Bones chewed by canids as evidence of human excarnation: a British case study

Martin Smith

Bones chewed by canids as evidence of human excarnation: a British case study

Martin Smith

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Abstract

Excarnation - the exposure of a corpse for stripping and possible dispersal by birds and animals is a burial rite known from ethnographic analogy. Detecting its occurrence in the past is another matter. Here the author proposes the marking of bones by dogs and other canids as evidence of excarnation, using a British Neolithic case study.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	671-685
Number of pages	15
Journal	Antiquity
Volume	80
Issue number	309
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 2006

Keywords

Britain
Neolithic
chambered tomb
scavenging
funerary practice
excarnation
long barrow

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Bones chewed by canids as evidence of human excarnation: a British case study

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