Bones Chewed by Canids as Evidence of Human Excarnation: A British Case Study.

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Smith, M. J., 2006. Bones Chewed by Canids as Evidence of Human Excarnation: A British Case Study. Antiquity, 80 (309), pp. 671-685.

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Abstract

Excarnation – the exposure of a corpse for stripping and possible dispersal by birds and animals – is a burial rite known from ethnographic analogy. Detecting its occurrence in the past is another matter. Here the author proposes the marking of bones by dogs and other canids as evidence of excarnation, using a British Neolithic case study.

Item Type:Article
ISSN:0003-598X
Subjects:History > Archaeology
Group:School of Applied Sciences > Forensic and Biological Sciences
ID Code:8447
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Deposited On:08 Mar 2009 18:08
Last Modified:28 Nov 2012 16:19
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