A case of Human Bone Chalcolithic Technology from the Perdigões site (Alentejo, Portugal). (10th February 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Cunha, C.; Almeida, N. J.; Santander, B.; Tomé, T.; Saladié, P.; Valera, A.; Cabaço, N.; Silva, A. M.
• Is Part Of: International journal of osteoarchaeology. Volume 26:Number 6(2016:Dec.)
• Page Start: 1106
• Page End: 1112
• Publication Date: 2016-02-10
• Subjects: Chalcolithic -- human bone tool -- Perdigões -- use‐wear; Physical anthropology -- Periodicals; Human remains (Archaeology) -- Periodicals; Paleopathology -- Periodicals; Paléontologie -- Périodiques; Paléopathologie -- Périodiques; Anthropologie physique -- Périodiques; 930.10282
• DOI: 10.1002/oa.2518
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1047-482X

Abstract

Abstract: A human femur diaphysis in the form of a burin was excavated from a secondary burial context containing osteological remains and industry in the Archaeological Complex of Perdigões (Portugal). The majority of these evidences are thermo‐altered and highly fragmented. Radiocarbon dates for this context place it in the middle 3rd millennium BC. Typological analyses indicate that the human femur fragment is a burin, and use‐wear comparisons suggest that it was used to drill hide. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.