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The Fumier Sequences of El Mirador: An Approach to Fire as a Sociocultural Practice and Taphonomic Agent

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Burguet-Coca, Aitor, Del Valle, Héctor, Expósito, Isabel, Herrejón-Lagunilla, Ángela, Buitkute, Erika, Cabanes, Dan, Cáceres, Isabel, Carrancho, Ángel +1 more·2022·Interdisciplinary Contributions to Archaeology
DOI 10.1007/978-3-031-12278-1_5
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  • The human remains found in S100 and levels MIR204 and MIR205 of S200 are associated with artifact dispersion from livestock activities, which led to the accumulation of manure and other archaeological remains often subjected to periodic burning.

    “The human remains found in S100 and levels MIR204 and MIR205 of S200 are associated with artifact dispersion from these activities, which led to the accumulation of manure and other archaeological remains, often subjected to periodic burning to sanitise the space and reduce dung volume23,24.”

    From Evidence of neolithic cannibalism among farming communities at El Mirador cave, Sierra de Atapuerca, Spain (2025) · cites this paper as [23]

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  • The presence of dung layers throughout the El Mirador cave sequence suggests numerous dung-burning events inside the cave, during which other materials, including human remains, may have been mixed in and affected by the fire.

    “The presence of dung layers throughout the El Mirador cave sequence23,24 suggests numerous dung-burning events inside the cave, during which other materials, including human remains, may have been mixed in and affected by the fire.”

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  • The remains with anthropogenic modifications were stratigraphically and spatially dispersed and mixed with remains of the collective burial and sheepfold activities.

    “They were significant stratigraphically and spatially dispersed and mixed in with the remains of the collective burial and activities related to the sheepfold23.”

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    The Introduction describes an abundant archaeological record in El Mirador’s sheepfold sequence, and §3.1 discusses how burning can concentrate bones and other remains. Neither passage establishes that remains with anthropogenic modifications were stratigraphically and spatially dispersed or mixed with collective-burial remains. Searches for collective burial, human remains, and spatial distribution found no passage addressing that claim; page numbers were unavailable in our copy. (LLM, conf=0.73)

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Burguet-Coca, A., Del Valle, H., Expósito, I., Herrejón-Lagunilla, Á., Buitkute, E., Cabanes, D., Cáceres, I., Carrancho, Á., & Villalaín, J. J.
Affiliations
  • Institut Català de Paleoecologia Humana i Evolució Social (ES)
  • Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey (US)
  • Universidad de Burgos (ES)
Corresponding author
Burguet-Coca, Aitor
ORCID
Venue
Interdisciplinary Contributions to Archaeology
Publisher
Springer International Publishing
Published
2022
Pages
89-110
ISSN
  • 1568-2722 (ISSN-L)
  • 2730-6984
DOI
10.1007/978-3-031-12278-1_5
OpenAlex
W4312239050
Cited by
7
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0
Citations by year
2026: 1 · 2025: 2 · 2023: 4
FWCI
5.35
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book chapter
Language
en
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  • Interdisciplinary Contributions to Archaeology/Interdisciplinary contributions to archaeology (publishedVersion)
  • Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Burgos (University of Burgos) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
  • Leiden Repository (Leiden University) (submittedVersion)
Funders
  • Centres de Recerca de Catalunya (501100011033)
  • European Commission (CEX2019-000945-M)
  • Generalitat de Catalunya (10.13039/501100011033, CEX2019-000945-M, 13039/501100011033, 2017 SGR-1040, 501100011033, 2017-SGR, 2017 SGR 836, PID2019)
  • Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (.13039/501100011033, 10.13039, PGC2018-093925-B-C32, PID2019-107113RB-I00, CEX2019-000945-M, 13039, PID2019, 10.13039/501100011033/, PGC2018, 501100011033, CEX2019, 2017SGR836, /AEI/10.13039/ 501100011033)
  • Junta de Castilla y León (BU235P18)
  • Agència de Gestió d'Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca (CEX2019-000945-M, 2017SGR-1040, 10.13039/501100011033, PGC2018-093925-B-C32, 2018PFR-URV-B2-91, 2017SGR, 13039/501100011033, 2017 SGR 836)
  • Agencia Estatal de Investigación (PID2019-108753GB-C21, PID2019-107113RB-I00, CEX2019-000945-M, PID2019-105796GB-I00, PGC 2018-093925-B-C32)
  • Ministerio de Universidades (501100011033, 10.13039/501100011033)
  • NextGenerationEU (13039/501100011033, 10.13039/501100011033)
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Paleontology › Archaeology and ancient environmental studies
  • Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Soil Science › Soil and Environmental Studies
  • Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Archeology › Archaeological and Geological Studies
Keywords
prehistoric pastoralism, rock shelters, livestock management, phytoliths, pollen, non-pollen palynomorphs, macrofaunal assemblages, sediment mineralogy, magnetic properties

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