NDLI: Cut marks and terminal Pleistocene hominids in the Ma’anshan site: Evidence for meat-eating

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Author	Zhang, Yue Wang, ChunXue Zhang, ShuangQuan Gao, Xing
Copyright Year	2009
Abstract	In this paper, cut marks on the long bones of class II sized animals in the Ma’anshann site are studied. Based on the location and frequencies of the long bone cut marks, the distribution characteristics are analyzed as follows: (1) cut mark frequencies in the lower layer (LL) are much higher than those of the upper; (2) in the LL cut mark frequency of the upper limbs is the highest, and that of the middle and lower limbs is lower and the lowest; (3) In the upper layer (UL) the cut mark frequency, does not spread as orderly as in the LL. The data are compared to those of the experiment and it is demonstrated that values of the LL all fall into the experimental 95% confidence intervals, and the cut mark frequencies of the upper, middle and lower limbs coincide with those of the experiment; while the values of the UL are much lower, of which, those of the humerus, femur and radius are out of the intervals, and the frequencies of the upper, middle and lower limbs are far more different from those of the experiment. It implies that the earlier hominids (of the LL) defleshed the limbs of the class II sized animals with stone tools more completely than the later hominids. With the evidence of burning marks, it is suggested that the difference on the roasting behaviors derived the cut mark difference of the Ma’anshan UL and LL.
Starting Page	3872
Ending Page	3879
Page Count	8
File Format	PDF
ISSN	10016538
Journal	Chinese Science Bulletin
Volume Number	54
Issue Number	21
e-ISSN	18619541
Language	English
Publisher	SP Science in China Press
Publisher Date	2009-11-25
Publisher Place	Heidelberg
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Subject Keyword	cut marks long bones Ma’anshan site Terminal Pleistocene zooarchaeology Engineering Earth Sciences Chemistry/Food Science Physics Life Sciences Science
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Multidisciplinary

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