Taphonomy in early African archaeological sites: Questioning some bone surface modification models for inferring fossil hominin and carnivore feeding interactions

2015 ◽  
Vol 108 ◽  
pp. 42-46 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Domínguez-Rodrigo
Keyword(s):  
Surface Modification ◽  
Archaeological Sites ◽  
Bone Surface ◽  
Fossil Hominin ◽  
Feeding Interactions

Revalidation of bone surface modification models for inferring fossil hominin and carnivore feeding interactions

2015 ◽  
Vol 355 ◽  
pp. 164-168 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael C. Pante ◽  
Robert S. Scott ◽  
Robert J. Blumenschine ◽  
Salvatore D. Capaldo
Keyword(s):  
Surface Modification ◽  
Bone Surface ◽  
Fossil Hominin ◽  
Feeding Interactions

The trajectory of bone surface modification studies in paleoanthropology and a new Bayesian solution to the identification controversy

2017 ◽  
Vol 110 ◽  
pp. 69-81 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jacob A. Harris ◽  
Curtis W. Marean ◽  
Kiona Ogle ◽  
Jessica Thompson
Keyword(s):  
Surface Modification ◽  
Bone Surface

scholarly journals FOLSOM MAMMOTH HUNTERS? THE TERMINAL PLEISTOCENE ASSEMBLAGE FROM OWL CAVE (10BV30), WASDEN SITE, IDAHO

2017 ◽  
Vol 82 (3) ◽  
pp. 574-592 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. Suzann Henrikson ◽  
David A. Byers ◽  
Robert M. Yohe ◽  
Matthew M. DeCarlo ◽  
Gene L. Titmus
Keyword(s):  
Surface Modification ◽  
Residue Analysis ◽  
Surface Modifications ◽  
Bone Surface ◽  
Cave Deposits ◽  
Terminal Pleistocene ◽  
1960S And 1970S ◽  
The 1960S ◽  
Ams Dates

The 1960s and 1970s excavations at Owl Cave (10BV30) recovered mammoth bone and Folsom-like points from the same strata, suggesting evidence for a post-Clovis mammoth kill. However, a synthesis of the excavation data was never published, and the locality has since been purged from the roster of sites with human/extinct megafauna associations. Here, we present dates on bone from the oldest stratum, review provenience data, conduct a bone-surface modification study, and present the results of a protein-residue analysis. Our study fails to make the case for mammoth hunting by Folsom peoples. Although two of the point fragments tested positive for horse or elephant protein, recent AMS dates indicate that all of the mammoth remains predate Folsom, and horse remains are absent from the Owl Cave collection. Further, no unambiguously cultural surface modifications were identified on any of the mammoth remains. Given the available data, the Owl Cave deposits are most parsimoniously read as containing a Folsom-age occupation in a buried context, the first of its kind in the desert West, but one nonetheless part of a palimpsest of terminal Pleistocene materials.

Stone-Tool Bone-Surface Modification by Monkeys

1994 ◽  
Vol 35 (4) ◽  
pp. 468-470 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gregory Charles Westergaard ◽  
Stephen J. Suomi
Keyword(s):  
Surface Modification ◽  
Stone Tool ◽  
Bone Surface

Don't cry over spilled ink: Missing context prevents replication and creates the Rorschach effect in bone surface modification studies

2019 ◽  
Vol 102 ◽  
pp. 71-79 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephen R. Merritt ◽  
Michael C. Pante ◽  
Trevor L. Keevil ◽  
Jackson K. Njau ◽  
Robert J. Blumenschine
Keyword(s):  
Surface Modification ◽  
Bone Surface
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