Cut marks 373 NISP 7.2 %NISP Burnt bones 1110 21.6 Fracture marks 1621 31.6 Digestions 58 1.1 Non-anthropic 2 0.04 Cut marks 45 NISP 4.8 %NISP Burnt bones 463 51.3 Fracture marks 10 1.1 Digestions 2 0.2 Non-anthropic 0 0 YOUNG 10% SUBADULT 5% ADULT 85% SUBADULT ADULT 35% YOUNG 8% 57% INDET. 45.8% MIXED 3.5% DRY 25.9% FRESH 24.8% INDET. 27.4% MIXED 11.1% FRESH 61.5% Complete = 20.2% Fragmented = 79.8% Non-anthropic Complete = 47.6% Fragmented = 52.4% LEPORID EXPLOITATION BY IBERIAN MEDITERRANEAN GRAVETTIAN GROUPS INSIGHTS FROM COVA DE LES CENDRES (ALICANTE, SPAIN) Abel Martínez, Cristina Real, Valentín Villaverde Dept. Prehistoria, Arqueología e Historia Antigua, Universidad de Valencia COVA DE LES CENDRES GRAVETTIAN LEVELS LEVEL XVIA CONCLUSIONS FURTHER STEPS ... ANATOMY OBJECTIVES AGE-AT-DEATH FRACTURES MODIFICATIONS ANATOMY AGE-AT-DEATH NISP = 5150 MNI= 80 NISP = 903 MNI= 12 FRACTURES MODIFICATIONS LEVEL XVIB The Gravettian human occupation at Cova de les Cendres has been key to understand the consolidation of human settlement in the Iberian Mediterranean region. Gravettian human diet in the area is based on medium sized ungulates (mainly red deer or Iberian ibex), but also on large sized ungulates, carnivores and small prey. Nevertheless, small prey such as leporids were the most represented specie. General faunal data from level XVIA was published in Villaverde et al. (2019), and rabbit data from level XVIA was published in Pérez Ripoll (2005) and Sanchis et al. (2016). However, these papers are focused only on a sample. The analysis of the whole assemblage still in progress. Karstic cave located in Alicante (Spain) at 60 m.a.s.l. Excavated area: 22 m² STRATIGRAPHIC LEVELS: XVID, XVIC (Aurignacian); XV, XVIB, XVIA (Gravettian); XIV, XIII (Solutrean); XII, XI, IX (Magdalenian) Cendres and other Gravettian sites. The purchase of the two samples allows us to conclude that both have an anthropic origin, although some non-human marks of level XVIA. The transport is complete as would be expected from their size and as shown by the anatomical representation. However, there are also significant differences. In level XVIA, adults predominate, whereas in XVIB, sub-adults are the most represented. Furthermore, fresh fractures are much more numerous in XVIA. The percentage of burnt bones is higher in XVIB, while the number of cut and fracture marks is greater in XVIA. These differences may be attributed to variations in hunting (method, season) and consumption patterns, perhaps related to differences in the occupation system of the site. However, it should be noted that the sample from level XVIB is relatively smaller in size, and that the results require further verification through additional study. Proyect "La dieta de neandertales y sapiens. Evaluación experimental del procesado de los conejos y su calidad alimenticia (LEO23-2-9659)", supported by a 2023 Leonardo Grant for Researchers and Cultural Creators, BBVA Foundation. The BBVA Foundation accepts no responsibility for the opinions, statements and contents included in the project and/or the results thereof, which are entirely the responsibility of the authors. Pérez Ripoll, M. 2005. Caracterización de las fracturas antrópicas y sus tipologías en huesos de conejo procedentes de los niveles gravetienses de la Cova de les Cendres (Alicante), Munibe 57, 239-254. Sanchis, A. et al. 2016. El conejo en la subsistencia humana del Paleolítico superior inicial en la zona central del Mediterráneo ibérico, What bones tell us/ El que ens expliquen els ossos (L. Lloveras, C. Rissech, J. Nadal, J. M. Fullola, coords.), Barcelona, 145-156. Villaverde, V. et al. 2019. The early Upper Palaeolithic of Cova de les Cendres (Alicante, Spain), Quat. Int. 515, 92-124. - The study sample will be expanded in order to ascertain the representativeness of the results at each level. - A comparison will be made between these taphonomic results and the data from the experimentation on rabbit being carried ou