 at these human-saturated 'pockets'? Archaeological research is taking plac
 e at Vela Spila cave\, located on Korula island (Croatia)\, although part 
 of the Adriatic Plain during the LUP. Given its rich and continuous strati
 graphic sequence\, beginning in the LGM (19395±366 BP)\, it offers a uniq
 ue opportunity for the study of LUP dietary adaptations and assessing SE E
 uropean refugia. Results up until now show interesting dietary choices\, w
 ith Cervus elaphus as the 'dominant' species throughout the LUP (with valu
 es of up to +90% of NISP)\, followed by Equus sp. (hydruntinus?) and other
  smaller-sized species (e.g. Lepus europaeus). The LUP economic importance
  of red deer will be assessed\, and so will the changes in\nrepresentation
  of other 'secondary' species.
LOCATION:McDonald Institute Seminar Room\, Department of Archaeology
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