Le cheval de l'Igue du Gral - Compléments d'analyses

Further analyses of horse remains from the Igue du Gral.- This short article presents the non-paleontological data concerning the horse remains from the Igue du Gral. Aspects of spatial distribution, the skeletal parts represented and bone fragmentation are detailed. This species is abundant in levels 3 to 6. Its presence in level 2 is discussed. The most frequent bones are the most resistant ; the atlas is the only one that seems more frequent than expected. The low fragmentation observed for the teeth or postcranial bones can be considered typical of the kind of conservation in naturel traps in the Quercy region. Finally, a fairly high proportion of foetuses were observed, which distinguishes the horse from the other ungulates present and indicates the presence of females at the end of winter and the beginning of spring.