Rebecca, are you in contact with Christine Lefevre ? She is working on birds in
the same area, Her e-mail address is : [log in to unmask]
all the best
anne
Selon Rebecca Wigen <[log in to unmask]>:
> Hi,
> I am currently working on writing a paper for a conference on the cut
> marks on an assemblage of bird bones (NISP about 11,000) from the Aleutian
> Islands in Alaska. The major species include several alcids, ducks,
> shearwaters and albatross. These bones show more cut marks than I have ever
> seen before! Ethnographic info suggests the Aleuts used bird skins for
> clothing, and clearly they were using the bones for tools. Not to mention
> eating the birds! So presumably the marks are caused by a mix of skinning,
> butchering and tool manufacturing. I was hoping to compare the cut marks on
> these bones with other sites, but haven't turned up much in print. Does
> anyone know of any references? I have the papers from the 1997 Journal of
> Osteoarchaeology.
> Thanks very much,
> Becky Wigen
> University of Victoria/Pacific Identifications
>
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