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Showing 1 to 16 of 16 for “"Cut Marks"”.
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Assessing the effects of fluvial abrasion on bone surface modifications using high-resolution 3-D scanning
Cut marks and carnivore tooth marks on fossil bones are important traces of the behavior and ecology of our ancestors. However, these traces are often obscured by other taphonomic processes such as fluvial abrasion. Previous studies on the effect of fluvial abrasion on cut marks suggest that …
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Criminal dismemberment: Determining and defining commonly available cutting implements and the analysis of kerf morphology on proxy mediums
… before courts of law, the assessment of cut marks on bone remains an area of intermittent and limited research. <br/><br/>This study aims to elucidate the status of current ground truth data surrounding cut mark kerf morphology and through the use of innovative research methods determine …
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Rediscovering an Upland Site: The Manastash Pines (45KT346) Kittitas County, Washington
… A single marmot tibia exhibited butchery cut marks. The lithic assemblage included 24 pieces of ground stone, a stone bead, 14 projectile points, 45 bifaces, and over 10,000 pieces of debitage. Chipped stone artifacts were primarily cherts, but six were obsidian. Four XRF obsidian samples …
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Faunal Analysis of the Tongue River Bison Kill Site (24RB2135) in Southeastern Montana
… Cultural qualitative characteristics include cut marks and excavation damage. Calculations including, bone density, bone utility, butchering practices, and age of the bison, were used to determine the cultural significance of the bones. The bone bed was not created by environmental factors, …
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Feasting on Fido: Cultural Implications of Eating Dogs at Bridge River
… include perimortem fractures, carnivore gnaw-marks, and cut-marks. The region’s ethnographic record provides evidence of utilizing domestic dogs as a resource for food, clothing, hunting, packing, and trade. Evidence suggests that the contents of the Feature 5 cache pit resulted from a single …
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Faunal Analysis of the Tongue River Bison Kill Site (24RB2135) in Southeastern Montana
… Cultural qualitative characteristics include cut marks and excavation damage. Calculations including, bone density, bone utility, butchering practices, and age of the bison, were used to determine the cultural significance of the bones. The bone bed was not created by environmental factors, …
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Feasting on Fido: Cultural Implications of Eating Dogs at Bridge River
… include perimortem fractures, carnivore gnaw-marks, and cut-marks. The region’s ethnographic record provides evidence of utilizing domestic dogs as a resource for food, clothing, hunting, packing, and trade. Evidence suggests that the contents of the Feature 5 cache pit resulted from a single …
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RELATING TAPHONOMIC ANALYSIS OF BISON REMAINS TO CULTURAL AND SPATIAL INFERENCE: A STUDY OF THE FAUNAL REMAINS FROM THE TONGUE RIVER BUFFALO JUMP SITE (24RB2135)
… gnawing, carnivore chewing, and beetle burrowing marks. Cultural observations included evidence of original processing via cut marks and markings due to excavation of the remains. My focus is on how recorded element frequencies, human modifications and taphonomic factors from the faunal …
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RELATING TAPHONOMIC ANALYSIS OF BISON REMAINS TO CULTURAL AND SPATIAL INFERENCE: A STUDY OF THE FAUNAL REMAINS FROM THE TONGUE RIVER BUFFALO JUMP SITE (24RB2135)
… gnawing, carnivore chewing, and beetle burrowing marks. Cultural observations included evidence of original processing via cut marks and markings due to excavation of the remains. My focus is on how recorded element frequencies, human modifications and taphonomic factors from the faunal …
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The effect of burning on saw trauma characteristics in bone
… the burning process may alter and distort these marks, misleading the tool mark analysis. This study aimed to analyse and compare the characteristics of saw cut marks in bone before and after burning at various temperatures. Fifteen Ovis aries femora were used as an analogue for human long bones, …
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The effect of burning on pre-incineration trauma in bone
… used during dismemberment leave characteristic marks on bone, the analysis of which can assist in forensic casework. Research that has been conducted to date, provide minimal information on controlled temperatures to analyse and distinguish pre- and post-burning trauma marks. The aim of this …
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The Identification and Classification of Sharp Force Trauma On Bone Using Low Power Microscopy
Cut mark analysis to date has been intermittently and superficially researched across a range of disciplines, despite its potential to significantly contribute to criminal investigation. The current study aims to elucidate cut mark analysis by proposing a novel classification system for the …
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A Preliminary Analysis of Saw Mark Degeneration in Bone Due to the Application of Hydrated Calcium Oxide
… bony tissue, particularly as it relates to saw cutmarks. Using pig elements as proxies for human remains, this research aims to systematically examine the degenerative effects resulting from the application of calcium oxide to bone with traumatic defects, specifically as it pertains to class …
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A Preliminary Analysis of Saw Mark Degeneration in Bone Due to the Application of Hydrated Calcium Oxide
… bony tissue, particularly as it relates to saw cutmarks. Using pig elements as proxies for human remains, this research aims to systematically examine the degenerative effects resulting from the application of calcium oxide to bone with traumatic defects, specifically as it pertains to class …
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Fibre Production Among the Coastal Hunter-gatherers of South America’s West Coast: New Narratives from Plant Fibre Technologies
… fibres from the plants, while the presence of cut marks reveals that sharp tools were used to process the fibres. Splicing was the technique to produce thread and the patterns in manufacturing techniques through techniques such as looping and twining, which remained fairly consistent at the …
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The Middle Stone Age fauna from Olieboomspoort: an archaeozoological perspective
… is low and attested by only six pieces with cut-marks. This study identified the role of water, which likely transported some faunal material, and could have led to recovery biases. The taxonomic composition of the faunal assemblage provides a window onto the palaeohabitats present at the …