Mensch-Tier-Beziehungen im Jung- und Spätpaläolithikum

By far the most important species in the faunal assemblages of many Upper Palaeolithic sites in Central Eruope are reindeer and horse. In contrast to previous therories of long-distance reindeer following and loose-herding (reindeer), a territorial model of animal exploitation is proposed. As for the reindeer, the possibilities of a close and controlled exploitative relationship with the horse are discussed. The archaeological data do not confinn the hypothesis of a close relationship between man and horse. New evidence of the taming of wolves in the Gravettian is presented and the earliest finds of domestic dog are reviewed.