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2.1.4 (Stoetzel et al. 2019)

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Stoetzel, E., Lalis, A., Nicolas, V., Aulagnier, S., Benazzou, T., Dauphin, Y., El Hajraoui, M.A., El Hassani, A., Fahd, S., Fekhaoui, M., Geigl, E.-M., Lapointe, F.-J., Leblois, R., Ohler, A., Nespoulet, R., Denys, C. 23111731600;15136229600;14825723800;6701362924;6602545717;7006470205;24168312900;6701774532;6507696424;6508193459;6602182148;7003540226;6602486136;6603965396;23110649000;7006755120; Quaternary terrestrial microvertebrates from mediterranean northwestern Africa: State-of-the-art focused on recent multidisciplinary studies (2019) Quaternary Science Reviews, 224, art. no. 105966, . Cited 1 time. https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85073012268&doi=10.1016%2fj.quascirev.2019.105966&partnerID=40&md5=5e82395a70da2c8ce7799749e0f41b7f

DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2019.105966

AFFILIATIONS: Histoire Naturelle de l’Homme Préhistorique (HNHP), UMR 7194, Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, CNRS, Sorbonne Universités, UPVD, Paris, France; Institut de Systématique, Evolution, Biodiversité (ISYEB), UMR 7205, Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, CNRS, Sorbonne Universités, EPHE, Université des Antilles, Paris, France; Comportement et Ecologie de la Faune Sauvage, INRA, Castanet Tolosan, France; Faculty of Sciences, Mohammed V University, Rabat, Morocco; Institut National des Sciences de l’Archéologie et du Patrimoine (INSAP), Rabat, Morocco; Institut Scientifique, Mohammed V University, Rabat, Morocco; Faculté des Sciences de Tétouan, Université Abdelmalek Essaâdi, Tétouan, Morocco; Institut Jacques Monod, Equipe Epigénome et Paléogénome, Paris, France; Département de Sciences Biologiques, Université de Montréal, Québec, Canada; Centre de Biologie pour la Gestion des Populations (CBGP), UMR 1062, INRAMontferrier-sur-Lez, France

ABSTRACT: Northwestern Africa is today characterized by high geographical, climatic and ecological diversity; it is recognized as a hotspot of biodiversity and a major area for both human and faunal evolution. Studies of North African fossil microvertebrates have increased considerably in recent years, but they no longer just provide palaeontological descriptions of the species found in the assemblages. They also aim at better understanding the evolution of faunal communities in relation to Quaternary climate changes and at reconstructing the palaeoenvironmental background of prehistoric human occupations, in well-established taphonomic and chronological contexts. These studies are also increasingly adopting an integrative approach by combining archaeology, palaeontology, (palaeo)genetics, taphonomy, palaeoecology and systematics, and using new methods such as geometric morphometrics and isotopic analyses on both fossil and modern specimens. This paper aims to present a history of the studies on Quaternary terrestrial microvertebrates from northwestern Africa, and show how recent multidisciplinary studies have provided new perspectives and evidence on the respective influences of climate change and increasing human pressure on their evolution. © 2019 Elsevier Ltd

AUTHOR KEYWORDS: Herpetofauna; Integrative approach; Maghreb; Micromammals

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2.1.5 (Natahi et al. 2019)

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Natahi, S., Coquerelle, M., Pereira, G., Bayle, P. 57210429853;36140239700;36192143700;35434353800; Neurocranial shape variation among Tarascan populations: Evidence for varying degrees in artificially modified crania in pre-Hispanic West Mexico (1200–1400 AD) (2019) American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 170 (3), pp. 418-432. https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85070705630&doi=10.1002%2fajpa.23917&partnerID=40&md5=9848cacbc1a4f7470334281e873f0428

DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.23917

AFFILIATIONS: Université de Bordeaux, CNRS, MCC, UMR 5199 PACEA, Pessac, France; Department of Medicine and Surgery (Stomatology Area), Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Alcorcón, Spain; UMR 8096, Archéologie des Amériques, CNRS, Maison René-Ginouvès, Nanterre, France

ABSTRACT: Introduction: Along the Mesoamerican western margin, the Zacapu basin has yielded a large number of human remains demonstrating usage of artificial cranial modification (ACM). However, at the onset of the Middle Postclassic (1200–1400 AD) only few individuals still exhibit clear signs of ACM. Some authors have suggested that, rather than disappearing entirely, ACM may have become less visible anatomically, making it difficult to identify based on simple visual analyses. Here, we used 3D geometric morphometric methods to investigate the extent to which ACM persisted during the Postclassic in this region. Materials and methods: We measured the 3D vault’s shape changes in a sample of surface-scanned human crania: 55 individuals from the Postclassic Zacapu basin and a control group of 31 individuals from a Huichol Mexican Indian sample and a French medieval series from La Granède. We used a principal component analysis to explore the shape variation within the sample and employed the neighbor joining method to identify morphological groups. Finally, we quantified each individual’s asymmetry. Results: We identified three groups displaying shape features diverging from those of the control group. The first group is characterized by marked fronto-obelionic ACM, whereas the other two show mild forms of ACM. The individuals in all three groups display moderate to high degrees of asymmetry compared to the control group. Discussion: The marked fronto-obelionic modification is clear evidence of a specific ACM technique. The two types of mild ACM most likely result from different techniques but their moderate degree of modification brings into question the intentions behind their production. © 2019 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

AUTHOR KEYWORDS: 3D geometric morphometrics; artificial cranial modification; asymmetry; Mesoamerican Archaeology

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2.1.6 (Wallace et al. 2018)

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Wallace, M., Bonhomme, V., Russell, J., Stillman, E., George, T.S., Ramsay, L., Wishart, J., Timpany, S., Bull, H., Booth, A., Martin, P. 55621822700;55581390500;7404209813;6601945184;7202598168;7102039046;13605461200;25643589600;57196002536;7201728320;55474868200; Searching for the Origins of Bere Barley: a Geometric Morphometric Approach to Cereal Landrace Recognition in Archaeology (2019) Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory, 26 (3), pp. 1125-1142. Cited 2 times. https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85056694105&doi=10.1007%2fs10816-018-9402-2&partnerID=40&md5=05b2fc7c98f10b8d3253648b3ad42c4e

DOI: 10.1007/s10816-018-9402-2

AFFILIATIONS: Department of Archaeology, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, South Yorkshire S1 3NJ, United Kingdom; Institut des Sciences de l’Evolution-Montpellier, Université de Montpellier, Montpellier Cedex 2, 34095, France; The James Hutton Institute, Dundee, DD2 5DA, United Kingdom; School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, S3 7RH, United Kingdom; Agronomy Institute, Orkney College, University of the Highlands and Islands, Kirkwall, KW15 1LX, United Kingdom; Archaeology Institute, Orkney College, University of the Highlands and Islands, Kirkwall, KW15 1LX, United Kingdom ABSTRACT: Bere is a landrace of barley, adapted to the marginal conditions of northern Scotland, especially those of the Northern and Western Isles. The history of bere on these islands is long and, in an era of diminishing landrace cultivation, bere now represents one of the oldest cereal landraces in Europe still grown commercially. The longevity of bere raises the possibility of using grain characteristics of present-day specimens to identify bere in the archaeological record. Geometric modern morphometric (GMM) analysis of grains from bere and other barley landraces is conducted to determine whether landraces can be differentiated on grain morphology. Results indicate that there are morphological differences between bere and other British and Scandinavian landraces, and between bere from Orkney and the Western Isles, both of which are apparent in genetic analysis. This finding paves the way for the identification of bere archaeologically, helping to establish its status as living heritage and securing its commercial future. More broadly, this work indicates the potential of grain GMM for the recognition of cereal landraces, permitting the ancestry and exchange of landraces to be traced in the archaeological record. © 2018, The Author(s).

AUTHOR KEYWORDS: Agriculture; Archaeobotany; Archaeology; Barley; Cereals; Genetics; Geometric morphometrics; Landraces

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PUBLICATION STAGE: Final

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2.1.7 (Lloyd A. Courtenay, Yravedra, Aramendi, et al. 2019)

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Courtenay, L.A., Yravedra, J., Aramendi, J., Maté-González, M.Á., Martín-Perea, D.M., Uribelarrea, D., Baquedano, E., González-Aguilera, D., Domínguez-Rodrigo, M. 57200549280;56962776200;55827562600;56780291300;57192089446;6507093504;36237883200;24477009700;6603679662; Cut marks and raw material exploitation in the lower pleistocene site of Bell’s Korongo (BK, Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania): A geometric morphometric analysis (2019) Quaternary International, 526, pp. 155-168. Cited 2 times. https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85067334452&doi=10.1016%2fj.quaint.2019.06.018&partnerID=40&md5=bad71bee8c61719226b4fa642314a69e

DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2019.06.018

AFFILIATIONS: Área de Prehistoria, Universitat Rovira I Virgillo (URV), Avignuda de Catalunya 35, Tarragona, 43002, Spain; Institut de Paleoecologia Humana i Evolució Social (IPHES), C/ Marcellí Domingo s/n, Campus Secelades URV (Edifici W3) E3, Tarragona, 43700, Spain; Department of Cartographic and Land Engineering, Higher Polytechnic School of Avila, University of Salamanca, Hornos Caleros 50, Avila, 05003, Spain; Department of Prehistory, Complutense University, Prof. Aranguren s/n, Madrid, 28040, Spain; Director of the C. A. I. Archaeometry and Archaeological Analysis, Complutense University, Professor Aranguren s/n, Madrid, 28040, Spain; IDEA (Institute of Evolution in Africa), Covarrubias 36, Madrid, 28010, Spain; Department of Geodynamics, Stratigraphy and Paleontology, Complutense University, C/ José Antonio Novais 12, Madrid, 28040, Spain; Museo Arqueológico Regional, Plaza de las Bernardas s/n, Alcalá de Henares, Madrid, 28801, Spain; Real Complutense College at Harvard, 26 Towbridge Street, Cambridge, MA 02138, United States

ABSTRACT: The Lower Pleistocene site of Bell’s Korongo (BK) in Olduvai Gorge (Tanzania) has been a key site for the study of the origin of human behaviour. The lower archaeological levels of BK are characterized by anthropogenic activity related to the exploitation of megafauna (elephant, hippopotamus, Sivatherium) and smaller game (zebra, wildebeest and antelopes). These remains display a high frequency of cut marks. The exceptional state of preservation of the BK fossil assemblage has allowed a wide range of different analyses that, among other things, detected the use of quartzite in butchering activities through the study of cut marks. Following up previous analyses, this paper presents the study of a series of cut marks from the BK faunal assemblage using a 3D geometric morphometric methodological approach in order to determine the mineralogical properties of the quartzite used at the site. BK cut marks are compared with experimentally produced cut marks using 9 mineralogically different quartzite types from Olduvai Gorge. This comparative analysis provides valuable hints about the exact nature of the raw materials used in butchering activities. The results presented here identify a preferential use of quartzite with a finer granular composition, suggesting that hominin populations were already selecting the best raw materials for their use in specific activities 1.3 Mya. © 2019 Elsevier Ltd and INQUA

