A case of Human Bone Chalcolithic Technology from the Perdigões site (Alentejo, Portugal)

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 contex...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Cunha, C. (author)
Other Authors: Almeida, Nelson (author), Santander, B. (author), Tomé, T. (author), Saladié, P. (author), Valera, António Carlos (author), Cabaço, N. (author), Silva, Ana Maria (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2019
Subjects:
Chalcolithic
Human bone tool
Perdigões
Use-wear
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10451/37304
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:repositorio.ul.pt:10451/37304
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Summary: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.

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