Range of bone modifications by human chewing

Saladié, Palmira; Rodríguez-Hidalgo, Antonio; Fernández-Lomana, Juan Carlos Díez; Martín, Patricia; Carbonell, Eudald

doi:10.1016/j.jas.2012.08.002

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“…Tooth‐marks were caused by carnivores in at least three cases, as evidenced by the presence of gnawing damage, multiple punctures and pits in the same specimen, and the location of marks (on different sides of the same bone). However, given the low frequency of tooth‐marked elements, the high percentage of pits (shallow depressions) and their location on the bones, it remains possible that most of the marks observed in the present study were inflicted by human teeth (Landt, ; Lloveras et al ., ; Sanchis Serra et al ., ; Saladié et al ., ). Tooth pits on long bones, at least in ten cases, could be related to fragmentation of epiphysis for marrow consumption.…”

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The role of small prey in human subsistence strategies from Early Upper Palaeolithic sites in Iberia: the rabbits from the Evolved Aurignacian level of Arbreda Cave

Lloveras

Maroto

Soler

et al. 2016

J Quaternary Science

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The role of small prey in human subsistence strategies from Early Upper Palaeolithic sites in Iberia: the rabbits from the Evolved Aurignacian level of Arbreda Cave

Lloveras

Maroto

Soler

et al. 2016

J Quaternary Science

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“…Cuando este exfoliado se presenta en los huesos delgados (e.g., costillas) se produce una forma característica, cuyos extremos son curvados (bent ends) (Fernández-Jalvo & Andrews 2011;Saladié et al 2013 …”

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Análisis Comparativo de los Patrones de Modificaciones Óseas de Dos Carnívoros Sudamericanos: El Gato Montés (Leopardus Geoffroyi) y el Zorro Pampeano (Lycalopex Gymnocercus). Aportes para la Identificación de la Acción de Pequeños Carnívoros en el Registro Arqueológico

Rafuse¹,

González²,

Kaufmann³

et al. 2014

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RESUMENEl objetivo de este trabajo es caracterizar y comparar los patrones de modificaciones óseas producidos por dos carnívoros autóctonos de Sudamérica, el zorro pampeano y el gato montés, sobre partes esqueletarias de pequeños vertebrados. Para esto se realizó una experiencia en un parque zoológico local, ofreciendo 10 conejos en forma controlada, a cada uno de los predadores mencionados. En esta oportunidad se presentan los resultados de los restos no ingeridos, para los cuales se analizó la representación anatómica y los patrones de fractura. Los resultados indican que tanto el gato montés como el zorro pampeano generan una destrucción ósea significativa en los restos de conejo, lo cual impacta directamente en la representación de los individuos. Los elementos con mayor supervivencia fueron los huesos largos, la pelvis, el cráneo y la mandíbula. Por otra parte, la densidad ósea resultó ser uno de los factores que condicionó la destrucción diferencial de los elementos. Si bien nuestros resultados no permiten diferenciar las modificaciones generadas por estas dos especies de carnívoros, los patrones observados aportan nuevos datos que ayudan a distinguir estos conjuntos de aquellos originados por otros predadores como por ejemplo, aves rapaces diurnas y nocturnas.

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“…Firstly, the study of the anthropogenic marks has taken into account the different types found: lithic, tooth, percussion and fire marks. The purpose behind the marks has also been evaluated: skinning (lithic marks), disarticulating (lithic marks), defleshing (lithic marks, sometimes nibbling), and fracturing to access the bone marrow (percussion points, impact points, anvil or hammer pits, and scratches) or to eat the soft tissues attached to the articulations (flexion or bite marks) (Binford, 1981;Botella, 2005;Botella et al, 2001;Cáceres et al, 2007;Galán et al, 2009;Fernández-Jalvo and Andrews, 2011;Lyman, 1994;Pérez Ripoll, 1992;Saladié et al, 2013;Sharon, 2000;Shipman, 1981;White, 1992).…”

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“…Blasco and Rosell, 2009;Campmas and Beauval, 2008;Delaney-Rivera et al, 2009;Domínguez-Rodrigo and Piqueras, 2003;Haynes, 1980;Pérez Ripoll, 1992;Sauqué et al, 2014;Young et al, 2015). Some recent studies have defined the main traits that almost exclusively characterize bones chewed by humans: double arch punctures in crenulated edges or chewed ends, isolated triangular pits, or shallow linear marks associated with crescent pits (Fernández-Jalvo and Andrews, 2011; Saladié et al, 2013). In an experimental …”

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Funerary practices or food delicatessen? Human remains with anthropic marks from the Western Mediterranean Mesolithic

Morales-Pérez

Salazar‐García

Ibáñez

et al. 2017

Journal of Anthropological Archaeology

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a b s t r a c tThe identification of unarticulated human remains with anthropic marks in archaeological contexts normally involves solving two issues: a general one associated with the analysis and description of the anthropic manipulation marks, and another with regard to the interpretation of their purpose. In this paper we present new evidence of anthropophagic behaviour amongst hunter-gatherer groups of the Mediterranean Mesolithic. A total of 30 human remains with anthropic manipulation marks have been found in the Mesolithic layers of Coves de Santa Maira (Castell de Castells, Alicante, Spain), dating from ca. 10.2-9 cal ky BP. We describe the different marks identified on both human and faunal remains at the site (lithic, tooth, percussion and fire marks on bone cortex). As well as describing these marks, and considering that both human and faunal remains at the site present similar depositional and taphonomic features, this paper also contextualizes them within the archaeological context and subsistence patterns described for Mesolithic groups in the region. We cannot entirely rule out the possibility that these practices may be the result of periodic food stress suffered by the human populations. These anthropophagic events at the site coincide with a cultural change at the regional Epipalaeolithic-Mesolithic transition.

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Range of bone modifications by human chewing

Cited by 87 publications

References 33 publications

The role of small prey in human subsistence strategies from Early Upper Palaeolithic sites in Iberia: the rabbits from the Evolved Aurignacian level of Arbreda Cave

The role of small prey in human subsistence strategies from Early Upper Palaeolithic sites in Iberia: the rabbits from the Evolved Aurignacian level of Arbreda Cave

Análisis Comparativo de los Patrones de Modificaciones Óseas de Dos Carnívoros Sudamericanos: El Gato Montés (Leopardus Geoffroyi) y el Zorro Pampeano (Lycalopex Gymnocercus). Aportes para la Identificación de la Acción de Pequeños Carnívoros en el Registro Arqueológico

Funerary practices or food delicatessen? Human remains with anthropic marks from the Western Mediterranean Mesolithic

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