AUTHOR KEYWORDS: Cut mark morphology; Experimental archaeology; Homo erectus; Olduvai gorge; Quartzite; Taphonomy

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Yravedra Sainz de los Terreros, J., Maté-González, M.Á., Courtenay, L.A. 57209685315;56780291300;57200549280; New technologies applied to archaeology. Contributions of photogrammetry and geometric morphometrics to the resolution of taphonomic issues (2019) Quaternary International, 517, pp. 1-3. https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85068446514&doi=10.1016%2fj.quaint.2019.06.030&partnerID=40&md5=50ef51d30e4ecff1832984f09ac93db0

DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2019.06.030

AFFILIATIONS: Department of Prehistory, Complutense University, Prof. Aranguren s/n, Madrid, 28040, Spain; Department of Cartographic and Land Engineering, Higher Polytechnic School of Avila, University of Salamanca, Hornos Caleros 50, Avila, 05003, Spain; Àrea de Prehisòria, Universita Rovira I Virgili (URV), Avignuda de Catalunya 35, Tarragona, 43002, Spain; Institut de Paleoecologia Humana I Evolució Social (IPHES), Zona Educacional, Campus Sescelades URV (Edifici W3) E3, Tarragona, 43700, Spain

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Courtenay, L.A., Yravedra, J., Mate-González, M.Á., Aramendi, J., González-Aguilera, D. 57200549280;56962776200;56780291300;55827562600;24477009700; 3D analysis of cut marks using a new geometric morphometric methodological approach (2019) Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences, 11 (2), pp. 651-665. Cited 19 times. https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85041580684&doi=10.1007%2fs12520-017-0554-x&partnerID=40&md5=25726db5b43a059314e040443fd6d9a6

DOI: 10.1007/s12520-017-0554-x

ABSTRACT: The arrival of new methodological approaches to study microscopic qualities in cut mark morphology has been a major improvement in our understanding of butchering activities. Micro-morphological differences can be detected in multiple different taphonomic alterations on bone cortical surfaces that can later be used to compare different trace mark types. Through this, we can generate studies that are able to diagnose the specific taphonomic agents and activities that produce said traces that can be found on osteological surfaces. This paper presents experimental data that have been studied using micro-photogrammetry and geometric morphometrics, successfully distinguishing morphological differences in cut marks produced by different lithic tool types as well as different raw materials. The statistical results and methodologies presented here can later be applied to archaeological sites; aiding in our understanding of raw material exploitation, tool production as well as the different butchering activities that are present in faunal assemblages. © 2017, Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany.

AUTHOR KEYWORDS: Cut marks; Experimental archaeology; Geometric morphometrics; Raw materials; Taphonomy

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2.1.18 (Okumura and Araujo 2019)

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Okumura, M., Araujo, A.G.M. 8562919300;36730594400; Archaeology, biology, and borrowing: A critical examination of Geometric Morphometrics in Archaeology (2019) Journal of Archaeological Science, 101, pp. 149-158. Cited 5 times. https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85046166965&doi=10.1016%2fj.jas.2017.09.015&partnerID=40&md5=424c97159605d1ac4b3ce4775511f4b2

DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2017.09.015

AFFILIATIONS: Laboratório de Estudos Evolutivos Humanos, Departamento de Genética e Biologia Evolutiva, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil; Instituto de Estudos Avançados, Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil; Museu de Arqueologia e Etnologia, Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil

ABSTRACT: Geometric Morphometrics (GM) is a method originally applied in Evolutionary Biology studies, using the analysis of change in size and shape in order to better understand ontogenetic sequences, phylogenetic relations, among other issues. The application of GM in archaeological materials has seen a sharp increase in the last decade, mostly associated with theoretical approaches from Evolutionary Archaeology. This is not an isolated case, since most methods used by Evolutionary Archaeologists have been borrowed from Biology, provoking discussion with regard to the future development of Evolutionary Archaeology and its methods (Lycett, 2015). This article aims to discuss some concepts that have been directly borrowed from the application of GM in Biological Sciences and that have not been subject to much thought when used in Archaeology. Such concepts include homology and landmark types, the concept of modularity, as well as the idea of allometry. As much as archaeologists using GM can learn from past discussions held by biologists regarding the above mentioned concepts, it is high time for archaeologists to further discuss ideas concerning the use of these concepts in archaeological studies. © 2017

AUTHOR KEYWORDS: Evolutionary Archaeology; Geometric Morphometrics; Interdisciplinarity; Stone tools

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PUBLICATION STAGE: Final

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2.1.19 (Thulman 2019)

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Thulman, D.K. 33768076600; A Typology of Florida Fluted Points Using Landmark-based Geometric Morphometrics (2019) PaleoAmerica, . Cited 1 time. https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85065660089&doi=10.1080%2f20555563.2019.1602946&partnerID=40&md5=89a75b8764301a580bdb9433345d87eb

DOI: 10.1080/20555563.2019.1602946

AFFILIATIONS: Department of Anthropology, George Washington University, Washington, DC, United States

ABSTRACT: This typology of Florida fluted points was created from 164 images of fluted-point bases using landmark-based geometric morphometrics (LGM). Three highly distinctive types were discriminated using the shapes of the point bases. LGM is a powerful method for discriminating shapes, so paying close attention to analytical details is crucial for meaningful analyses. In archaeology, LGM is in its relative infancy compared to its use in biology, and archaeologists have not settled on standard procedures for its use in artifact shape analysis. Several general issues in the use of LGM for artifact-shape discrimination are discussed and illustrated, especially the effects of sample size and the Pinocchio Effect, in which highly variable aspects of an artifact shape, such as the fluted point blade, can affect analyses in unintended ways. The choices made in creating this typology are discussed in detail and alternatives tested to show how choices can significantly change results and archaeological interpretations. © 2019, © 2019 Center for the Study of the First Americans.

AUTHOR KEYWORDS: Florida; Fluted point; landmark-based geometric morphometrics; Paleoindian; typology

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PUBLICATION STAGE: Article in Press

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2.1.20 (Selden Jr. 2019)

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Selden, R.Z., Jr. 55352809700; Ceramic morphological organisation in the Southern Caddo Area: The Clarence H. Webb collections (2019) Journal of Cultural Heritage, 35, pp. 41-55. Cited 2 times. https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85050128636&doi=10.1016%2fj.culher.2018.07.002&partnerID=40&md5=9355a2fde894247f1b03031f8b5e271d

DOI: 10.1016/j.culher.2018.07.002

AFFILIATIONS: Center for Regional Heritage Research, Stephen F. Austin State University, United States; Cultural Heritage Department, Jean-Monnet University, France

ABSTRACT: Analyses of ceramic vessel shape are neither new or novel; however, the relatively recent adoption of geometric morphometric (GM) methods by archaeologists provides a preview of the contribution of GM to the systematic and rigorous study of morphology as applied to material culture. This study is focused upon an analysis of Caddo bottle shapes for Belcher Engraved, Hickory Fine Engraved, Keno Trailed, Smithport Plain, and Taylor Engraved vessels from the Allen Plantation, Belcher Mound, Gahagan Mound, and Smithport Landing sites in the Clarence H. Webb collections from northwest Louisiana. Results indicate some significant relationships between bottle shape and size (allometry), bottle shape and type, and bottle shape and site. A test of morphological integration indicates that the bottles are significantly integrated, meaning that those discrete traits used to characterise their shape (rim, neck, body, and base) vary in a coordinated manner, highlighting significant integration between suites of attributes. The Smithport Plain and Hickory (Fine) Engraved bottles found at the Belcher Mound, Smithport Landing, and Gahagan Mound sites also provide evidence for two discrete (north–south) base and body shapes. © 2018 Elsevier Masson SAS

AUTHOR KEYWORDS: 3D; American Southeast; Geometric morphometrics; Morphological disparity; Morphological integration; Virtual archaeology

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PUBLICATION STAGE: Final

ACCESS TYPE: Open Access

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2.1.21 (O’Higgins, Fitton, and Godinho 2019)

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O’Higgins, P., Fitton, L.C., Godinho, R.M. 7004722122;36738982500;56996996100; Geometric morphometrics and finite elements analysis: Assessing the functional implications of differences in craniofacial form in the hominin fossil record (2019) Journal of Archaeological Science, 101, pp. 159-168. Cited 1 time. https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85029591397&doi=10.1016%2fj.jas.2017.09.011&partnerID=40&md5=ebd4eb8c7d10357c924b2d5c02f66309

DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2017.09.011

AFFILIATIONS: Department of Archaeology and Hull York Medical School, University of York, Heslington, York, YO10 5DD, United Kingdom; Interdisciplinary Center for Archaeology and Evolution of Human Behaviour (ICArHEB), Faculdade das Ciências Humanas e Sociais, Universidade do Algarve, Campus Gambelas, Faro, 8005-139, Portugal

ABSTRACT: The study of morphological variation in the hominin fossil record has been transformed in recent years by the advent of high resolution 3D imaging combined with improved geometric morphometric (GM) toolkits. In parallel, increasing numbers of studies have applied finite elements analysis (FEA) to the study of skeletal mechanics in fossil and extant hominoid material. While FEA studies of fossils are becoming ever more popular they are constrained by the difficulties of reconstruction and by the uncertainty that inevitably attaches to the estimation of forces and material properties. Adding to these modelling difficulties it is still unclear how FEA analyses should best deal with species variation. Comparative studies of skeletal form and function can be further advanced by applying tools from the GM toolkit to the inputs and outputs of FEA studies. First they facilitate virtual reconstruction of damaged material and can be used to rapidly create 3D models of skeletal structures. Second, GM methods allow variation to be accounted for in FEA by warping models to represent mean and extreme forms of interest. Third, GM methods can be applied to compare FEA outputs – the ways in which skeletal elements deform when loaded. Model comparisons are hampered by differences in material properties, forces and size among models but how deformations from FEA are impacted by these parameters is increasingly well understood, allowing them to be taken into account in comparing FEA outputs. In this paper we review recent advances in the application of GM in relation to FEA studies of craniofacial form in hominins, providing examples from our recent work and a critical appraisal of the state of the art. © 2017 Elsevier Ltd

AUTHOR KEYWORDS: Craniofacial form; Finite element analysis; Form-function; Functional performance; Geometric morphometrics

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2.1.22 (Buchanan, Collard, and O’Brien 2019)

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Buchanan, B., Collard, M., O’Brien, M.J. 11241802300;7102608373;36128081000; Geometric Morphometric Analyses Support Incorporating the Goshen Point Type into Plainview (2019) American Antiquity, 85 (1), pp. 171-181. https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85077302252&doi=10.1017%2faaq.2019.89&partnerID=40&md5=ee3e1dd8c53be99abb513994a835b3c6

DOI: 10.1017/aaq.2019.89

AFFILIATIONS: Department of Anthropology, University of Tulsa, Tulsa, OK 74104, United States; Department of Archaeology, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia V5A 1S6, Canada; Department of History, Texas AandM University-San Antonio, San Antonio, TX 78224, United States

ABSTRACT: Recent work has demonstrated that Goshen points overlap in time with another group of unfluted lanceolate points from the Plains, Plainview points. This has raised the question of whether the two types should be kept separate or consolidated into a single type. We sought to resolve this issue by applying geometric morphometric methods to a sample of points from well-documented Goshen and Plainview assemblages. We found that their shapes were statistically indistinguishable, which indicates that Goshen and Plainview points should be assigned to the same type. Because Plainview points were recognized before Goshen points, it is the latter type name that should be dropped. Sinking Goshen into Plainview allows us to move beyond taxonomic issues and toward understanding both the spatiotemporal variation that exists among Plainview assemblages and what it can tell us about the adaptations and social dynamics of Plainview groups. Copyright © 2019 by the Society for American Archaeology.

