Since establishing a process for creating image templates and one approach to computerised recording of graphical data using a series of layers I have been adding to the basic resource of bone images when I’ve needed a particular template or when suitable material has become available.
Also, from time to time I have been contacted by zooarchaeologists and students exploring the usefulness of the template images to their own work.
Although limited, there is now a suite of useful images of various skeletal elements (see list below) which I believe others may find useful as a general access zooarchaeological resource. I also believe that if users of the resource in some way contribute, the list of available images and templates could be extended much further.
Should anyone be interested in obtaining a copy of available images and templates please contact me via the list or at the email [log in to unmask]
Initially I intend to provide two sets of files, one of basic “jpg” images and one of my template files which are in Paint Shop Pro file format; each PSP file comprises the layers: basic image, black and white image, line, scale, labels and blank for data recording.
However I may be able to convert and add other formats if specifically required.
As of now the following is a list of available templates and images:
There are also a number of other image templates that are currently at various stages of completion so this list will be extended further.
Cow (Bos)
Femur (Left), (Right). Humerus (Left), (Right). Innominate (Left), (Right). Metacarpal (Left), (Right). Radius & Ulna (Left), (Right).
Goat (Capra)
Femur (Left), (Right). Humerus (Left), (Right). Innominate (Left), (Right). Radius & Ulna (Left), (Right). Scapula (Left), (Right). Tibia (Left), (Right).
Modern Domestic Pig (Sus)
Femur (Left), (Right). Tibia (Left), (Right).
Sheep (Ovis aries)
Astragali. Atlas. Axis. Calcanea (Left & Right). Femur (Left), (Right). Humerus (Left), (Right). Hyoid (Left & Right). Innominate (Left), (Right). Jaw (Left), (Right). Metacarpal (Left), (Right). Metatarsal (Left), (Right). Phalanges (Forelimb). Phalanges (Hind limb). Radius (Left), (Right). Radius & Ulna (Left), (Right). Sacrum. Scapula (Left), (Right). Skull. Sternum. Tibia (Left), (Right). Ulna (Left), (Right). Vertebra, Cervical. Vertebra, Lumbar. Vertebra, Thoracic.
Wild Boar (Sus scrofa)
Femur (Left), (Right). Skull. Tibia (Left), (Right).
Albert Fischer.
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From: "[log in to unmask]" <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask]
Sent: Saturday, 23 June 2012, 1:28
Subject: Re: [ZOOARCH] recording butchery
David Orton's work is just super; how totally convenient if everybody
would "image" their data similarly. If we lived in a more right-brained
world, this might be the basis for quantitative statistical
analysis....but I digress. My problem is much simpler: no image-processing
program that I own (i.e. Photoshop, full version) will open files with
extensions like ".dbf" or ".dp" or whatever they are. Is there some way to
open, or else convert, Orton's files as given to something standard like
.gif, .tif, or .jpg? Thanks -- Deb Bennett
> The ICAZ 2010 poster was by David Orton -- "GIS skeletal templates for
> some common mammalian species." David won first place in the 2010 Junior
> Researcher Open Zooarchaeology Prize competition for his work.
>
> You can read about it and download the files from BoneCommons:
> http://www.alexandriaarchive.org/bonecommons/items/show/1686
>
> Best,
> Sarah
>
> On 6/22/2012 9:25 AM, Edouard Masson-MacLean wrote:
>> Hello Claire,
>>
>> I would tend to use a GIS approach digitising the cutmarks as a
>> shapefile. The advantage of using a GIS is that you can link it to a
>> database. Someone from Cambridge presented a poster on the topic at
>> ICAZ 2008 in Paris but unfortunately I don't have the reference with
>> me at the moment but can send it to you next week. I used a similar
>> system for my master's research and it worked rather well. If you
>> don't have access to an ArcGIS licence GRASS GIS and QGIS are good
>> open-source alternatives.
>>
>> Here are a 2 references that might be of interest. I have the pdfs if
>> you wish a copy.
>>
>> Abe, Y. et al., 2002. The Analysis of Cutmarks on Archaeofauna: A
>> Review and Critique of Quantification Procedures, and a New
>> Image-Analysis GIS Approach. American antiquity, 67(4), pp.643–663.
>>
>> Fischer, A., 2007. Computerised bone templates as the basis of a
>> practical procedure to record and analyse graphical zooarchaeological
>> data. Arkeos, Revista Electrónica de Arqueología PUCP, 2(1).
>>
>> Best
>>
>> Edouard
>>
>>
>>
>> On 22 June 2012 14:16, Claire Ingrem<[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> Does anyone know of a digital method for recording butchery marks on
>>> cattle
>>> and other common domestic mammals?
>>>
>>> Any suggestions and/or references (preferably with pdfs) would be very
>>> much
>>> appreciated.
>>>
>>> Many thanks
>>>
>>> Claire
>>>
>
> --
> Sarah Whitcher Kansa
> Executive Director, AAI
> Editor, Open Context
> www.alexandriaarchive.org
> www.opencontext.org
> Tel: 1-415-425-7381
> Fax: 1-866-505-8626
>
>
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