@misc{10481/96997,
year = {2024},
month = {10},
url = {https://hdl.handle.net/10481/96997},
abstract = {Cut marks are striae accidentally produced by the contact made between the edge of a cutting tool and bone surfaces by
anthropogenic activity, presenting evidence of hominin carcass processing and behaviour, butchery activities or diet. Postdepositional
processes can cause the alteration (chemical or mechanical) of bones surfaces, changing their composition
and causing the modification of bone surfaces. Previous research has addressed the problem of chemical alteration from a
qualitative perspective, resulting in the loss of all diagnostic characteristics of the cut marks affected by these processes.
Geometrics Morphometrics has led to great progress in the study of cut marks from a quantitative perspective and can be
useful for the study of altered cut marks. In this study, an experiment was carried out in which 36 cut marks were reproduced
and chemically altered. These marks were scanned and digitized before and after each phase of alteration. They
were analyzed metrically as well as using Geometric Morphometrics, in order to study the evolution of modifications to
cut mark morphology during the experiment. Results show clear morphological differences between the different phases
of alteration with altered cut marks presenting a general tendency towards a decrease in both the width and depth over
time. Research of this type opens up a new path for the study of the chemical alteration of cut marks, as well as other
striae, through the application of Geometric Morphometrics.},
organization = {Research Assistance
Center (C.A.I.) of Earth Sciences and Archaeology of the UCM},
organization = {European
Research Council through a Synergy Grant for the project Evolution
of Cognitive Tools for Quantification (QUANTA), No. 951388},
organization = {Grand Programme de Recherche “Human Past” of the Initiative
d’Excellence (IdEx) of the University of Bordeaux},
organization = {D. Herranz-
Rodrigo is supported by the contract ref. PRE2022-104179, funded by
the Ministry of Science and Innovation, the State Research Agency
(10.13039/501100011033) and the European Social Fund Plus},
organization = {A.
Pineda is supported by the LATEUROPE project (Grant agreement
ID 101052653) that has received funding from the European Research
Council (ERC) under the European Union’s HORIZON1.1 research
program},
organization = {The Institut Català de Paleoecologia Humana i Evolució
Social (IPHES-CERCA) has received financial support from the Spanish
Ministry of Science and Innovation through the “María de Maeztu”
program for Units of Excellence (CEX2019-000945-M)},
publisher = {Springer Nature},
keywords = {Bone surface modifications},
keywords = {Chemical abrasion},
keywords = {Experimental archaeology},
title = {Identification of chemically altered cut marks: an experimental approach from Geometrics Morphometrics},
doi = {10.1007/s12520-024-02091-5},
author = {Rodríguez de la Fuente, David and A. Courtenay, Lloyd and Herranz Rodrigo, Darío and Yravedra, José and Pineda, Antonio},
}