TRAMPLING AS A CAUSE OF BONE SURFACE DAMAGE AND PSEUDO-CUTMARKS
TRAMPLING AS A CAUSE OF BONE SURFACE DAMAGE AND PSEUDO-CUTMARKS
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DOI：
10.1038/319768a0
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发表时间：
1986-02-27
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影响因子：
64.8
通讯作者：
YANAGI, GT
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作者：
BEHRENSMEYER, AK;GORDON, KD;YANAGI, GT
最近有许多关于践踏及其对骨骼表面的影响的观察1-8A以及对该过程的一些实验研究9-14。尽管已知践踏与骨头上的划痕有关，但还没有详细的显微比较与石器留下的印记。由于区分切割痕迹与其他类型的表面特征对于解释早期人类行为和人类进入新世界7、19-20很重要，我们研究了踩踏造成的可能的模仿，试图定义切割痕迹的诊断标准。我们发现，仅凭显微特征并不足以区分人类造成的割伤痕迹和踩踏造成的结果。我们建议采取不同的证据，共同实现这一目标。
There have been many recent observations of trampling and its effect on bone surfaces1–8as well as some experimental investigation of the process9–14. Although there is known to be a relationship between trampling and scratches on bones, there has been no detailed microscopic comparison with marks made by stone tools. As distinguishing cutmarks from other types of surface features is important in interpreting early hominid behaviour9,14–18and the entry of humans into the New World7,19–20, we have examined possible mimics caused by trampling in an attempt to define diagnostic criteria for cutmarks. We find that microscopic features alone are not sufficient evidence to distinguish human-generated cutmarks from the results of trampling. We suggest different lines of evidence which together may achieve this goal.