Zooarchaeology through the lens of collagen fingerprinting at Denisova Cave

Abstract Denisova Cave, a Pleistocene site in the Altai Mountains of Russian Siberia, has yielded significant fossil and lithic evidence for the Pleistocene in Northern Asia. Abundant animal and human bones have been discovered at the site, however, these tend to be highly fragmented, necessitating...

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Autores principales:	Samantha Brown, Naihui Wang, Annette Oertle, Maxim B. Kozlikin, Michael V. Shunkov, Anatoly P. Derevianko, Daniel Comeskey, Blair Jope-Street, Virginia L. Harvey, Manasij Pal Chowdhury, Michael Buckley, Thomas Higham, Katerina Douka
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Publicado:	Nature Portfolio 2021
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:787ddd990b85437da5ece964f2e720262021-12-02T16:31:52ZZooarchaeology through the lens of collagen fingerprinting at Denisova Cave10.1038/s41598-021-94731-22045-2322https://doaj.org/article/787ddd990b85437da5ece964f2e720262021-07-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-94731-2https://doaj.org/toc/2045-2322Abstract Denisova Cave, a Pleistocene site in the Altai Mountains of Russian Siberia, has yielded significant fossil and lithic evidence for the Pleistocene in Northern Asia. Abundant animal and human bones have been discovered at the site, however, these tend to be highly fragmented, necessitating new approaches to identifying important hominin and faunal fossils. Here we report the results for 8253 bone fragments using ZooMS. Through the integration of this new ZooMS-based data with the previously published macroscopically-identified fauna we aim to create a holistic picture of the zooarchaeological record of the site. We identify trends associated with climate variability throughout the Middle and Upper Pleistocene as well as patterns explaining the process of bone fragmentation. Where morphological analysis of bones from the site have identified a high proportion of carnivore bones (30.2%), we find that these account for only 7.6% of the ZooMS assemblage, with large mammals between 3 and 5 more abundant overall. Our analysis suggests a cyclical pattern in fragmentation of bones which sees initial fragmentation by hominins using percussive tools and secondary carnivore action, such as gnawing and digestion, likely furthering the initial human-induced fragmentation.Samantha BrownNaihui WangAnnette OertleMaxim B. KozlikinMichael V. ShunkovAnatoly P. DereviankoDaniel ComeskeyBlair Jope-StreetVirginia L. HarveyManasij Pal ChowdhuryMichael BuckleyThomas HighamKaterina DoukaNature PortfolioarticleMedicineRScienceQENScientific Reports, Vol 11, Iss 1, Pp 1-10 (2021)
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spellingShingle	Medicine R Science Q Samantha Brown Naihui Wang Annette Oertle Maxim B. Kozlikin Michael V. Shunkov Anatoly P. Derevianko Daniel Comeskey Blair Jope-Street Virginia L. Harvey Manasij Pal Chowdhury Michael Buckley Thomas Higham Katerina Douka Zooarchaeology through the lens of collagen fingerprinting at Denisova Cave
description	Abstract Denisova Cave, a Pleistocene site in the Altai Mountains of Russian Siberia, has yielded significant fossil and lithic evidence for the Pleistocene in Northern Asia. Abundant animal and human bones have been discovered at the site, however, these tend to be highly fragmented, necessitating new approaches to identifying important hominin and faunal fossils. Here we report the results for 8253 bone fragments using ZooMS. Through the integration of this new ZooMS-based data with the previously published macroscopically-identified fauna we aim to create a holistic picture of the zooarchaeological record of the site. We identify trends associated with climate variability throughout the Middle and Upper Pleistocene as well as patterns explaining the process of bone fragmentation. Where morphological analysis of bones from the site have identified a high proportion of carnivore bones (30.2%), we find that these account for only 7.6% of the ZooMS assemblage, with large mammals between 3 and 5 more abundant overall. Our analysis suggests a cyclical pattern in fragmentation of bones which sees initial fragmentation by hominins using percussive tools and secondary carnivore action, such as gnawing and digestion, likely furthering the initial human-induced fragmentation.
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author	Samantha Brown Naihui Wang Annette Oertle Maxim B. Kozlikin Michael V. Shunkov Anatoly P. Derevianko Daniel Comeskey Blair Jope-Street Virginia L. Harvey Manasij Pal Chowdhury Michael Buckley Thomas Higham Katerina Douka
author_facet	Samantha Brown Naihui Wang Annette Oertle Maxim B. Kozlikin Michael V. Shunkov Anatoly P. Derevianko Daniel Comeskey Blair Jope-Street Virginia L. Harvey Manasij Pal Chowdhury Michael Buckley Thomas Higham Katerina Douka
author_sort	Samantha Brown
title	Zooarchaeology through the lens of collagen fingerprinting at Denisova Cave
title_short	Zooarchaeology through the lens of collagen fingerprinting at Denisova Cave
title_full	Zooarchaeology through the lens of collagen fingerprinting at Denisova Cave
title_fullStr	Zooarchaeology through the lens of collagen fingerprinting at Denisova Cave
title_full_unstemmed	Zooarchaeology through the lens of collagen fingerprinting at Denisova Cave
title_sort	zooarchaeology through the lens of collagen fingerprinting at denisova cave
publisher	Nature Portfolio
publishDate	2021
url	https://doaj.org/article/787ddd990b85437da5ece964f2e72026
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Zooarchaeology through the lens of collagen fingerprinting at Denisova Cave

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