caa a22 4500 445300086 CHVBK 20180317142554.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170323e20100301xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s11430-009-0153-5 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s11430-009-0153-5 A zooarchaeological study of bone assemblages from the Ma'anshan Paleolithic site [Elektronische Daten] [Yue Zhang, ChunXue Wang, ShuangQuan Zhang, Xing Gao] Ten thousands of bone fragments were recovered from the Ma'anshan Paleolithic site, of which 4358 pieces can be identified to skeletal elements or species. In this research, the bone assemblages are quantified based on elements of MNI, MNE, and MAU. Then bone surface modifications and skeletal element profiles of the bone assemblages are studied to understand shlepping behaviors and reveal the technique of disarticulating and defleshing the animals' bodies, etc. Based on the analyses of bone assemblages and the comparative study with the ethnoarchaeological as well as experimental data, it is assumed that later hominids at the site made fuller use of the game animals than the earlier hominids. Incorporating the lines of evidence from chronological dating, paleoenvironment, and polished bone tools between the two cultural layers, here we propose three hypotheses suggesting that the changes of environment, the migrations of the hominids from the North, or the demographic pulses may cause such a behavioral difference. However, it is yet to be determined which hypothesis can better explain the changes. Science China Press and Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 2010 Ma'anshan site nationallicence zooarchaeology nationallicence Paleolithic nationallicence hominid behavior nationallicence Zhang Yue Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100044, Beijing, China aut Wang ChunXue Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100044, Beijing, China aut Zhang ShuangQuan Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100044, Beijing, China aut Gao Xing Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100044, Beijing, China aut Science China Earth Sciences SP Science China Press 53/3(2010-03-01), 395-402 1674-7313 53:3<395 2010 53 11430 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11430-009-0153-5 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11430-009-0153-5 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Zhang Yue Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100044, Beijing, China aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Wang ChunXue Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100044, Beijing, China aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Zhang ShuangQuan Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100044, Beijing, China aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Gao Xing Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100044, Beijing, China aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Science China Earth Sciences SP Science China Press 53/3(2010-03-01), 395-402 1674-7313 53:3<395 2010 53 11430 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer