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Krapina 3: Cut Marks and Ritual Behavior?
Frayer, David W. Orschiedt, Jörg Cook, Jill Russell, Mary Doria Radovčić, Jakov
Frayer, David W.
Orschiedt, Jörg
Cook, Jill
Russell, Mary Doria
Radovčić, Jakov
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Abstract
Incisions on the frontal of the Krapina 3 cranium differ from other cut
marks from the site. Thirty-five, mostly parallel marks course up the frontal
from right of the midline, just posterior to the supraorbitale point to left of
the midline, slightly anterior to bregma. They are angled mostly perpendicular
to the midsagittal plane, averaging 5.2 mm in length and are on average
1.2 mm apart. The marks' characteristics are not consistent with scalping,
cannibalism, defleshing or other perimortem activities described for
Neandertals or modern groups. These marks represent a type of funereal behavior
yet to be documented in Neandertals and suggest a kind of ritual
treatment of the deceased.
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2006-08
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Croatian Society of Natural Sciences
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Krapina 3, Cut marks, Ritual treatment of the dead
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2006f Krapina 3: Cut marks and ritual behavior? (with J. Orschiedt, J. Cook, M.D. Russell and J. Radovčić.) Periodicum biologorum 108: 519-524.