Many Palaeolithic archaeological sites have been excavated in the Cantabrian region of northern Spain, between the Cantabrian mountain range and the coast of the Bay of Biscay. The analyses of the materials thus recovered in sites such as El Castillo, Morín, Pendo, Covalejos, Esquilleu, El Mirón, Hornos de la Peña, El Cuco, El Ruso, Lezetxiki, Axlor, Arrillor, Amalda, Abauntz, and Gatzarria, among others, have contributed greatly to the understanding of Neanderthal animal-based subsistence in the area. However, most of the sites studied are in the eastern part of this area, and we know little on the western part, from just a handful of sites (El Sidrón, Llonín, La Viña, and La Güelga in Asturias; Cova Eirós in Galicia) and the zooarchaeological information has been limited, but is currently growing. El Sidrón has many cannibalized Neanderthal bones but few faunal remains, the Llonín cave shows short Neanderthal occupations, the Mousterian of La Viña yielded few faunal remains, and the three Mousterian levels of Cova Eirós were also short occupations. In this work, we present the zooarchaeological and taphonomical analyses from the Mousterian Level XV of Sopeña (Onís, Asturias), very rich in faunal remains, aiming to shed light on the Neanderthal subsistence on the western part of northern Spain. Faunal remains from Sopeña Level XV appear very modified by neanderthal actions. They did exploit a variety of ungulates from diverse ecosystems, both high mountains and river valleys, displaying the great versatility and adaptability in their subsistence strategies.

西班牙北部坎塔布连地区位于坎塔布连山脉和比斯开湾海岸之间，发掘了许多旧石器时代考古遗址。对在埃尔卡斯蒂略、莫林、彭多、科瓦莱霍斯、埃斯奎勒、埃尔米龙、奥尔诺斯德拉佩尼亚、埃尔库科、埃尔鲁索、莱泽特西基、阿克斯勒、阿里略尔、阿马尔达、阿邦茨和加查里亚等地点回收的材料进行了分析其他人为了解该地区尼安德特人以动物为基础的生存方式做出了巨大贡献。然而，大多数研究地点都在该地区的东部，而我们对西部地区知之甚少，只有少数几个地点（阿斯图里亚斯的埃尔西德龙、洛宁、拉维纳和拉圭尔加；加利西亚的科瓦埃罗斯） ）和动物考古信息一直有限，但目前正在增长。埃尔西德隆 (El Sidrón) 拥有许多被同类相食的尼安德特人骨头，但动物遗迹很少；洛宁 (Llonín) 洞穴显示尼安德特人短暂居住过；拉维纳 (La Viña) 的莫斯特时代几乎没有动物遗迹；科瓦埃罗斯 (Cova Eirós) 的三个莫斯特时代的居住时间也很短。在这项工作中，我们介绍了索佩尼亚（奥尼斯，阿斯图里亚斯）莫斯特第 XV 层的动物考古学和埋藏学分析，该地区动物遗骸非常丰富，旨在揭示西班牙北部西部尼安德特人的生存状况。索佩纳 XV 级的动物遗骸似乎因尼安德特人的活动而发生了很大的变化。他们确实利用了来自不同生态系统（包括高山和河谷）的各种有蹄类动物，显示出其生存策略的多功能性和适应性。