Fragmentation: The Zonation Method Applied to Fragmented Human Remains from Archaeological and Forensic Contexts
Fragmentation: The Zonation Method Applied to Fragmented Human Remains from Archaeological and Forensic Contexts
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破碎：考古和法医背景下应用于破碎人类遗骸的分区方法
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2004
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A. Outram
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C. Knüsel;A. Outram
摘要人类和动物的遗骸在考古遗址上经常会被发现，这种背景关系引出了一个问题，即人类和动物在埋葬前是否以类似的方式被对待。这里提出的记录系统提供了一种手段，通过它来面对等同性的问题，也就是说，当埋藏的改变创造了明显相似的模式，因此，混淆从他们得出的行为推断。这种方法取决于人类骨骼元素上区域的标准化表示，允许与Dobney和Rielly（1988）描述的动物遗骸进行比较。可以预见的是，结合区域图的解剖描述将有助于其他人在任何日期的骨骼组合中应用该方法。该系统还可用于帮助博物馆收藏品的管理，并作为法医恢复的补充。
Abstract Scattered and commingled human and animal remains are commonly encountered on archaeological sites, and this contextual relationship begs the question of whether human and animals were treated in a similar manner before burial. The recording system presented here provides a means by which to confront problems of equifinality – that is, when taphonomic alterations create apparently similar patterns and, therefore, confuse behavioural inferences drawn from them. This method hinges on a standardised representation of the zones on human skeletal elements that allow comparison with those described by Dobney and Rielly (1988) for animal remains. It is anticipated that the anatomical descriptions in combination with the zone drawings presented will aid others to apply the method generally across skeletal assemblages of any date. This system could also be used to aid the curation of museum collections and as a complement to forensic recovery.