TESTING ANALOGICAL TAPHONOMIC SIGNATURES IN BONE BREAKING: A COMPARISON BETWEEN HAMMERSTONE-BROKEN EQUID AND BOVID BONES

摘要: Current analogical data used to infer prehistoric human bone breakage rely on a plethora of experimental hammerstone-broken bovid sets. Several criteria have been argued be diagnostic by humans, among which the most important are: specific range broken specimens bearing percussion marks, distribution different mark types, metric properties notches, differential notch type distribution, and angle oblique planes. The present work shows that those derived from bones cannot universally applied all types animals. As an example, here it is experimentally demonstrated equid (with thickness structural compared bones) show values in these variables some them overlap with documented static loading. This suggests agents are more difficult identify, number can successfully end smaller than bones.