AUTHOR KEYWORDS: geometric morphometrics; Goshen; Late Paleoindian; Plains; Plainview; typology

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2.1.23 (Eyquem et al. 2019)

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Eyquem, A.P., Kuzminsky, S.C., Aguilera, J., Astudillo, W., Toro-Ibacache, V. 57205321574;42661433900;57205325530;57205318156;56341900600; Normal and altered masticatory load impact on the range of craniofacial shape variation: An analysis of pre-Hispanic and modern populations of the American Southern Cone (2019) PLoS ONE, 14 (12), art. no. e0225369, . https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85076296826&doi=10.1371%2fjournal.pone.0225369&partnerID=40&md5=3d0e93eb9ee5118edb0c0f9d0e208dab

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0225369

AFFILIATIONS: Centro de Análisis Cuantitativo en Antropología Dental, Facultad de Odontología, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile; Max Planck Weizmann Center for Integrative Archaeology and Anthropology, Max PlanckInstitute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany; Department of Anthropology and AppliedArchaeology, Eastern New Mexico University, Portales, NM, United States; Anthropology Department, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA, United States; Facultad de Medicina and Hospital Clínico, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile; Department of HumanEvolution, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany

ABSTRACT: The reduction of masticatory load intensity resulting from dietary changes in human evolution has been proposed as an important factor that alters craniofacial shape in past and current populations. However, its impact on craniofacial variation and on the perceived differences among populations is unclear. The maxillomandibular relationship, which alters masticatory force direction, is a factor often neglected but it can contribute to variation in craniofacial morphology, particularly among modern/urban populations where the prevalence of dental malocclusions is greater than in prehistoric populations. This study investigates the influence of masticatory load intensity and maxillomandibular relationship as a proxy for force direction on the human craniofacial skeleton. By using 3D imaging and geometric morphometrics, we analyzed craniofacial shape variation among 186 individuals from pre-Hispanic and modern Chilean and Argentinean populations that differ in diet consistency (a proxy for masticatory load intensity) and maxillomandibular relationship. We predicted that masticatory load would have a subtle effect on the upper craniofacial bones and that this would be more marked in the maxilla. Our results showed no clear influence of masticatory load on craniofacial shape, particularly in modern/urban populations. Allometry, on the contrary, shows a stronger effect. The degree of integration between the upper craniofacial bones and the load-bearing maxilla depends on masticatory load intensity, decreasing from high to low but showing a conservative pattern of covariation among the groups. The degree of variation in the shape of the maxilla is greater than the upper craniofacial bones. These results suggest that masticatory load has a limited effect in determining differences in craniofacial morphology among populations. This effect is slightly greater for the maxillary region of the face. We propose that the reduction of functional constraints is key to greater shape variation found in modern/urban populations. © 2019 Eyquem et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

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2.1.24 (Doyon 2019)

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Doyon, L. 57200142401; On the shape of things: A geometric morphometrics approach to investigate Aurignacian group membership (2019) Journal of Archaeological Science, 101, pp. 99-114. Cited 2 times. https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85058057849&doi=10.1016%2fj.jas.2018.11.009&partnerID=40&md5=4c3be842aa1d4165392836f343ecc8d6

DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2018.11.009

AFFILIATIONS: Institute of Cultural Heritage, Shandong University, 27 Shanda Nanlu, Jinan, 250100, China; Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, UMR 5199 – PACEA, Université de Bordeaux, Bât. B18, Allée Geoffroy Saint Hilaire, Pessac Cedex, CS, 50023, 33615, France

ABSTRACT: The manufacture of composite projectile technology requires the production and assemblage of tightly fitted parts designed to fulfill a number of distinct functions. Each part combines a number of techno-functional units, and various processes may be responsible for the shape variability of these units. In order to investigate the relative contribution of each process to the overall variability of a projectile implement, one must identify the point of demarcation between its techno-functional units. In the present paper, the concept of shape modularity is introduced to precisely identify this locus. The application of geometric morphometrics and shape modularity to the study of two Aurignacian osseous projectile point types, i.e., split- and massive-based points, reveals interesting patterns. On both types, the maximum width delimits the distal and proximal techno-functional units of these objects. When focusing on the morphometric variability and the geographic distribution of the implements’ proximal unit, the eight shapes identified for split-based points are found over vast regions of Europe. On the other hand, the two proximal shapes defined for massive-based points show a pattern of local, or regional, aggregation. These proximal shapes were likely considered fit for hafting and hunting by the prehistoric populations who reproduced them, and they are interpreted as a proxy for the socially shared rules of production that guided the manufacture of these tool types. They could therefore be used in future studies that aim to identify group membership amongst the Aurignacian metapopulation and the extent of their interactions. © 2018 Elsevier Ltd

AUTHOR KEYWORDS: Bone technology; Early Upper Palaeolithic; Europe; Projectile points; Shape modularity

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2.1.25 (MacLeod 2018)

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MacLeod, N. 57200347364; The quantitative assessment of archaeological artifact groups: Beyond geometric morphometrics (2018) Quaternary Science Reviews, 201, pp. 319-348. Cited 6 times. https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85055626269&doi=10.1016%2fj.quascirev.2018.08.024&partnerID=40&md5=c71b8447562d5ab09c09cb3e4fcfe3d2

DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2018.08.024

AFFILIATIONS: The Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London, SW7 5BD, United Kingdom; Department of Earth Sciences, University College, London, Gower Street, London, WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom; Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 39 Beijing, Donglu, Nanjing, China

ABSTRACT: Archaeologists often wish to distinguish between groups of cultural artifacts using information collected from descriptions or measurements of their morphological forms. Morphometric methods have played an increasingly large role in such quantitative assessments. However, standard approaches to morphometric analyses are often poorly suited to many artifact types as much variation of interest to archeologists cannot be quantified adequately by sparse sets of landmarks or semilandmarks. Use of measurement conventions also requires that investigators know which aspects of the artifacts under consideration are important to include at the outset of an investigation. In this review results obtained from landmark-semilandmark-based, and image pixel-based assessments of a common set of Paleoindian fluted projectile points are compared. Results confirm that, by itself, PCA is unsuited for the assessment of between-group differences irrespective of data type, but can be useful as a transformation to reduce the dimensionality of a morphological dataset while retaining its effective information content. Landmark-semilandmark data analysed using geometric morphometric methods delivered the lowest-quality results whereas image pixel data analysed by the Naïve Bayes machine-learning classifier delivered the highest. Direct analyses of artifact images using geometric morphometric methods delivered very good results. These findings suggest that the direct analyses of digital images and 3D scans, using either geometric morphometric data-analysis methods or machine-learning procedures, can provide archaeologists with tools that improve and extend the scope of their assessments of a wide range of artifact types. © 2018

AUTHOR KEYWORDS: Data analysis; Discriminant analysis; Machine learning; Morphometrics; North America; Paleogeography; Paleoindian; Projectile points; Quaternary; Typology

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2.1.26 (Presnyakova et al. 2018)

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Presnyakova, D., Braun, D.R., Conard, N.J., Feibel, C., Harris, J.W.K., Pop, C.M., Schlager, S., Archer, W. 56429690500;23972180300;6603626316;6603873935;55740177800;55860417700;48662907600;35085743300; Site fragmentation, hominin mobility and LCT variability reflected in the early Acheulean record of the Okote Member, at Koobi Fora, Kenya (2018) Journal of Human Evolution, 125, pp. 159-180. Cited 6 times. https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85053873119&doi=10.1016%2fj.jhevol.2018.07.008&partnerID=40&md5=8a13624f1538bc06eee2a6abf0d43041

DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2018.07.008

AFFILIATIONS: Department of Early Prehistory and Quaternary Ecology, University of Tübingen, Schloss Hohentübingen, Tübingen, 72070, Germany; Center for the Advanced Study of Hominid Paleobiology, George Washington UniversityWashington, DC 20052, United States; Department of Anthropology, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ 08901-1414, United States; Department of Human Evolution, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, 04103, Germany; Biological Anthropology, Faculty of Medicine, Albert-Ludwigs-University, Freiburg, 79098, Germany; Department of Archaeology, University of Cape Town7700, South Africa

ABSTRACT: From its initial appearance at ∼1.7 Ma, the Acheulean was prevalent through a vast chronological span of hominin behavioural evolution that lasted nearly 1.5 million years. The origins and production patterns of large bifacial cutting tools (‘LCTs’) – the marker of the Acheulean techno-complex – and the systematic changes in this behaviour through time are gaining increasing interest in paleoanthropology. Here we provide a synthesis of early Acheulean LCT variation in a landscape context by analysing assemblages from four different quasi-contemporaneous (∼1.4 Ma) sites from the Koobi Fora Formation. We characterize this variation using both 3D geometric morphometric and descriptive approaches. The expansive lateral exposures of fluvial and lacustrine sediments, as well as the associated tephrostratigraphy of the Koobi Fora Formation provide the landscape context that enables these comparative analyses. Our study demonstrates that when multiple contemporaneous early Acheulean localities are analysed together, a broader picture of LCT variability is elucidated. Four sites at Koobi Fora appear to represent a single system of lithic economy, characterized by a discrete trajectory of changes in LCT size and shape. These sites have ranges of LCT forms which appear to represent different but overlapping stages on a single reduction trajectory. Certain sites exhibit the full reduction trajectory while others exhibit only fragments of this trajectory. Other inter-site lithic proxies further complement these patterns in LCT variability. We explore patterns of site function, mobility and hominin landscape use, all of which may be suggestive of a depth of planning in early Acheulean hominins wherein technological activities were undertaken in substantial anticipation of future needs. © 2018 Elsevier Ltd

