Resumen de Leopardos en la cueva de Llonin (Asturias, mis 3): estudio de la colección e interacción con los grupos humanos

A. Sanchis, L. Pérez, C. Real, E. Duarte, Marco de la Rasilla Vives

• We present the taxonomic and taphonomic analysis of the leopard sets (Panthera pardus) of the MIS 3 levels (“Cono Posterior”) fromLlonin Cave (Asturias). In the basal level (VIII) there are one adult leopard remains without anthropogenic modifications, who died in the cave. This individual occupied the cave in alternation with other carnivores and Neanderthals. In the upper level (VI) an unusual set of leopard remains has been identified in association with some several stalactites and other fauna and lithic remains. These remains were arranged there by humans on purpose, and it can be related to the hunted-gatherer symbolic world from the Cantabrian Upper Palaeolithic.