Table 5 Summary statistics for red deer and horse specimens for each cultural period analysed.

From: Changing environments during the Middle-Upper Palaeolithic transition in the eastern Cantabrian Region (Spain): direct evidence from stable isotope studies on ungulate bones

Cultural attribution

N

Red deer δ13C

Red deer δ15N

Mean

Min

Max

Mean

Min

Max

Mousterian

39

−20.3

−21.6

−19.5

0.4

3.4

1.9

6.3

1.0

Châtelperronian

4

−19.9

−20.1

−19.8

0.1

3.3

2.7

3.8

0.5

Aurignacian

19

−20.2

−20.9

−19.7

0.3

4.3

2.2

9.2

2.0

Gravettian

20

−20.1

−21.0

−19.5

0.3

4.7

1.3

8.0

2.1

 

Horse δ 13 C

Horse δ 15 N

Mousterian

12

−20.2

−21.0

−19.2

0.6

4.5

2.5

7.6

1.8

Châtelperronian

6

−20.7

−21.1

−20.2

0.3

2.9

1.5

3.6

0.8

Aurignacian

11

−20.6

−21.2

−19.7

0.5

3.6

1.8

8.0

2.1

Gravettian

13

−20.9

−21.3

−20.0

0.4

3.8

1.4

8.0

1.6