Bird remains from the Mousterian levels of Baume-Vallée (Haute-Loire, France): preliminary results

Abstract / Zusammenfassung This paper presents the preliminary results of the study of the bird remains from the Baume-Vallée rock shelter in the French Central Massif. More than 250 bird remains were recovered from five archaeo-stratigraphic phases which produced a Mousterian stone industry of the Charentian La Ferrassie type. Obviously site occupation was seasonal and linked to hunting activities. The bird assemblage is composed of species which might have died naturally at the site, for instance the Passeriformes and the birds of prey, and of species which may have been introduced to the site either by humans and/or animals (carnivores and/or raptors), e.g., the Galliformes and the Anseriformes. In this contribution the palaeoecological data and the results of the taphonomic analysis are discussed. In diesem Beitrag werden die Ergebnisse der Analyse der Avifauna vom Baume-Vallée, einem Felsdach im französischen Zentralmassiv vorgestellt. Es wurden über 250 Vogelrest