{"title":"An Analysis of Pre-Columbian Modified Human Bone Artifacts From the Western Gulf Coastal Plain of North America","authors":"Matthew S. Taylor","doi":"10.1002/oa.3402","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div>\n \n <p>This report offers a reanalysis of modified human bones discovered at several prehistoric archeological sites in South Texas. Twenty-nine human bone artifacts from multiple Late Prehistoric (<span>ad</span> 700–1500) sites were studied. The artifacts were classified (when possible) by age, bone element, and location. Analysis reveals that bones were cut with a groove-and-snap technique. Ample postmortem cutmarks were found associated with the groove-and-snap method. Several bones display signs of perimortem processing, defleshing, and reduction. One humerus had been fashioned into an <i>omichicahuaztli</i> or musical rasp. Explanations for these artifacts are offered, including ancestor worship, war trophies, or evidence of knowledge of Postclassic Mesoamerican cultural practices.</p>\n </div>","PeriodicalId":14179,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Osteoarchaeology","volume":"35 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.1000,"publicationDate":"2025-03-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"International Journal of Osteoarchaeology","FirstCategoryId":"98","ListUrlMain":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/oa.3402","RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"历史学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q2","JCRName":"ANTHROPOLOGY","Score":null,"Total":0}
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This report offers a reanalysis of modified human bones discovered at several prehistoric archeological sites in South Texas. Twenty-nine human bone artifacts from multiple Late Prehistoric (ad 700–1500) sites were studied. The artifacts were classified (when possible) by age, bone element, and location. Analysis reveals that bones were cut with a groove-and-snap technique. Ample postmortem cutmarks were found associated with the groove-and-snap method. Several bones display signs of perimortem processing, defleshing, and reduction. One humerus had been fashioned into an omichicahuaztli or musical rasp. Explanations for these artifacts are offered, including ancestor worship, war trophies, or evidence of knowledge of Postclassic Mesoamerican cultural practices.
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The aim of the International Journal of Osteoarchaeology is to provide a forum for the publication of papers dealing with all aspects of the study of human and animal bones from archaeological contexts. The journal will publish original papers dealing with human or animal bone research from any area of the world. It will also publish short papers which give important preliminary observations from work in progress and it will publish book reviews. All papers will be subject to peer review. The journal will be aimed principally towards all those with a professional interest in the study of human and animal bones. This includes archaeologists, anthropologists, human and animal bone specialists, palaeopathologists and medical historians.
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