AUTHOR KEYWORDS: Early Acheulean; Geometric morphometrics; Hominin behaviour; Landscape scale variation; Large cutting tools; Lithic analysis

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2.1.27 (Limier et al. 2018)

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Limier, B., Ivorra, S., Bouby, L., Figueiral, I., Chabal, L., Cabanis, M., Ater, M., Lacombe, T., Ros, J., Brémond, L., Terral, J.-F. 57204163442;14828273200;6602374494;6603067806;23984103300;23994967800;6603387124;23485802300;55899046100;6506805677;6603580109; Documenting the history of the grapevine and viticulture: A quantitative eco-anatomical perspective applied to modern and archaeological charcoal (2018) Journal of Archaeological Science, 100, pp. 45-61. Cited 2 times. https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85054706770&doi=10.1016%2fj.jas.2018.10.001&partnerID=40&md5=c00d57eb40246928c6e475ff1cae3334

DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2018.10.001

AFFILIATIONS: Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, 2 place P. Viala, Montpellier, 34060, France; Institut des Sciences de l’Evolution de Montpellier - Université de Montpellier / CNRS / IRD / EPHE, place E. Bataillon, Cedex 5, Montpellier, 34090, France; Institut National de Recherche Archéologique Préventive Méditerranée, 3 rue de l’Acropole, Lot. Actipolis, Villeneuve-les-Béziers, 34420, France; Institut National de Recherche Archéologique Préventive Rhône-Alpes Auvergne UMR 6042, Université Clermont Auvergne, 4 rue Ledru, Cedex 1, Clermont-Ferrand, 63057, France; Laboratoire Botanique Appliquée, Equipe Bio-Agrodiversité, Département de Biologie, Faculté des Sciences, Université Abdelmalek Essaâdi. BP 2062, Tétouan, 93030, Morocco; AGAP, Université Montpellier, CIRAD, INRA, Montpellier SupAgro, 2 place P. Viala, Cedex 2, Montpellier, 34060, France; Casa de Velasquez, Ciudad Universitaria, C/ Paul Guinard 3, Madrid, 28040, Spain

ABSTRACT: The history of the grapevine and viticulture is well documented by an extensive and rich corpus of textual, iconographic, archaeological, archaeobotanical and morphometric data. However, until now, grapevine charcoal remains from archaeological contexts were largely underexploited. In this study we describe the development of a quantitative anatomical method which aims to discriminate between the wild and cultivated grapevines based on a reference collection of modern individuals. The plasticity of grapevine anatomical characters was quantified in relation to maturity or age of wood and environmental conditions. For the first time, quantitative eco-anatomical features of charcoal from archaeological sites (South of France, Bronze Age - Modern Period) were compared to the reference models established beforehand. This procedure allowed us to identify the status (wild or cultivated-domesticated) of certain sub-fossil samples. Our results complement data from archaeobotany and from traditional and geometric morphometric analyses of Vitis pips. They confirm the collection/use of the wild grapevine during the Bronze Age and the exploitation of cultivated forms on coastal or near coastal sites (Mediterranean), from the Iron Age up to the Modern Period. Furthermore, the question of an early grapevine cultivation (5th c. BCE) in regions away from the sea is raised for the first time. © 2018 Elsevier Ltd

AUTHOR KEYWORDS: Archaeobotany; Eco-anatomy; Vitis vinifera L.; Wild vs. cultivated-domesticated; Wood charcoal anatomy

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2.1.28 (Herzlinger and Grosman 2018)

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Herzlinger, G., Grosman, L. 56910008800;25636007900; AGMT3-D: A software for 3-D landmarks-based geometric morphometric shape analysis of archaeological artifacts (2018) PLoS ONE, 13 (11), art. no. e0207890, . Cited 3 times. https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85056802184&doi=10.1371%2fjournal.pone.0207890&partnerID=40&md5=71be54d99dbcf0171316651c353cd694

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0207890

AFFILIATIONS: Institute of Archaeology, Mount Scopus, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel; Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School for Advanced Studies in the Humanities, Mount Scopus, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel

ABSTRACT: We present here a newly developed software package named Artifact GeoMorph Toolbox 3-D (AGMT3-D). It is intended to provide archaeologists with a simple and easy-to-use tool for performing 3-D landmarks-based geometric morphometric shape analysis on 3-D digital models of archaeological artifacts. It requires no prior knowledge of programming or proficiency in statistics. AGMT3-D consists of a data-acquisition procedure for automatically positioning 3-D models in space and fitting them with grids of 3-D semi-landmarks. It also provides a number of analytical tools and procedures that allow the processing and statistical analysis of the data, including generalized Procrustes analysis, principal component analysis, a warp tool, automatic calculation of shape variabilities and statistical tests. It provides an output of quantitative, objective and reproducible results in numerical, textual and graphic formats. These can be used to answer archaeologically significant questions relating to morphologies and morphological variabilities in artifact assemblages. Following the presentation of the software and its functions, we apply it to a case study addressing the effects of different types of raw material on the morphologies and morphological variabilities present in an experimentally produced Acheulian handaxe assemblage. The results show that there are statistically significant differences between the mean shapes and shape variabilities of handaxes produced on flint and those produced on basalt. With AGMT3-D, users can analyze artifact assemblages and address questions that are deducible from the morphologies and morphological variabilities of material culture assemblages. These questions can relate to issues of, among others, relative chronology, cultural affinities, tool function and production technology. AGMT3-D is aimed at making 3-D landmarks-based geometric morphometric shape analysis more accessible to archaeologists, in the hope that this method will become a tool commonly used by archaeologists. © 2018 Herzlinger, Grosman. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

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2.1.29 (Samper Carro, Louys, and O’Connor 2018)

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Samper Carro, S.C., Louys, J., O’Connor, S. 55914468200;15136337000;8707659200; Shape does matter: A geometric morphometric approach to shape variation in Indo-Pacific fish vertebrae for habitat identification (2018) Journal of Archaeological Science, 99, pp. 124-134. Cited 1 time. https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85054155690&doi=10.1016%2fj.jas.2018.09.010&partnerID=40&md5=d3aa72e6195a76f3237e6b9b29483458

DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2018.09.010

AFFILIATIONS: School of Archaeology and Anthropology, College of Arts and Social Sciences, Australian National UniversityACT 0200, Australia; Department of Archaeology and Natural History, College of Asia and the Pacific, Australian National UniversityACT 0200, Australia; Centre d’Estudis del Patrimoni Arqueològic de la Prehistoria, Facultat de Lletres, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain; Australian Research Centre of Human Evolution (ARCHE), Environmental Futures Research Institute, Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia; ARC Centre of Excellence for Australian Biodiversity and Heritage, Australian National UniversityACT 0200, Australia

ABSTRACT: Traditional fish vertebrae identification relies on the availability of comprehensive reference collections that include every element from the neural spine for each taxon. In regions with great taxonomic diversity, such as the Indo-Pacific, the identification of fish vertebrae to species is difficult. This results in taxonomic lists with many skeletal elements identified only to family. However family level identifications often tell us little about the environmental preferences of the fish and thus, by inference, human fishing practices. Here we apply geometric morphometrics (GM) to examine shape variations within vertebrae in modern specimens of a variety of pelagic and reef species to determine if this method can be used to reliably inform on habitat preferences. Digitized vertebral elements of reef (Acanthuridae, Balistidae, Labridae, Lethrinidae, Lutjanidae and Serranidae) and pelagic/open water (Scombridae and Carangidae) families were scored using 2D landmarks. These were subjected to Generalized Procrustes Analysis and discriminatory multivariate analyses (Linear Discriminant Analysis and Discriminant Function Analysis) in order to assess whether shape can be used to differentiate habitats. Our results suggest that geometric morphometrics do allow the differentiation of habitat in vertebrae and provide an alternative method for the classification of archaeological fish assemblages. These analyses were applied to a sample of archaeological fish remains from a site in Alor Island (Nusa Tenggara Timur, Indonesia) and compared with the results of an earlier traditional comparative icthyoarchaeological analysis. We found that the main component of the Pleistocene marine human diet comprised reef species, with the sporadic addition of open water species, supporting the pattern recorded with traditional analyses. This methodology could be widely applied to archaeological fish material from across the Indo-Pacific allowing a greater number of bones in assemblages to contribute to insights into human exploitation of coastal habitats and fishing techniques over time. © 2018 Elsevier Ltd

AUTHOR KEYWORDS: Fish habitat; Geometric morphometrics; Icthyoarchaeology; Vertebrae; Wallacea; Zooarchaeology

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Topi, J.R., VanPool, C.S., Waller, K.D., VanPool, T.L. 57201065508;14326369100;57196222504;14055200600; The economy of specialized ceramic craft production in the casas grandes region (2018) Latin American Antiquity, 29 (1), pp. 122-142. Cited 3 times. https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85043300263&doi=10.1017%2flaq.2017.62&partnerID=40&md5=62e6274e500ef8c9539f17f0b57bb237

DOI: 10.1017/laq.2017.62

AFFILIATIONS: Swallow Department 202, Department of Anthropology, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211, United States

ABSTRACT: Recent analyses use geometric morphometrics (GM), the quantitative study of shape and its variation, to examine aspects of the archaeological record. Our research builds on such applications to examine the organization of production by applying GM analysis to whole ceramic vessels from the Casas Grandes culture of northwest Mexico. We quantify variation in vessel shape and size and conclude that specialists made at least some of the Ramos and Babicora Polychromes, but that the other Casas Grandes ceramic types were generally made by nonspecialists. This bolsters arguments for Medio period (AD 1200 to 1450) specialized production above the household level but indicates that specialized production was limited to a subset of economically valuable goods. We further suggest some Ramos Polychrome was made by attached specialists associated with elites at Paquime, the religious center of the Medio period, whereas some Babicora Polychrome was made by independent specialists. The analysis contributes to three important anthropological topics: (1) the study of the Medio period Casas Grandes culture, and by extension the organization of production in mid-level hierarchically organized societies; (2) geometric morphometric analysis of archaeological collections; and (3) the Standardization Hypothesis and the relationship between artifact standardization and the organization of production. Copyright © 2017 by the Society for American Archaeology.

