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Hunter–gatherer subsistence at the end of the Pleistocene: preliminary results from Picareiro Cave, Central Portugal

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Nuno Ferreira Bicho ,
Bryan Hockett ,
Jonathan Haws  and
William Belcher
Nuno Ferreira Bicho
Affiliation:
UCEH, Universidade do Algarve, Campus de Gambelas, 8000 Faro, Portugal. nbicho@mozart.si.ualg.pt
Bryan Hockett
Affiliation:
Elko Field Office, Bureau of Land Management, 3900 East Idaho Street, Elko NV 89801, USA. hockett@sierra.net
Jonathan Haws
Affiliation:
Department of Anthropology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison WI 53706, USA. jahwas@students.wisc.edu
William Belcher
Affiliation:
Central Identification Laboratory – Hawaii, 310 Worchester Avenue, Hickham AFB, Hawaii 96853-5530, USA. wbelcher@mail.msn.com
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Excavation at the site of Picareiro Cave in Portugal provides an important and rare sample of animal remains. Preliminary study shows that late Pleistocene hunter–gatherers hunted rabbits, deer and a wide variety of fauna, perhaps during seasonal occupation of the cave.

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PortugalsubsistencePicareiroPleistocene faunafishhunter–gatherer
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Antiquity , Volume 74 , Issue 285 , September 2000 , pp. 500 - 506
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Copyright © Antiquity Publications Ltd. 2000

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