Dear Lazlo
In two caves of Tandilia Hills (Cueva Tixi and Cueva El Abra) (Buenos Aires Province) we find two species of rodents with skinnig evidences, dated in 958 BP and 715 BP (AMS). They are rodent not domesticated that weigh between 300 and 700 grams (Cavia aperea and Galea sp. nov.). It is the first evidence of their processing for hunther-gatherers societies in the Pampean Region.
There are cut-marks in half of diaphisys of the femur, humerus, tibia and radius, and in the lateral part of the face (mandibular ramus and maxillary). The marks are nitid and they form a pattern.
We don't find marks in the frontal bone. Cut marks located in that bone they can be linked to the cut of the cartilage of the ears (that unites the skin to the bone) during the skinning. The same thing
that the marks in the snout are related with cutting the cartilage of the nose.
We have a publication in edition process.
CARLOS QUINTANA
LABORATORIO DE ARQUEOLOGIA
Grupo de Arqueologia Regional Bonaerense
Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata
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Provincia de Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Dear All,
Recently, I have found the third hamster (Cricetus cricetus L. 1758)
calvarium from the Migration Period (AD 5th c.) with unambiguous,
fine marks of skinning across the frontalia.
Has anyone come across the same phenomenon on rodents of
comparable sizes (souslik, prairie dog etc.). Please let me know if
there are indispensable references on the topic or supply me info
that I would be allowed to use as "personal communication" in print.
Thank you for the help.
Laszlo Bartosiewicz
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