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Melinda A. Zeder
Senior Scientist, Program in Human Ecology and Archaeobiology
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Sent: Sunday, March 22, 2015 7:11 PM
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Subject: Re: [ZOOARCH] pigs chewing long bones
Here's an early one
Science 7 April 1978:
Vol. 200 no. 4337 pp. 68-70
DOI: 10.1126/science.200.4337.68
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Orangutan Death and Scavenging by Pigs
1. BIRUTÉ M. F. GALDIKAS<http://www.sciencemag.org/search?author1=BIRUT%C3%89+M.+F.+GALDIKAS&sortspec=date&submit=Submit>1<http://www.sciencemag.org/content/200/4337/68.short#aff-1>
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From: "Richard Wright" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Sunday, March 22, 2015 3:50:49 PM
Subject: [ZOOARCH] pigs chewing long bones
Hello
I have tracked down two informative studies on the chewing by pigs of long bones of relatively large mammals. These are
HASKEL J. GREENFIELD
Bone Consumption by Pigs in a Contemporary Serbian Village: Implications for the Interpretation of Prehistoric Faunal Assemblages.
Journal of Field Archaeology. 1: 473-479 (1988)
S. D. DOMINGUEZ-SOLERA AND M. DOMINGUEZ-RODRIGO*
A Taphonomic Study of Bone Modification and of Tooth-Mark Patterns on Long Limb Bone Portions by Suids
Int. J. Osteoarchaeol. 19: 345–363 (2009)
They contain excellent illustrations of the effects of chewing by pigs
Does anybody know of experimental studies with additional illustrations?
I am also interested in case studies of forensic investigation into chewing of human bones by pigs?
Richard Wright
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