La explotación de recursos animales durante el Paleolítico medio en el interior de la Península Ibérica

Neanderthals have recently been found to have exploited a rather wide range of species. Regardless of size or habitat, many animals were consumed, from proboscidians, ungulates of different size and carnivores, to small mammals such as lagomorphs or even reptiles, birds and fish. All these species present evidence of having been intervened by this hominines. This large variety of resources is an example of Neanderthal versatility. This paper discusses this adaptive behavior in a revision of the zooarcheological and taphonomic evidence found in Mousterian sites in inland Iberia, particularly the ones located in the northern and southern plateau for the 5-3 isotopic stages.En los últimos años se ha puesto de manifiesto que los neandertales explotaron un rango de especies muy amplio. Diversos animales independientemente de su tamaño o su nicho ecológico fueron explotados, así proboscidios, ungulados de diversas tallas, carnívoros, pequeños mamíferos como los lagomorfos, reptiles, aves y peces presentan evidencias de haber sido aprovechados por estos seres humanos. Esta gran variabilidad de recursos es un ejemplo de la versatilidad neandertal. En este trabajo hemos tratado de reflejar esta adaptabilidad a través de una revisión de las evidencias zooarqueológicas y tafonómicas descritas en los yacimientos musterienses del interior de la Península Ibérica, tomando como referencia aquellos lugares situados en la meseta norte y la meseta sur correspondientes a los estadios isotópicos 5-3.Neanderthals have recently been found to have exploited a rather wide range of species. Regardless of size or habitat, many animals were consumed, from proboscidians, ungulates of different size and carnivores, to small mammals such as lagomorphs or even reptiles, birds and fish. All these species present evidence of having been intervened by this hominines. This large variety of resources is an example of Neanderthal versatility. This paper discusses this adaptive behavior in a revision of the zooarcheological and taphonomic evidence found in Mousterian sites in inland Iberia, particularly the ones located in the northern and southern plateau for the 5-3 isotopic stages