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2.1.37 (Kuzminsky et al. 2018)

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Kuzminsky, S.C., Reyes Báez, O., Arriaza, B., Méndez, C., Standen, V.G., San Román, M., Muñoz, I., Durán Herrera, Á., Hubbe, M. 42661433900;22735672600;6602846124;35576830900;6602356440;23394020200;36788343700;57196390913;10338946900; Investigating cranial morphological variation of early human skeletal remains from Chile: A 3D geometric morphometric approach (2018) American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 165 (2), pp. 223-237. Cited 5 times. https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85032839568&doi=10.1002%2fajpa.23344&partnerID=40&md5=d7146af9b8636f706da9869b0625642f

DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.23344

AFFILIATIONS: Instituto de Investigaciones Arqueológicas y Museo R.P Gustavo Le Paige, Universidad Católica del Norte, Gustavo Le Paige 380, San Pedro de Atacama, Chile; Anthropology Department, University of California, 156 High Street, Santa Cruz, CA, United States; Centro de Estudios del Hombre Austral, Instituto de la Patagonia, Universidad de Magallanes, Avenida Bulnes 01890 Casilla 113D, Punta Arenas, Chile; Instituto de Alta Investigación, Universidad de Tarapacá, Arica, Chile; Centro de Investigación en Ecosistemas de la Patagonia, Moraleda 16, Coyhaique, Chile; Departamento de Antropología, Universidad de Tarapacá, 18 de Septiembre 2222, Casilla 6-D, Arica, Chile; Museo La Serena, Calle Cienfuegos, La Serena, Chile; Department of Anthropology, 4034 Smith Laboratory, The Ohio State University, 174 W. 18th Avenue, Columbus, OH, United States

ABSTRACT: Objectives: Archaeological and genetic research has demonstrated that the Pacific Coast was a key route in the early colonization of South America. Research examining South American skeletons >8000 cal BP has revealed differences in cranial morphology between early and late Holocene populations, which may reflect distinct migration events and/or populations. However, genetic, cultural, and some skeletal data contradict this model. Given these discrepancies, this study examines ∼9000 years of prehistory to test the hypothesis that Early skeletons have a distinct cranial morphology from later skeletons. Materials and Methods: Using 3D digital models, craniofacial landmarks, and geometric morphometric analyses, we compared Early Holocene crania (n = 4) to later Chilean samples (n = 90) frequently absent in continental assessments of craniofacial variation. PCA, Mahalanobis distances, posterior and typicality probabilities were used to examine variation. Results: Two of the earliest skeletons from northern Chile show clear affinities to individuals from later sites in the same region. However, the hypothesis cannot be rejected as one Early individual from northern Chile and one individual from inland Patagonia did not always show clear affinities to coastal populations. Discussion: Biological affinities among northern populations and other regions of Chile align with genetic and archaeological data, supporting cultural and biological continuity along the Pacific Coast. In Patagonia, archaeological data are in accordance with skeletal differences between the Early inland steppe individual and coastal populations. This study incorporates 3D methods and skeletal datasets not widely used in assessments of biological affinity, thus contributing to a critical body of research examining the ancient population history of western South America. © 2017 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

AUTHOR KEYWORDS: ancient human migration; bioarchaeology; Early American crania; South America

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2.1.38 (Courtenay et al. 2018)

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Courtenay, L.A., Maté-González, M.A., Aramendi, J., Yravedra, J., González-Aguilera, D., Domínguez-Rodrigo, M. 57200549280;56780291300;55827562600;56962776200;24477009700;6603679662; Testing accuracy in 2D and 3D geometric morphometric methods for cut mark identification and classification (2018) PeerJ, 2018 (7), art. no. e5133, . Cited 12 times. https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85049469892&doi=10.7717%2fpeerj.5133&partnerID=40&md5=5decd3305bf41a1b3566a9633d86faff

DOI: 10.7717/peerj.5133

AFFILIATIONS: Área de Prehistoria, Universitat Rovira I Virgili Tarragona, Tarragona, Spain; Institut de Paleoecologia Humana i Evolució Social (IPHES), Tarragona, Spain; Department of Prehistory, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, Spain; Department of Cartography and Terrain Engineering, Polytechnic School of Avila, University of Salamanca, Avila, Spain; IDEA (Institute of Evolution in Africa), Madrid, Spain

ABSTRACT: The analysis of bone surface modifications (BSMs) is a prominent part of paleoanthropological studies, namely taphonomic research. Behavioral interpretations of the fossil record hinge strongly upon correct assessment of BSMs. With the significant impact of microscopic analysis to the study of BSMs, multiple authors have discussed the reliability of these technological improvements for gaining resolution in BSM discrimination. While a certain optimism is present, some important questions are ignored and others overemphasized without appropriate empirical support. This specifically affects the study of cut marks. A diversity of geometric morphometric approaches applied to the study of cut marks have resulted in the coexistence (and competition) of different 2D and 3D methods. The present work builds upon the foundation of experiments presented by Maté-González et al. (2015), Courtenay et al. (2017) and Otárola-Castillo et al. (2018) to contrast for the first time 2D and 3D methods in their resolution of cut mark interpretation and classification. The results presented here show that both approaches are equally valid and that the use of sophisticated 3D methods do not contribute to an improvement in accuracy. © 2018 Courtenay et al.

AUTHOR KEYWORDS: Cut marks; Experimental archaeology; Geometric morphometrics; Microscopy; Taphonomy

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2.1.39 (Aramendi et al. 2017)

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Aramendi, J., Maté-González, M.A., Yravedra, J., Ortega, M.C., Arriaza, M.C., González-Aguilera, D., Baquedano, E., Domínguez-Rodrigo, M. 55827562600;56780291300;56962776200;26039376000;56786056800;24477009700;36237883200;6603679662; Discerning carnivore agency through the three-dimensional study of tooth pits: Revisiting crocodile feeding behaviour at FLK- Zinj and FLK NN3 (Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania) (2017) Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 488, pp. 93-102. Cited 31 times. https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85019375211&doi=10.1016%2fj.palaeo.2017.05.021&partnerID=40&md5=1ec828addef25a6013ba4fbd4415931c

DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2017.05.021

AFFILIATIONS: Department of Prehistory, Complutense University, Prof. Aranguren s/n, Madrid, 28040, Spain; IDEA (Institute of Evolution in Africa), Covarrubias 36, Madrid, 28010, Spain; Department of Cartography and Terrain Engineering, Polytechnic School of Avila, University of Salamanca, Hornos Caleros 50, Avila, 05003, Spain; C.A.I. Arqueometry and Archaeological Analysis, Complutense University, Profesor Aranguren s/n, Madrid, 28040, Spain; Universidad Complutense de Madrid-Instituto Carlos III (UCM- ISCIII), Centro de Investigacion de la Evolucion y Comportamiento Humanos, Madrid, Spain; School of Geography, Archaeology and Environmental Studies, Evolutionary Studies Institute, University of the Witwatersrand, Private Bag 32050, South Africa; Museo Arqueológico Regional, Plaza de las Bernardas s/n, Alcalá de Henares, Madrid, 28801, Spain

ABSTRACT: Hominins and carnivores have shared similar habitats in Africa, evolving as direct competitors for the same prey and spaces. The overlap of their ecological niches has raised an important debate on the role that carnivores played in archaeological site formation. Different analytical techniques differentiate the action of carnivores and humans and identify the type of carnivore involved of which tooth mark analyses are prominent. However, available taphonomic studies present some limitations given the great overlap among tooth mark sizes from different carnivores, enabling only the distinction of size groups, not specific carnivores. In this work, we use a new technique combining three-dimensional (3D) reconstruction and geometric morphometrics (GMM) of tooth pits on equid and bovid bone created by different carnivores (including crocodiles, hyenas, jaguars, lions and wolves) in controlled settings. The 3D methodology we present isolates and differentiates tooth marks generated by different carnivores. We also test the applicability of the technique to ascribe tooth pits recorded on some hominin specimens from FLK Zinj and FLKNN 3 (Bed I, Olduvai Gorge). The tooth marks on the Olduvai OH8 and OH35 hominin fossils, previously assigned to crocodiles show that while OH8 tooth pit morphology falls in the range created by crocodiles, the pits on OH35 can not be interpreted as crocodile-inflicted marks. © 2017 Elsevier B.V.

AUTHOR KEYWORDS: Geometric morphometrics; Homo habilis; Micro-photogrammetry; Taphonomy; Tooth marks

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2.1.40 (Woods et al. 2017)

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Woods, C., Fernee, C., Browne, M., Zakrzewski, S., Dickinson, A. 7202273143;57199062123;7101932476;8201941100;23396563100; The potential of statistical shape modelling for geometric morphometric analysis of human teeth in archaeological research (2017) PLoS ONE, 12 (12), art. no. e0186754, . Cited 4 times. https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85037546910&doi=10.1371%2fjournal.pone.0186754&partnerID=40&md5=0d07abcd463ab4f0b92d4466089af143

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0186754

AFFILIATIONS: Bioengineering Sciences Research Group, University of Southampton, Highfield Campus, Highfield, Southampton, United Kingdom; Department of Archaeology, University of Southampton, Avenue Campus, Highfield, Southampton, United Kingdom

ABSTRACT: This paper introduces statistical shape modelling (SSM) for use in osteoarchaeology research. SSM is a full field, multi-material analytical technique, and is presented as a supplementary geometric morphometric (GM) tool. Lower mandibular canines from two archaeological populations and one modern population were sampled, digitised using micro-CT, aligned, registered to a baseline and statistically modelled using principal component analysis (PCA). Sample material properties were incorporated as a binary enamel/dentin parameter. Results were assessed qualitatively and quantitatively using anatomical landmarks. Finally, the technique’s application was demonstrated for inter-sample comparison through analysis of the principal component (PC) weights. It was found that SSM could provide high detail qualitative and quantitative insight with respect to archaeological inter- and intra-sample variability. This technique has value for archaeological, biomechanical and forensic applications including identification, finite element analysis (FEA) and reconstruction from partial datasets. © 2017 Woods et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

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2.1.41 (Smith and DeWitt 2016)

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Smith, H.L., DeWitt, T.J. 55805377100;7005129580; The northern fluted point complex: technological and morphological evidence of adaptation and risk in the late Pleistocene-early Holocene Arctic (2017) Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences, 9 (8), pp. 1799-1823. Cited 7 times. https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85036589885&doi=10.1007%2fs12520-016-0335-y&partnerID=40&md5=0f6f4e4a4e3ba5c7db493bff6bd7b86e

DOI: 10.1007/s12520-016-0335-y

AFFILIATIONS: Center for the Study of the First Americans, Department of Anthropology, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843-4352, United States; Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843-2258, United States

ABSTRACT: Analyses of fluted point technology and Paleoindian technological risk have contributed to our understanding of human adaptation across North America in the late Pleistocene and early Holocene. However, poor chronological control has dissuaded similar studies of fluted points found in Alaska and northern Yukon and our understanding of their adaptive role in early arctic adaptations remains unclear. Two new archeological sites have provided reliable radiocarbon data and for the first time, a comprehensive analysis of northern fluted points is possible. Here, technological and morphological analyses of northern fluted points are presented, including variables statistically evaluated and compared to a collection of fluted Folsom artifacts serving as a reference. Variation in tool shape was measured using geometric morphometrics, and a new approach to landmark placement designed to characterize basal morphology and allow the analysis to include tool fragments is presented. Results confirm that northern fluted points represent a cohesive technological strategy and are used to formulate hypotheses suggesting its service as a risk-management system promoting ease-of-replacement-after-failure to offset transport costs and reduce risk during long-distance travel. © 2016, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg.

