If you are interested in distinguishing tooth, erosional, butchering from
other types of grooves and marks on bones, there is an extensive literature.
You can start with my work on cut marks (see below), and use the
bibliography to gather other references for the other types of marks.
Best
Haskel
2. Saidel, Benjamin, Tali Erickson-Gini, Jacob Vardi, Steven A. Rosen,
Edward Maher, and Haskel Greenfield 2006a Egypt, Copper, and Microlithic
Drills: The Test Excavations at Rogem Beerotayim in Western Negev. Mitkufat
Haeven (Journal of the Israel Prehistoric Society) 36: 201-229.
3. Greenfield, Haskel J., Ehud Gallili and Liora Horwitz 2006b The
butchered animal bones from Newe Yam, a submerged Pottery Neolithic site off
the Carmel Coast. Mitekufat Haeven (Journal of the Israel Prehistoric
Society) 36: 173-200.
4. Greenfield, Haskel J. 2006c Slicing cut marks on animal bones:
diagnostics for identifying stone tool type and raw material. Journal of
Field Archaeology 31: 147-163.
5. Greenfield, Haskel J. 2004b The butchered animal bone remains from
Ashqelon, Afridar - Area G. `Atiqot (Journal of the Israel Antiquities
Authority) 45: 243-261.
6. Greenfield, Haskel J. 2000b The origins of metallurgy in the central
Balkans based on the analysis of cut marks on animal bones. Environmental
Archaeology 5: 119-132.
7. Greenfield, Haskel J. 1999 The origins of metallurgy: distinguishing
stone from metal cut marks on bones from archaeological sites. Journal of
Archaeological Science 26 (7): 797-808.
1. Greenfield, Haskel J. 2008 A zooarchaeological perspective on the
origins of metallurgy in the Near East: analysis of stone and metal cut
marks on bone from Israel. Encyclopaedia of the History of Science,
Technology, and Medicine in Non-Western Cultures, 2nd edition, edition on
the internet, edited by Helaine Selin. Springer Academic Publishers,
Dordrecht, Netherlands, pp. 1639-1647.
http://www.springerlink.com/content/q8442052nt301488/fulltext.html
2. Greenfield, Haskel J. 2005 The origins of metallurgy at Jericho (Tel
es-Sultan): a preliminary report on distinguishing stone from metal cut
marks on mammalian remains. In Archaeozoology of the Near East VI
(Proceedings of the 6th Sixth International Symposium on the Archaeozoology
of Southwestern Asia and Adjacent Areas Conference), edited by Hijlke
Buitenhuis. A.M. Choyke, L. Martin, L. Bartosiewicz and M. Mashkour.
ARC-Publication vol. 123, pp.183-191. Rijksuniversitit, Groningen, The
Netherlands.
3. Greenfield, Haskel J. 2002a Distinguishing metal (steel and low-tin
bronze) from stone (flint and obsidian) tool cut marks on bone: an
experimental approach. In Experimental Archaeology: Replicating Past
Objects, Behaviors, and Processes, edited by James R. Mathieu. British
Archaeological Reports, International Series 1035 (Oxford), pp. 35-54. ISBN
1 84272 415 1. (R)
4. Greenfield, Haskel J. 2002a Distinguishing metal (steel and low-tin
bronze) from stone (flint and obsidian) tool cut marks on bone: an
experimental approach. In Experimental Archaeology: Replicating Past
Objects, Behaviors, and Processes, edited by James R. Mathieu. British
Archaeological Reports, International Series 1035 (Oxford), pp. 35-54. ISBN
1 84272 415 1. (R)
5. Greenfield, Haskel J. 2002b Faunal remains from the Early Bronze Age
site of Titris Höyük, Turkey. In Archaeozoology of the Near East V
(Proceedings of the ICAZ-SW Conference), edited by H. Buitenhuis, A.M.
Choyke, M. Mashkour and A. H. Al-Shiyab (eds.). Archaeological Research and
Consultancy Publication 62, pp. 252-261. Rijksuniversitit; Groningen,
Netherlands. ISBN 9077170014. (R)
6. Greenfield, Haskel J. 2002c Origins of metallurgy: a
zooarchaeological perspective from the Central Balkans. In Eureka: The
Archaeology of Innovation and Science: Proceedings of the 27th Annual
Conference of the Archaeological Association of the University of Calgary:
Chacmool, edited by Roman Harrison, Milan Gillespie and Meaghan
Peuramaki-Brown. Calgary, AB: The Archaeological Association of the
University of Calgary, pp.430-448. (R)
7. Greenfield, Haskel J. 2000 Animal bone fragmentation and the origins
of metallurgy in the central Balkans. In Technology, Style and Society:
Contributions to Innovations between the Alps and the Black Sea in
Prehistory, edited by Lolita Nikolova. British Archaeological Reports,
International Series 854, pp. 93-96. Oxford.
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Subject: [ZOOARCH] human skull
Dear all,
This human skull has been found on Bradley Fen near Peterborough (UK) in a
large Middle Iron Age bone 'dump' along with some 20kgs of well preserved
but heavily butchered animal bone, the majority of which was cattle.
Cambridge Archaeological Unit's osteoarchaeologist Natasha Dodwell has
noted an earlier trauma/ projectile wound which has healed, as well as a
series of fine striations localised to the one side of the suture. Both me
and her are interested in them, as we cannot quite work out whether these
represent rodent gnawing marks or whether they are human-made. Important to
note that there is a definite human element-polished look overlaying the
marks. (as well as possible residue marking the inside of the skull) Has
anyone ever seen anything like this, or could anyone definitely say one or
the other? Thank you for your help:)
Best wishes,
Vida
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Vida Rajkovaca
Faunal Remains Supervisor
Cambridge Archaeological Unit
34a Storey's way
CB3 0DT
Cambridge
+44 1223 327802
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