Characterizing felid tooth marking and gross bone damage patterns using GIS image analysis: An experimental feeding study with large felids

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 80, Issue , 2015, Pages 114-134

  Parkinson, Jennifer A ^a   Plummer, Thomas ^b   Hartstone Rose, Adam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Flesh availability; FLK Zinj; Sabertooth; Scavenging; Taphonomy

Indexed keywords

BONE; CARNIVORE; FELID; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; GIS; HOMINID; IMAGE ANALYSIS; PLEISTOCENE; SCAVENGING (FEEDING); TAPHONOMY; TOOTH;

ARUSHA [TANZANIA]; OLDUVAI GORGE; TANZANIA;

CANIDAE; FELIDAE; HYAENIDAE; PANTHERA LEO; PANTHERA TIGRIS;

ANIMAL; BONE; CARNIVORY; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; IMAGE PROCESSING; INJURIES; LION; TIGER;

ANIMALS; BONE AND BONES; CARNIVORY; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LIONS; TIGERS;

EID: 84923542393     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2014.10.011     Document Type: Article

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