AUTHOR KEYWORDS: Arctic archeology; Fluted projectile points; Geometric morphometrics; Late Paleoindian; Technological risk

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PUBLICATION STAGE: Final

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2.1.42 (Estevez et al. 2017)

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Estévez, E.J., López-Lázaro, S., López-Morago, C., Alemán, I., Botella, M.C. 57195346014;46861416800;57195349793;23134325000;23134271400; Sex estimation of infants through geometric morphometric analysis of the ilium (2017) International Journal of Legal Medicine, 131 (6), pp. 1747-1756. Cited 3 times. https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85027376379&doi=10.1007%2fs00414-017-1659-6&partnerID=40&md5=8065d6620f2cb368033326b174d9d3c5

DOI: 10.1007/s00414-017-1659-6

AFFILIATIONS: Laboratory of Anthropology, Department of Legal Medicine, Toxicology and Physical Anthropology, University of Granada, Granada, 18012, Spain; Laboratory of Forensic Dentistry, Center for Applied Morphology Research, Faculty of Dentistry, Universidad de La Frontera, Temuco, 4780000, Chile

ABSTRACT: In archeology or forensics, the analysis of the ilia is often used to determine the age and sex of unknown individuals. However, sex determination using the skeletal remains of individuals who did not develop secondary sexual characteristics remains controversial. Accurately estimating the sex of subadults is hampered by a small number of studies based on identified skeletal collections of juvenile individuals. Here, we analyzed the sexual dimorphism of the subadult ilia using geometric morphometric techniques and individuals from the osteological collection of identified subadults from San José’s graveyard (Granada). Seventy-one left ilia from 40 males and 31 females aged between birth and 1 year were included in the analysis. Three landmarks and 27 semi-landmarks of the ilia were placed. By principal component analysis, we found that the size and shape of the ilia could be used to differentiate males and females. © 2017, Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany.

AUTHOR KEYWORDS: Forensic anthropology; Geometric morphometrics; Ilium; Infant; Juvenile; Sex estimation

DOCUMENT TYPE: Article

PUBLICATION STAGE: Final

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2.1.43 (Corny et al. 2017)

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Corny, J., Galland, M., Arzarello, M., Bacon, A.-M., Demeter, F., Grimaud-Hervé, D., Higham, C., Matsumura, H., Nguyen, L.C., Nguyen, T.K.T., Nguyen, V., Oxenham, M., Sayavongkhamdy, T., Sémah, F., Shackelford, L.L., Détroit, F. 55928735500;56919438200;15822094900;7005967102;8519621800;56168771500;7003507065;8519622500;7202156601;57209165953;55960997400;8264446500;24339512600;7003586205;6701493845;6504774261; Dental phenotypic shape variation supports a multiple dispersal model for anatomically modern humans in Southeast Asia (2017) Journal of Human Evolution, 112, pp. 41-56. Cited 8 times. https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85032992386&doi=10.1016%2fj.jhevol.2017.08.017&partnerID=40&md5=32657401d3c99aa0df4cac4d3d08bc97

DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2017.08.017

AFFILIATIONS: Aix Marseille Université, CNRS, EFS, ADES UMR 7268, Marseille, 13916, France; University College Dublin, School of Archaeology, Belfield, Dublin, Ireland; Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, Musée de l’Homme, Département Homme et environnement, CNRS, UMR 7206, Paris, 75116, France; Università degli Studi di Ferrara, Dipartimento Studi Umanistici, Ferrara, 44121, Italy; Université Paris-Descartes, Faculté de chirurgie dentaire, UMR 5288 CNRS, AMIS, Montrouge, 92120, France; Center for GeoGenetics, Copenhagen, Denmark; Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, Musée de l’Homme, Département Homme et environnement, CNRS, UMR 7194, Paris, 75116, France; University of Otago, Department of Anthropology and Archaeology, Dunedin, 9054, New Zealand; Sapporo Medical University, School of Health Science, Sapporo, 060-8556, Japan; Institute of Archaeology, Hanoi, Viet Nam; Center for Southeast Asian Prehistory, 96/203 Hoang Quoc Viet, Hanoi, Viet Nam; Australian National University, School of Archaeology and Anthropology, Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia; Department of National Heritage, Ministry of Information and Culture, Vientiane, United Kingdom; University of Illinois, Department of Anthropology, Urbana, IL 61801, United States

ABSTRACT: The population history of anatomically modern humans (AMH) in Southeast Asia (SEA) is a highly debated topic. The impact of sea level variations related to the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) and the Neolithic diffusion on past population dispersals are two key issues. We have investigated competing AMH dispersal hypotheses in SEA through the analysis of dental phenotype shape variation on the basis of very large archaeological samples employing two complementary approaches. We first explored the structure of between- and within-group shape variation of permanent human molar crowns. Second, we undertook a direct test of competing hypotheses through a modeling approach. Our results identify a significant LGM-mediated AMH expansion and a strong biological impact of the spread of Neolithic farmers into SEA during the Holocene. The present work thus favors a “multiple AMH dispersal” hypothesis for the population history of SEA, reconciling phenotypic and recent genomic data. © 2017 Elsevier Ltd

AUTHOR KEYWORDS: Contour analysis; Geometric morphometrics; Homo sapiens; Last Glacial Maximum; Neolithic expansion; Population history

DOCUMENT TYPE: Article

PUBLICATION STAGE: Final

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2.1.44 (Bonhomme et al. 2017)

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Bonhomme, V., Forster, E., Wallace, M., Stillman, E., Charles, M., Jones, G. 55581390500;57189696846;55621822700;6601945184;7201434799;8761946200; Identification of inter- and intra-species variation in cereal grains through geometric morphometric analysis, and its resilience under experimental charring (2017) Journal of Archaeological Science, 86, pp. 60-67. Cited 9 times. https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85031712136&doi=10.1016%2fj.jas.2017.09.010&partnerID=40&md5=79b5a3ef1ab1fab11a2e288f15de9925

DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2017.09.010

AFFILIATIONS: School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Sheffield, Hicks Building, Hounsfield Road, Sheffield, S3 7RH, United Kingdom; UMR 5554 Institut des Sciences de L’Evolution, équipe Dynamique de La Biodiversité, Anthropo-écologie, Université de Montpellier, CNRS, IRD, EPHE Place Eugène Bataillon, Montpellier, CEDEX 05, 34095, France; Department of Archaeology, University of Sheffield, Northgate House, West Street, Sheffield, S1 4ET, United Kingdom; Institute of Archaeology, 36 Beaumont St, Oxford, OX1 2PG, United Kingdom

ABSTRACT: The application of morphometric analysis in archaeobotany has the potential to refine quantitatively identifications of ancient plant material recovered from archaeological sites, most commonly preserved through charring due to exposure to heat. This paper uses geometric morphometrics, first, to explore variation in grain shape between three domesticated cereal species, einkorn (Triticum monococcum), emmer (Triticum dicoccum) and barley (Hordeum vulgare), both before and after experimental charring at 230 and 260 °C. Results demonstrate that outline analysis reliably reflects known variations in grain shape between species and differences due to charring observed in previous experimental work, and is capable of distinguishing the species, with near-perfect results, both before and after charring. Having established this, the same method was applied to different accessions of the same species, which indicated that three different grain morphotypes of einkorn and two, possibly three, of emmer could be identified in the uncharred material, and that at least two different morphotypes for each species could be distinguished even after charring at temperatures up to 260 °C. This opens up the possibility of tracking evolutionary change in crops, both chronologically and geographically, through morphometric analysis. © 2017

AUTHOR KEYWORDS: Archaeobotany; Barley; Cereal grain; Einkorn; Elliptical Fourier transforms; Emmer; Experimental charring

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PUBLICATION STAGE: Final

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2.1.45 (Herzlinger, Goren-Inbar, and Grosman 2017)

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Herzlinger, G., Goren-Inbar, N., Grosman, L. 56910008800;6602327672;25636007900; A new method for 3D geometric morphometric shape analysis: The case study of handaxe knapping skill (2017) Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, 14, pp. 163-173. Cited 8 times. https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85020027466&doi=10.1016%2fj.jasrep.2017.05.013&partnerID=40&md5=0144f8e99018ea88e5189aec77af7cb4

DOI: 10.1016/j.jasrep.2017.05.013

AFFILIATIONS: Institute of Archaeology, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Mt. Scopus, Jerusalem, 91905, Israel; The Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School for Advanced Studies in the Humanities, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel ABSTRACT: The following study presents a novel method for computerized 3D geometric morphometric shape analysis of archaeological artifacts. It consists of a newly developed tool for automated positioning of 3D digital models and the following placement of 3D homologous landmarks for geometric morphometric analysis. It provides a quick and easy method for acquiring high-resolution 3D landmark coordinate data. This tool is applicable to a wide range of objects which have two opposed faces of relatively similar size and can be consistently positioned along their maximal length in planform view. The acquired data can be subjected to common multivariate statistical procedures for the quantitative description and analysis of shape variability in an assemblage. The method is applied here to a case study of experimentally produced assemblages of Acheulian handaxe replicas made by six knappers of differing skill levels. An analysis is performed to test whether the shapes of the handaxes can be used to classify them according to their knapper’s skill level. Generalized Procrustes analysis (GPA), principal component analysis (PCA) and discriminant analysis (DA) are applied to the landmarks’ coordinates. The results indicate that applying DA to PC scores allows a reliable classification of artifacts according to the skill level of their knappers, with a minimal misclassification rate. Thus, this method demonstrates that application of high-resolution 3D geometric morphometric methods can be used for the quantitative differentiation of skill levels based on tool morphology. © 2017 Elsevier Ltd

AUTHOR KEYWORDS: 3D geometric morphometrics; Acheulian handaxes; Discriminant analysis; Experimental archaeology; Homologous landmarks; Skill level

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PUBLICATION STAGE: Final

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2.1.46 (Errickson et al. 2017)

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Errickson, D., Grueso, I., Griffith, S.J., Setchell, J.M., Thompson, T.J.U., Thompson, C.E.L., Gowland, R.L. 55661632700;57194068606;57191224960;6701625451;7401552868;55455493400;8413662400; Towards a Best Practice for the Use of Active Non-contact Surface Scanning to Record Human Skeletal Remains from Archaeological Contexts (2017) International Journal of Osteoarchaeology, 27 (4), pp. 650-661. Cited 7 times. https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85018554684&doi=10.1002%2foa.2587&partnerID=40&md5=45bd698c031ab89986966daeededa240

DOI: 10.1002/oa.2587

AFFILIATIONS: School of Science and Engineering, Teesside University, Middlesbrough, United Kingdom; Department of Archaeology, Durham University, Durham, United Kingdom; School of Ocean and Earth Sciences, University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom; Department of Anthropology, Durham University, Durham, United Kingdom

