126470 20241125101153.0 doi 10.1016/j.quascirev.2023.108031 sideral 133848 ART-2023-133848 eng Yravedra Sainz de los Terreros, J. To den or not to den. Contributions to the taphonomic history of the Early Pleistocene site of Venta Micena 4 (Orce, Guadix-Baza Basin) 2023 Access copy available to the general public Unrestricted Venta Micena (Orce, Guadix-Baza Basin, Spain) is an Early Pleistocene locality renowned for the richness and quality of its palaeontological record. VM is spread over an area of 2.5 km2, where several exposed fossil outcrops are visible amidst its gorges and ravines. The best known of these sites, VM3, has been interpreted as a hyaena den. In addition, a new site, named VM4, has recently been the focus of fieldwork and taphonomic studies. The publication by Luzón et al. (2021) pointed out that VM4 presents a more complex history than VM3. First, two different sub-levels were identified: VM4-I and VM4-II. Secondly, the preliminary taphonomic analysis showed conspicuous differences with regard to VM3. Nevertheless, such interpretation has been challenged by Palmqvist et al. (2022) who proposed that VM3 and VM4 are both the result of a single depositional process, entailing the selective transport of skeletal parts by the giant extinct hyaena Pachycrocuta brevirostris back to its den. Using well-preserved faunal elements whose depositional context and provenance are reliable, in this paper we show that: 1) there are two clearly defined sub-levels in VM4 with some shared taphonomic characteristics as well as some notable differences; 2) VM3 and VM4 exhibit enough divergence to support differences in site formation processes; 3) The interpretation of both VM4-I and VM4-II is more consistent with their characterisation as open-air sites in which multiple agents and depositional processes contributed to its formation, rather than with hyaena dens. Nevertheless, excavations are still in progress at VM4 and therefore any results and interpretations ought to be considered as provisional. info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/AEI/PID2021-125098NB-I00 info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/AEI/PRE2020-094482 info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/DGA/E33-20R info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/MICINN/CEX2019-000945-M-20-1 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess by-nc-nd http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/es/ 3.2 2023 GEOGRAPHY, PHYSICAL 16 / 65 = 0.246 2023 Q1 T1 GEOSCIENCES, MULTIDISCIPLINARY 70 / 254 = 0.276 2023 Q2 T1 1.558 2023 Archeology 2023 Q1 Archeology (arts and humanities) 2023 Q1 Global and Planetary Change 2023 Q1 Geology 2023 Q1 Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 2023 Q1 7.5 2023 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Luzón, C, Solano, J. A. Linares-Matas, G. J. Estaca-Gómez, V. Rodríguez-Alba, J. J. Courtenay, Ll. A. Herranz-Rodrigo, D. Serrano-Ramos, A. Cámara, J. Saarinen, J. Sánchez-Bandera, C. Blain, H.-A. Viranta-Kovanen, S. DeMiguel, D. (orcid)0000-0001-6138-7227 Azanza, B. Universidad de Zaragoza (orcid)0000-0003-2487-547X Oms, O. Agustí, J. Fortelius, M. Jiménez Arenas, J. M. 2000 655 Universidad de Zaragoza Dpto. Ciencias de la Tierra Área Paleontología 308 (2023), 108031 [22 pp.] Quat. sci. rev. QUATERNARY SCIENCE REVIEWS 0277-3791 5389868 http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/126470/files/texto_completo.pdf Versión publicada 2592518 http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/126470/files/texto_completo.jpg?subformat=icon icon Versión publicada oai:zaguan.unizar.es:126470 articulos driver 2024-11-22-12:07:54 ARTICLE