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Title: | Taphonomic skeletal disturbances in the Sima de los Huesos postcranial remains |
Authors: | Sala, Nohemi Martínez, Ignacio Lorenzo, Carlos García, Rebeca Carretero Díaz, José Miguel Rodríguez, Laura Gómez-Olivencia, Asier Aranburu Artano, Arantza García, Nuria Quam, Rolf Gracia, Ana Ortega Martínez, María Cruz Arsuaga, Juan Luis |
Keywords: | Bone breakage;Middle Pleistocene hominins;Taphonomy |
Issue Date: | 2023 |
Publisher: | American Association for Anatomy |
Citation: | The Anatomical Record, 2023, (0) |
Abstract: | The postcranial skeleton of fossil hominins is crucial for reconstructing the processes that occurred between the time of death and the recovery of the bones. Thousands of postcranial skeletal fragments from at least 29 hominin individuals have been recovered from the Sima de los Huesos Middle Pleistocene site in Spain. This study's primary objective is to address the main taphonomic features of the postcranial remains from the Sima de los Huesos sample, including antemortem, perimortem, and postmortem skeletal disturbances. We present an updated assessment of the bone surface modification analysis, the fracture pattern analysis, and the skeletal part representation to facilitate interpretation of the biostratinomic and fossil-diagenetic processes in this large paleoanthropological collection. We conclude that carnivores (probably bears) had limited access to the hominin bones and complete bodies were probably placed in the site. |
URI: | https://cir.cenieh.es/handle/20.500.12136/2908 |
ISSN: | 1932-8494 |
DOI: | 10.1002/ar.25197 |
Editor version: | https://doi.org/10.1002/ar.25197 |
Type: | Article |
Appears in Collections: | Paleobiología |
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