Contextualización arqueológica y paleontológica de los félidos pleistocenos de Serinyà (original) (raw)

2017, Interaccions entre felins i humans. III Jornades d’arqueozoologia

In the municipality of Serinyà (Pla de l'Estany, Girona), a number of archaeological and palaeontological sites are concentrated, with records ranging from the end of the Middle Pleistocene to the Holocene. Within the Pleisto-cene record, felids (Felidae) are not frequent, but almost all possible species are present: the cave lion (Panthera spelaea), the leopard (Panthera pardus), the Iberian lynx (Lynx pardinus) and the wildcat (Felis silvestris). Only the Eurasian lynx (Lynx lynx) has not yet been identified. The findings are the result both of modern-day and ancient excavations, as well as chance occurrences. The Iberian lynx is the felid that has interacted most with humans and is the only one whose remains are, in certain cases, of a definitely anthropic origin, corresponding to the whole of the Upper Palaeolithic. An anthropic origin in the Upper Palaeolithic might also occasionally apply to the wildcat. By contrast, the large-sized felids such as cave lions and leopards are represented by very few remains, which are non-anthropic in origin.

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