A preliminary application of dental cementum incremental analysis to determine the season-of-death of equids from the Xujiayao site,China  

作　　者：LI JingShu ZHANG ShuangQuan Henry T. BUNN Akshay SARATHI GAO Xing 

机构地区：[1]Key Laboratory of Vertebrate Evolution and Human Origins, Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100044, China [2]University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China [3]University of Wisconsin-Madison, Department of Anthropology, Madison WI53706, United States

出　　处：《Science China Earth Sciences》2017年第6期1183-1188,共6页中国科学（地球科学英文版）

基　　金：supported by the Key Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (Grant No.KZZD-EW-15);the Fundamental Project for Science and Technology of China (Grant No. 2014FY110300);the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 41672024 & 41672023)

摘　　要：Seasonality study of Paleolithic archaeological faunal assemblages is important for reconstructing modes of animal death and ancient hominin strategies for prey acquisition. The dental cementum of animal teeth records the season of an individual animal in which it died, providing the necessary evidence for determining any patterns in season of death. This article presents the procedure and preliminary results of the application of cementum incremental analysis to equid teeth, which comprise the dominant component of the fauna from the Xujiayao Site—an early Late Pleistocene archaeological site in China. Results show multi-seasonal use in both the upper and lower layers of this site. Furthermore, attention is given to the method's future application in seasonality studies at Paleolithic archaeological sites in China.Seasonality study of Paleolithic archaeological faunal assemblages is important for reconstructing modes of animal death and ancient hominin strategies for prey acquisition. The dental cementum of animal teeth records the season of an individual animal in which it died, providing the necessary evidence for determining any patterns in season of death. This article presents the procedure and preliminary results of the application of cementum incremental analysis to equid teeth, which comprise the dominant component of the fauna from the Xujiayao Site—an early Late Pleistocene archaeological site in China. Results show multi-seasonal use in both the upper and lower layers of this site. Furthermore, attention is given to the method＇s future application in seasonality studies at Paleolithic archaeological sites in China.

关 键 词：Cementum Analysis Seasonality PALEOLITHIC Xujiayao site ZOOARCHAEOLOGY 

分 类 号：Q915[天文地球—古生物学与地层学]