ABSTRACT: Active surface scanners emit light or a laser stripe to record the exterior surface of an object or landscape, providing results in three dimensions. The use of active surface scanners to record anthropological and archaeological contexts has increased within the last few years, creating a number of sub-contexts within these disciplines and allowing a further development of certain applications, such as quantitative analysis, the use of replicas in education and museums and the creation of digital databases archived in institutions. However, with guidance, this paper aims to assess the advantages and disadvantages of active surface scanning and the potential for research with regard to the recording and analysis of human skeletal remains. The key advantages and uses identified include quantitative digitisation, geometric morphometric studies, conservation, preservation, documentation and reconstruction. However, surface scanning also has some limitations, including cost, technological expertise, the need for a power source, computing requirements and data size. Overall, the application of active surface scanning technology to archaeological skeletal remains will provide a vital digital archive that will serve to preserve the integrity of this fragile and finite resource for future generations. This is particularly important within the current developer-funded environment in which many skeletal collections, including those yielding unique or unusual pathological or morphological features, are re-buried, with only very limited time for analysis. Copyright © 2017 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. Copyright © 2017 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

AUTHOR KEYWORDS: 3D; anthropology; archaeology; digitisation; human remains; surface scanning

DOCUMENT TYPE: Article

PUBLICATION STAGE: Final

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2.1.47 (Nelson et al. 2017)

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Nelson, E., Hall, J., Randolph-Quinney, P., Sinclair, A. 35105614600;57192811548;56862348800;56358638800; Beyond size: The potential of a geometric morphometric analysis of shape and form for the assessment of sex in hand stencils in rock art (2017) Journal of Archaeological Science, 78, pp. 202-213. Cited 8 times. https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85008168812&doi=10.1016%2fj.jas.2016.11.001&partnerID=40&md5=f51a951e6a21e14ee2c2fda09befc966

DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2016.11.001

AFFILIATIONS: School of Medicine, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, Whelan Building, University of Liverpool, Brownlow HillL69 3GB, United Kingdom; Archaeology Classics and Egyptology, Abercromby Square, University of LiverpoolL69 7ZG, United Kingdom; School of Forensic and Applied Sciences, University of Central Lancashire, Preston, PR1 2HE, United Kingdom; School of Anatomical Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand Medical School, Faculty of Health Sciences, 7 York Road, Parktown, Johannesburg, 2193, South Africa; Evolutionary Studies Institute, University of the Witwatersrand, Wits, Johannesburg, 2050, South Africa

ABSTRACT: Hand stencils are some of the most enduring images in Upper Palaeolithic rock art sites across the world; the earliest have been dated to over 40 Kya in Sulawesi and 37 Kya in Europe. The analysis of these marks may permit us to know more about who was involved in the making the of prehistoric images as well as expanding the literature on the evolution of human behaviour. A number of researchers have previously attempted to identify the sex of the makers of Upper Palaeolithic hand stencils using methods based on hand size and digit length ratios obtained from digital or photo-based images of modern reference samples. Some analyses report that it was males who were responsible for the majority of hand stencils, whilst the most recent analysis determined that females produced the majority of hand stencils. Taken together, however, these studies generate contrasting and incompatible interpretations. In this study we critically review where we currently stand with methods of sexing the makers of hand stencils and the problems for the interpretation of hand markings of Palaeolithic age. We then present the results of a new method of predicting the sex of individuals from their hand stencils using a geometric morphometric approach that detects sexual differences in hand shape and hand form (size and shape). The method has the additional advantage of being able to detect these differences in both complete, as well as partial hand stencils. Finally we urge researchers to test this method on other ethnic groups and populations and consider ways of combining efforts towards a common goal of developing a robust, predictive methodology based on diverse modern samples before it is applied to Upper Palaeolithic hand stencils. © 2016 The Authors

AUTHOR KEYWORDS: Biometrics; Cave art; Forensic anthropology; Geometric morphometrics; Palaeolithic; Sex assessment

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PUBLICATION STAGE: Final

ACCESS TYPE: Open Access

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2.1.48 (Hanot et al. 2017)

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Hanot, P., Guintard, C., Lepetz, S., Cornette, R. 56303948700;6602112945;26036377000;6506350460; Identifying domestic horses, donkeys and hybrids from archaeological deposits: A 3D morphological investigation on skeletons (2017) Journal of Archaeological Science, 78, pp. 88-98. Cited 9 times. https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85006868837&doi=10.1016%2fj.jas.2016.12.002&partnerID=40&md5=065efb24eace98440a3aa327df3ea1f3

DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2016.12.002

AFFILIATIONS: Laboratoire Archéozoologie et Archéobotanique: Sociétés, Pratiques et Environnements, UMR 7209, CNRS, MNHN, Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, Sorbonne Universités, 55 rue Buffon CP 56, Paris, France; École Nationale Vétérinaire, de l’Agroalimentaire et de l’Alimentation, Nantes Atlantique – ONIRIS, route de Gachet, CS 40706, Nantes, 44307, France; Institut de Systématique Évolution Biodiversité, ISYEB, UMR 7205, CNRS, MNHN, UPMC, EPHE, Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, Sorbonne Universités, 45 rue Buffon, Paris, France

ABSTRACT: The first evidence for the domestication of donkeys (Equus asinus) dates back to at least 6000-5000 BP in Northeast Africa, and their dispersion is attributed to the ancient Romans. Latin authors described donkeys as being particularly suitable for the transport of goods and farm work. In addition, they were also bred to produce prized hybrids, particularly mules, which were perfectly adapted to the long-distance transport of people and goods. However, although the historical sources extensively describe their economic importance, both donkey and hybrid remains are surprisingly scarce in the archaeological record. This apparent contradiction is probably due to the difficulties involved in correctly identifying their bones: relatively few bones displaying morphological and metrical criteria can be used for identification, so it is often based purely on bone size. The aim of this study, therefore, is to propose solutions to identify domestic equid bones using 3D geometric morphometrics on isolated and combinations of anatomical elements. A set of 3D coordinates were registered on the 18 main skull and limb bones of 111 modern reference specimens (i.e. 42 horses, 44 donkeys and 25 hybrids). In this paper, we present the classification rate obtained on this reference sample using the k-Nearest Neighbors algorithm. The application of this method on archaeological skeletons from Roman to modern sites is also presented. The percentage of correctly classified specimens was between 77% and 95% for all 18 bones, and higher than 80% for 10 of the fragmentation patterns we defined. Using a combination of several bones enabled us to increase the rate of correct reclassification to a maximum of 97%. The application to archaeological skeletons proved the ability of this method to identify domestic horses and donkeys from archaeological samples. Correspondingly, some bones, and especially combinations of bones, provided good rates to identify hybrids. This method has proved reliable in detecting the presence of donkeys and hybrids from the archaeological samples of equid bones, and should enrich our knowledge regarding their spread across Europe. © 2016 Elsevier Ltd

AUTHOR KEYWORDS: 3D geometric morphometrics; Equus; Species identification; Zooarchaeology

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PUBLICATION STAGE: Final

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2.1.49 (Marquez, Primost, and Bigatti 2017)

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Márquez, F., Primost, M.A., Bigatti, G. 14832998300;26026486400;6603270408; Shell shape as a biomarker of marine pollution historic increase (2017) Marine Pollution Bulletin, 114 (2), pp. 816-820. Cited 15 times. https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85006784998&doi=10.1016%2fj.marpolbul.2016.11.018&partnerID=40&md5=49b2ca9f6272e317023f0653f2a505ea

DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2016.11.018

AFFILIATIONS: LARBIM, Instituto de Biología de Organismos Marinos (IBIOMAR-CCT CONICET-CENPAT), Blvd. Brown 2915 (U9120ACD), Puerto Madryn, Argentina; UNPSJB — Universidad Nacional de la Patagonia San Juan Bosco, Blvd. Brown 3100, Puerto Madryn, Argentina

ABSTRACT: Buccinanops globulosus is a TBT sensitive marine gastropod, classified as a good indicator of imposex incidence and used as a model to study adverse contamination effects. Population and maritime industries has incremented pollution in Nuevo gulf harbor since 1970s, promoting morphological changes in B. globulosus shell shape. We study the shell shape of the species comparing present day’s specimens from the harbor zone with those collected in the same zone before the increasing of maritime activity and pre-Hispanic archaeological Middens. We demonstrated that harbor pollution produces globular shell shape in B. globulosus, an effect that probably allows gastropods to isolate themselves from the external adverse environment. On the contrary, shells from pre-Hispanic periods, unpolluted sites and those collected before the expansion of maritime activities, presented an elongated shell shape. Our study confirms that shell shape variation in marine gastropods can be used as a biomarker of harbor pollution. © 2016 Elsevier Ltd

AUTHOR KEYWORDS: Gastropod shell; Geometric morphometrics; Harbor pollution; Patagonia

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PUBLICATION STAGE: Final

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2.1.50 (Kuzminsky et al. 2016)

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Kuzminsky, S.C., Tung, T.A., Hubbe, M., Villaseñor-Marchal, A. 42661433900;8571474900;10338946900;57192159433; The application of 3D geometric morphometrics and laser surface scanning to investigate the standardization of cranial vault modification in the Andes (2016) Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, 10, pp. 507-513. Cited 7 times. https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84999026105&doi=10.1016%2fj.jasrep.2016.11.007&partnerID=40&md5=0a8196c78a2d8174cea9523dcd467070

DOI: 10.1016/j.jasrep.2016.11.007

AFFILIATIONS: Universidad Católica del Norte, Instituto de Investigaciones Arqueológicas y Museo, Calle Gustavo Le Paige 380, San Pedro de Atacama, Chile; University of California, Anthropology Department, Social Sciences 1, 1156 High Street, Santa Cruz, CA, United States; Vanderbilt University, Department of Anthropology, VU Station B #356050, 2301 Vanderbilt Place, Nashville, TN 37235, United States; The Ohio State University, Department of Anthropology, 4034 Smith Laboratory, 174 W. 18th Avenue, Columbus, OH 43210-1106, United States

ABSTRACT: Cranial vault modification and the social significance of permanent body modification have long been an important topic of interest in Andean archaeology. While previous studies have enriched our understanding of these practices among prehistoric Andean populations, the introduction of 3D surface scanners and geometric morphometric methods in archaeology enable us to examine head-shaping practices in novel ways. In this pilot study, we used a NextEngine 3D Laser Surface Scanner to generate high resolution models of artificially modified crania from four archaeological sites dating to the Archaic (2300–1600 BCE), Formative (500 CE), late Middle Horizon/early Late Intermediate period (LIP) (750–1100 CE) in Chile and late LIP crania (circa 1350 CE) from central, highland Peru. Landmarks were recorded on the 3D digital models of crania and these data were analyzed to assess variation in vault shape within and between the samples. Results of the PCA analysis showed graphical separation of the annular, tabular erect, and some tabular oblique types even when gross morphological assessments proved challenging. We documented marked variation within the general modification type traditionally identified as tabular oblique, which suggests more detailed classifications within this type are needed. We also investigated how standardized (i.e., similar) particular cranial modification types were at each site, and results show that the coastal sites of Morro 1 and Playa Miller 7, and the highlands Huari-Vegachayoc Moqo site show higher levels of standardization than the other four samples. This study highlights the utility of 3D imaging and geometric morphometric methods for straightforward, objective assessments of cranial modification and levels of standardization within sites and within particular modification types. This has implications for understanding the broader social and cultural significance of this practice, such as whether there were shared cultural norms about how a head should be modified, which could have led to highly uniform modification practices and head shapes in the Andes. © 2016 Elsevier Ltd

