Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia, 46(1) 2003

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VOL 46(1) 2003

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Archaeozoology, large mammal fauna, small mammals, Gravettian, Eastern Europe

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Late Pleistocene mammal fauna from the Late Palaeolithic butchering site Cosăuţi 1, Moldova

• Anatolie DAVID
• Adam NADACHOWSKI
• Viorica PASCARU
• Piotr WOJTAL
• Ilie BORZIAC

Abstract:

The Late Palaeolithic settlement Cosauţi 1 (Moldova), dated for ca. 19 000-17 000 BP, yielded about 34 000 determined remains of large and small mammals. People hunted mainly reindeer (Rangifer tarandus) and horse (Equus latipes). The faunal structure, character of bone preservation, and their accumulation as well as the diversity of large mammals in Cosauţi 1 indicate that here we are possibly dealing with a butchering and killing site of the Late Gravettian age.