TY - JOUR
T1 - Occurrence of whale barnacles in Nerja Cave (Málaga, southern Spain)
T2 - Indirect evidence of whale consumption by humans in the Upper Magdalenian
AU - Álvarez-Fernández, Esteban
AU - Carriol, René Pierre
AU - Jordá, Jesús F.
AU - Aura, J. Emili
AU - Avezuela, Bárbara
AU - Badal, Ernestina
AU - Carrión, Yolanda
AU - García-Guinea, Javier
AU - Maestro, Adolfo
AU - Morales, Juan V.
AU - Perez, Guillém
AU - Perez-Ripoll, Manuel
AU - Rodrigo, María J.
AU - Scarff, James E.
AU - Villalba, M. Paz
AU - Wood, Rachel
PY - 2014/7/9
Y1 - 2014/7/9
N2 - A total of 167 plates of two whale barnacle species (Tubicinella major Lamarck, 1802 and Cetopirus complanatus Mörch, 1853) have been found in the Upper Magdalenian layers of Nerja Cave, Mina Chamber (Maro, Málaga, southern Spain). This is the first occurrence of these species in a prehistoric site. Both species are specific to the southern right whale Eubalena australis, today endemic in the Southern Hemisphere. Because of Antarctic sea-ice expansion during the Last Glacial Period, these whales could have migrated to the Northern Hemisphere, and reached southern Spain. Whale barnacles indicate that maritime-oriented forager human groups found stranded whales on the coast and, because of the size and weight of the large bones, transported only certain pieces (skin, blubber and meat) to the caves where they were consumed.
AB - A total of 167 plates of two whale barnacle species (Tubicinella major Lamarck, 1802 and Cetopirus complanatus Mörch, 1853) have been found in the Upper Magdalenian layers of Nerja Cave, Mina Chamber (Maro, Málaga, southern Spain). This is the first occurrence of these species in a prehistoric site. Both species are specific to the southern right whale Eubalena australis, today endemic in the Southern Hemisphere. Because of Antarctic sea-ice expansion during the Last Glacial Period, these whales could have migrated to the Northern Hemisphere, and reached southern Spain. Whale barnacles indicate that maritime-oriented forager human groups found stranded whales on the coast and, because of the size and weight of the large bones, transported only certain pieces (skin, blubber and meat) to the caves where they were consumed.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84903213977&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.quaint.2013.01.014
DO - 10.1016/j.quaint.2013.01.014
M3 - Article
SN - 1040-6182
VL - 337
SP - 163
EP - 169
JO - Quaternary International
JF - Quaternary International
ER -