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5MTUMR-2346-1091

Record

Collection
MANCOS
Country of origin
USA

Scientific notes

"Distinguising between percussion pits and chopmarks associated with soft tissue removal is therefore rendered extremely difficult, and must be constrained by functional considerations alone, because the resulting mark morphologies will often be indistinguishable" p.p.140 (White,1992).

1 lesions

blunt

Bones
Femur
Timing
Perimortem
Force
Direct

Stone tool — Hammerstone Blunt force

Number IP3 1552 top, 1091 center, 1531 botton.

1 photographs are recorded for this lesion but are no longer retrievable: the server that held them is no longer reachable. The records themselves are unaffected.

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MANCOS. catalogue no. 5MTUMR-2346-1091