Investigating the spatio-temporal dimension of past human-elephant interactions: a spatial taphonomic approach

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dc.contributor.author Giusti, Domenico
dc.date.accessioned 2021-04-14T07:23:46Z
dc.date.available 2021-04-14T07:23:46Z
dc.date.issued 2021-04-14
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10900/114217
dc.identifier.uri http://dx.doi.org/10.15496/publikation-55592
dc.identifier.uri http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:21-dspace-1142176 de_DE
dc.description.abstract Human-proboscidean interactions are key nodes of complex ecological, cultural and socio-econom- ic systems. In the last decades, evidence has been provided in support of an early human exploitation of proboscidean carcasses, offering further insights into past human behaviors, diet and subsistence strategies. Nevertheless, the mode of acquisition of the carcasses, the degree of exploitation, its timing relative to carnivore scavenging and to the decom- position of the carcass, its ecological and socio-eco- nomical role are hitherto not fully understood and a matter of debate. By summarizing the empirical evidence for human-elephant interactions in Early and Middle Pleistocene open-air sites of western Eurasia, this contribution elaborates on the need for a more rigorous, spatially explicit inferential procedure in modeling past human behaviors. A renewed analytical approach, namely spatial ta- phonomy, is introduced. In its general term, spatial taphonomy refers to the multiscale investigation of the spatial properties of taphonomic processes. Building upon a long lasting tradition of tapho- nomic studies, it seeks for a more effective theoret- ical and methodological framework that accounts for the spatio-temporal dimension inherent to any complex system. By bridging into a spatio-tempo- ral framework the traditional archaeological, geo- archaeological and taphonomic approaches, spatial taphonomy enhances our understanding of the processes forming archaeological and palaeonto- logical assemblages, allowing a finer comprehen- sion of past human behaviors. de_DE
dc.description.sponsorship The symposium and the volume "Human-elephant interactions: from past to present" were funded by the Volkswagen Foundation. de_DE
dc.language.iso en de_DE
dc.publisher Tübingen University Press de_DE
dc.relation.ispartofseries Tuebingen Paleoanthropology Book Series – Contributions in Paleoanthropology;1
dc.rights cc_by-nc-nd de
dc.rights.uri https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/legalcode.de de
dc.subject.other proboscideans de_DE
dc.subject.other palimpsest de_DE
dc.subject.other taphonomy de_DE
dc.subject.other spatial analysis de_DE
dc.subject.other spatial taphonomy de_DE
dc.subject.other statistical inference de_DE
dc.title Investigating the spatio-temporal dimension of past human-elephant interactions: a spatial taphonomic approach de_DE
dc.type BookPart de_DE
utue.publikation.fakultaet Tuebingen Paleoanthropology Book Series – Contributions in Paleoanthropology Band 1: Human-elephant interactions: from past to present de_DE
utue.publikation.source Tuebingen Paleoanthropology Book Series – Contributions in Paleoanthropology Band 1: Human-elephant interactions: from past to present de_DE
utue.publikation.noppn yes de_DE

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