DEBZ and John,
I suppose it makes me a romantic in a scientific sense, but I still like to
start with the various works by Theodore White on Plains bone assemblages,
and the classic by John Guilday, Paul Parmalee and Don Tanner, 1962
"Aboriginal Butchering Techniques at the Eschelman Site (36 La 12) Lancaster
County, Pennsylvania" in Pennsylvania Archaeologist, Volume 32(2): 59-83.
For White's work, check White, Theodore 1955 "Observations on the butchering
techniques of some aboriginal peoples, Nos. 7, 8, and 9" American Antiquity
21 (2) 170-178, which should give you the references to 1-6.
As John notes, there have been hundreds of works since then. One source of
information I find usually missed is forensic anthropology, which often has
very detailed analysis of tool marks (weapons) on bone. I think the two
volumes edited by Kathleen Reichs both have such papers in them.
Rich White
International Wildlife Museum
Tucson, Az.
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