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Hallo Giovanni, I described a few such examples of skin burying (used in the curing process and hair removal) from South Africa. I send you a pdf separately. The reference is: Badenhorst, S. 2009. An ethnographic and historical overview of hide processing in southern Africa. Annals of the Transvaal Museum 46:37-43. Best, Shaw Badenhorst From: Pajx Sent: Wednesday, May 29, 2013 5:44 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: [ZOOARCH] buried skins Hi Suzanne, Giovanni I'm away at the moment, but will come back to you again about some info I can find. Calusa? That's very interesting, I've been to some of the Florida museums and talked with some of the anthro's there. Some very interesting tools based on shell (prevalent, where as decent stone is not), but I don't remember anything to do with hides ritual... speak to you more soon Pam Cross Bioarchaeology, University of Bradford. -----Original Message----- From: Suzanne Pilaar Birch <[log in to unmask]> To: ZOOARCH <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Wed, 29 May 2013 14:35 Subject: Re: [ZOOARCH] buried skins Hi Giovanni and zooarchers, This is an interesting question and I have a related one for the list-I was recently reading a popular-audience book and the author mentioned (but merely referenced 'comparative anthropology') the draping of hides over rocks/piles of mud so as to represent the animal, kind of like a 3D version of a cave painting or primitive taxidermy, for ritual purposes. I tweeted about this and someone mentioned the Calusa tribe in SW Florida, but otherwise no leads. Does anyone have more information about this from ethnographic examples? Best, Suzanne On Wed, May 29, 2013 at 9:25 AM, giovanni de venuto <[log in to unmask]> wrote: Dear Zooarchers does anyone know etnographic examples for artisanal practices about skin working that include the buring of skins in the soil? Thanks, Giovanni De Venuto -- Dr. Suzanne E. Pilaar Birch Postdoctoral Fellow Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology & the Ancient World Brown University 60 George Street, Providence, RI, 02912 USA Website: brown.academia.edu/SuzannePilaarBirch Twitter: @suzie_birch