收稿日期: 2018-07-05
网络出版日期: 2020-07-17
基金资助
国家自然科学基金面上项目(41672023);国家自然科学基金面上项目(41772025)
Technological analysis of burned bones and its implications for Paleolithic archaeology
Received date: 2018-07-05
Online published: 2020-07-17
黄超 , 张双权 . 旧石器遗址出土烧骨的技术分析及其对考古学的启示[J]. 人类学学报, 2020 , 39(02) : 249 -260 . DOI: 10.16359/j.cnki.cn11-1963/q.2019.0022
Burned bones are commonly found in Paleolithic sites. As one particular category of fire-use residues, burned bones are significant to a due understanding of the repertoire of hominin behaviors. However, the significance of these objects still remains largely unexplored in Chinese Paleolithic sites. In this paper, we present a review of analytical techniques in observation and quantification of the main features, including colors, fracture patterns, black carbon content, bone histology changes and the crystallinity of hydroxyapatite, of the burned skeletal remains from a variety of contexts. We also mention three types of fire-use behavior that may be related to burnt bones researchs. In this way, we seek to provide a referential framework for future analysis of the burned bones from archaeological sites of China.
Key words： Burned bone; Fire-use residue; Human Behavior; Paleolithic; Zooarchaeology
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