Engis: Preparation damage, not ancient cutmarks
- 1 March 1989
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in American Journal of Physical Anthropology
- Vol. 78 (3) , 361-367
- https://doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.1330780305
Abstract
Scratches found on the Engis 2 cranium have been described as perimortem and interpreted as intentional scalping marks by Russell and LeMort (Am. J. Phys. Anthropol. 69:317–323, 1986). These marks are described and compared to damage on other fossil hominids. The Engis marks have been misinterpreted. These marks are sandpaper striae formed during restoration of the vault, moulding striae formed when mold part lines were incised into the fossil and profiling striae formed when craniograms were made with sharp steel instrument tips. None of them have anything to do with prehistoric behavior.Keywords
This publication has 3 references indexed in Scilit:
- Cut marks on the Bodo cranium: A case of prehistoric defleshingAmerican Journal of Physical Anthropology, 1986
- Cutmarks on the Engis 2 calvaria?American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 1986
- Protohuman Activity Etched in Fossil BonesScience, 1981