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dc.contributor.authorFrayer, David W.
dc.contributor.authorOrschiedt, Jörg
dc.contributor.authorCook, Jill
dc.contributor.authorRussell, Mary Doria
dc.contributor.authorRadovčić, Jakov
dc.date.accessioned2011-01-13T19:13:09Z
dc.date.available2011-01-13T19:13:09Z
dc.date.issued2006-08
dc.identifier.citation2006f Krapina 3: Cut marks and ritual behavior? (with J. Orschiedt, J. Cook, M.D. Russell and J. Radovčić.) Periodicum biologorum  108: 519-524.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1808/7044
dc.description.abstractIncisions 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.
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherCroatian Society of Natural Sciences
dc.subjectKrapina 3
dc.subjectCut marks
dc.subjectRitual treatment of the dead
dc.titleKrapina 3: Cut Marks and Ritual Behavior?
dc.title.alternativeKrapina 3 cut marks
dc.typeArticle
kusw.kuauthorFrayer, David W.
kusw.kudepartmentAnthropology
kusw.oastatusna
kusw.oaversionScholarly/refereed, publisher version
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