Quantitative micromorphological analyses of cut marks produced by ancient and modern handaxes
Quantitative micromorphological analyses of cut marks produced by ancient and modern handaxes
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DOI：
10.1016/j.jas.2009.04.014
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发表时间：
2009-09-01
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2.8
通讯作者：
Stringer, Chris
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作者：
Bello, Silvia M.;Parfitt, Simon A.;Stringer, Chris
在这项研究中，我们分析了来自博克斯格罗夫（英格兰南部西萨塞克斯郡）一个具有 50 万年历史的阿舍利屠宰场遗址的哺乳动物化石遗骸上的切割痕迹的三维微形态，并与使用仿制手斧实验屠宰狍（Capreolus caproelus）时造成的切割痕迹进行了比较。使用 Alicona 成像显微镜测量切割痕迹的形态属性，这是一种新颖的光学技术，可以生成表面特征的三维虚拟重建。研究表明，对切割痕迹的高分辨率测量可以揭示旧石器时代早期人类的屠宰技术、工具使用和行为方式。实验切割痕迹与博克斯格罗夫大型哺乳动物骨骼上的切割痕迹之间的差异表明，切割角度存在差异，并且在博克斯格罗夫屠宰较大（犀牛大小）尸体时使用了更大的力量。工具边缘特征可能解释了其中一些差异，但博克斯格罗夫古人类（归属于海德堡人）的更强健性可能是博克斯格罗夫标本上的一些切割痕迹表明的更大力量的一个因素。 (C) 2009 Elsevier Ltd. 保留所有权利。
In this study, we analyse the three-dimensional micromorphology of cut marks on fossil mammal remains from a similar to 0.5 million year old Acheulean butchery site at Boxgrove (West Sussex, southern England), and make comparisons with cut marks inflicted during the experimental butchery of a roe deer (Capreolus caproelus) using a replica handaxe. Morphological attributes of the cut marks were measured using an Alicona imaging microscope, a novel optical technique that generates three-dimensional virtual reconstructions of surface features. The study shows that high-resolution measurements of cut marks can shed light on aspects of butchery techniques, tool use and the behavioural repertoire of Lower Palaeolithic hominins. Differences between the experimental cut marks and those on the Boxgrove large mammal bones suggest variation in the angle of the cuts and greater forces used in the butchery of the larger (rhinoceros-sized) carcasses at Boxgrove. Tool-edge characteristics may account for some of these differences, but the greater robusticity of the Boxgrove hominins (attributed to Homo heidelbergensis) may be a factor in the greater forces indicated by some of the cut marks on the Boxgrove specimens. (C) 2009 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.