AUTHOR KEYWORDS: 3D laser scanning; Andean archaeology; Archaeological science; Bioarchaeology; Biocultural anthropology; Cranial vault modification; Social identity

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PUBLICATION STAGE: Final

ACCESS TYPE: Open Access

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2.1.51 (Field et al. 2016)

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Field, J.H., Kealhofer, L., Cosgrove, R., Coster, A.C.F. 35239626800;6602327303;7003898463;7003984165; Human-environment dynamics during the Holocene in the Australian Wet Tropics of NE Queensland: A starch and phytolith study (2016) Journal of Anthropological Archaeology, 44, pp. 216-234. Cited 9 times. https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84979787899&doi=10.1016%2fj.jaa.2016.07.007&partnerID=40&md5=dac0a79b538bc3b035346220f36ba27f

DOI: 10.1016/j.jaa.2016.07.007

AFFILIATIONS: School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, The University of New South WalesNSW, Australia; Dept of Anthropology and Environmental Studies and Sciences, Santa Clara University, 500 El Camino Real, Santa Clara, CA 95053, United States; Archaeology Program, School of Humanities, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Victoria 3086, Australia; School of Mathematics & Statistics, The University of New South WalesNSW, Australia

ABSTRACT: The timing and nature of hunter-gather exploitation of tropical rainforests is a topic of ongoing debate. In contrast to most other tropical regions, permanent settlement in Australian rainforests developed much later, and in the absence of adjacent agricultural economies. Here we explore how the tropical rainforests of northern Queensland were exploited during the late Holocene through an ancient starch and phytolith record spanning the last 2000 years. Sequences at the two sites under study – Urumbal Pocket (a ‘Eucalyptus pocket’ surrounded by rainforest) and Goddard Creek (within the rainforest) – indicate a human presence since the early Holocene, coincident with the re-establishment of rainforest in the region. Toxic starchy nuts and the associated complex processing underpinned permanent settlement. Using a geometric morphometric approach to starch analysis, a range of economic starch producing plant species were identified including Endiandra palmerstonii, E. insignis, Lasjia whelani and Beilschmiedia bancroftii in the Urumbal pocket sequence. The phytolith record shows that Urumbal Pocket has been a ‘Eucalyptus pocket’ for at least the last 2000 years, the open nature of the vegetation maintained by regular burning. Goddard Creek, on the other hand has been closed forest, with a changing profile as fire was used more frequently over time. The starch and phytolith sequence provide a unique insight into the local history of these rainforest archaeological sites, with a record that can be viewed against the backdrop of regional sequences documenting climatic and environmental patterns during the late Holocene. © 2016 Elsevier Inc.

AUTHOR KEYWORDS: Ancient starch; Archaeology; Australia; Holocene; Niche construction; Phytoliths; Rainforest

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PUBLICATION STAGE: Final

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Charlin, J., Cardillo, M., Borrazzo, K. 26658892500;57212772096;25921989800; Spatial patterns in Late Holocene lithic projectile point technology of Tierra del Fuego (southern South America): Assessing size and shape changes (2014) World Archaeology, 46 (1), pp. 78-100. Cited 17 times. https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84899486559&doi=10.1080%2f00438243.2014.890914&partnerID=40&md5=5e0f741b0fc5702ede1142fb91a9cab1

DOI: 10.1080/00438243.2014.890914

AFFILIATIONS: Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, Instituto Multidisciplinario de Historia y Ciencias Humanas, Buenos Aires, Argentina ABSTRACT: This paper focuses on the application of geometric morphometrics to the study of the lithic record in southern South America. We review the regional background, discuss methodological issues and summarize research advances. Here a geometric morphometric approach is applied to the case study of Late Holocene stemmed lithic projectile points from Grande Island of Tierra del Fuego (southernmost South America). Our aim is to assess size and shape changes in a broad spatial scale. Projectile point morphometric variations are used to discuss spatial scales of interaction and differentiation among past human populations across the island. Finally, several hypotheses are introduced to explain the patterns observed. © 2014 © 2014 Taylor & Francis.

AUTHOR KEYWORDS: Geometric morphometrics; hunter-gatherers; lithic projectile points; Patagonia; spatial variation; Tierra del Fuego

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2.1.66 (Picin et al. 2014)

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Picin, A., Vaquero, M., Weniger, G.-C., Carbonell, E. 36651632800;56256029800;36718663300;7004942023; Flake morphologies and patterns of core configuration at the Abric Romaní rock-shelter: A geometric morphometric approach (2014) Quaternary International, 350, pp. 84-93. Cited 19 times. https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84909641618&doi=10.1016%2fj.quaint.2014.05.004&partnerID=40&md5=cf9a259f5d424de13a1defbe3271a9f5

DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2014.05.004

AFFILIATIONS: Neanderthal Museum, Talstrasse 300, Mettmann, D40822, Germany; Institut Català de Paleoecologia Humana i Evolució Social (IPHES), c/ Marcel i Domingo, Campus Sescelades URV (Edifici W3), Tarragona, ES43007, Spain; Universitat Rovira I Virgili, Àrea de Prehistòria, Avinguda Catalunya 35, Tarragona, ES43002, Spain; Institute of Vertebrate Palaeontology and Palaeoanthropology of Beijing (IVP), 142 Xizhimenwai Str., Beijing, China

ABSTRACT: The current debate about Mousterian core technologies mainly focuses on the issues of flake predetermination and the morphological similarities of blanks in discoid and centripetal recurrent Levallois methods. To date, the arguments presented have either been based on qualitative analyses of the cores or on the use of ratios of linear measurements to infer the shape of the detached flakes. This paper presents the results of applying 2D geometric morphometric analysis to the flake assemblages in the archaeological collections from the O and M levels of the Abric Romaní rock-shelter and from materials produced by experimental knapping. The results reveal a pattern of core configuration in the Levallois artefacts from level O and a high level of morphological correspondence between the core-edge flake outlines in discoid and Levallois recurrent centripetal technologies. This evidence reinforces the hypothesis that the discoid and the Levallois recurrent centripetal methods share some techno-morphological features. The knappers’ ability and the purposes of the reduction sequences play important roles in metrically differentiating between them, otherwise the differences between the two methods would be even smaller. The use of geometric morphometric analysis of flake assemblages can enhance discussions of flaking technologies in lithic studies and quantitatively improve our understanding of the patterns of core configuration and the skills of the prehistoric knappers. © 2014 Elsevier Ltd and INQUA.

AUTHOR KEYWORDS: Discoid technology; Geometric morphometric analysis; Levallois technology; Lithic technology; Middle Paleolithic

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2.1.67 (Owen et al. 2014)

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Owen, J., Dobney, K., Evin, A., Cucchi, T., Larson, G., Strand Vidarsdottir, U. 55980924700;6602595568;23977570900;6506822509;8280762100;55349385000; The zooarchaeological application of quantifying cranial shape differences in wild boar and domestic pigs (Sus scrofa) using 3D geometric morphometrics (2014) Journal of Archaeological Science, 43 (1), pp. 159-167. Cited 28 times. https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84892961583&doi=10.1016%2fj.jas.2013.12.010&partnerID=40&md5=c405f405cefd664079a078ca152c5eb3

DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2013.12.010

AFFILIATIONS: Department of Archaeology, University of Aberdeen, School of Geosciences, St. Mary’s Building, Elphinstone Road, United Kingdom; CNRS-Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, UMR 7209, Archéoozoologie, Histoire des sociétés humaines et de peuplements animaux, 55 rue Buffon, 75005 Paris, France; Durham Evolution and Ancient DNA, Department of Archaeology, University of Durham, South Road, Durham DH1 3LE, United Kingdom; Department of Anthropology, University of Durham, South Road, Durham DH1 3LE, United Kingdom; Human Evolutionary Studies Program, Simon Fraser University, Education Building 9635, 8888 University Dr, Burnaby, BC V5A 1S6, Canada

ABSTRACT: The process of domestication increases the variety of phenotypes expressed in animals. Zooarchaeologists have attempted to study these changes osteologically in their search for the geographic and temporal origins of initial animal domestication during the late Pleistocene and early Holocene. Traditional biometric approaches have explored broad changes in body size over time, but this approach provides poor resolution. Here we investigate whether geometric morphometric (GMM) analyses of cranial shape can be used to provide better resolution between wild and domestic pigs (Sus scrofa), since shape is less affected by environmental factors than size. GMM combined with traditional multivariate statistics were applied to the crania of 42 modern domestic pigs (representing 6 breeds), 10 wild×domestic first generation hybrid pigs and 55 adult wild boar. Further analyses were carried out on morphologically discrete portions of the crania to simulate the fragmented nature of archaeological mammal remains. We found highly significant discrimination between wild and domestic pigs, both on the whole crania, and subsets including the parietal, the basicranium, the angle of the nasal and the zygomatic. We also demonstrate that it is possible to discriminate different domestic breeds on the basis of cranial morphology, and that 1st generation hybrid wild×domestic pig morphology more closely resembles wild pigs than domestic, suggesting that a wild phenotype (here represented by morphology) is dominant over a recessive domestic one. Our data demonstrate that GMM techniques can provide a quantifiable, clear classification between wild and domestic Sus (even using partial cranial remains) which has significant implications for zooarchaeological research. © 2014 Elsevier Ltd.

AUTHOR KEYWORDS: Classification; Crania; Domestication; Geometric morphometrics; Sus scrofa; Zooarchaeology

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2.1.68 (Nova Delgado et al. 2014)

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Nova Delgado, M., Gamarra, B., Nadal, J., Mercadal, O., Olesti, O., Guàrdia, J., Pérez-Pérez, A., Galbany, J. 56538696200;56142411600;55597088165;55096923000;56538667000;56537979800;7003385730;8208323600; Dental shape variability in cercopithecoid primates: A model for the taxonomic attribution of macaques from roman archaeological contexts (2014) Folia Primatologica, 85 (6), pp. 361-378. Cited 4 times. https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84926419217&doi=10.1159%2f000371633&partnerID=40&md5=38586b1a1cbe6443ad021274326b2b6d

DOI: 10.1159/000371633

AFFILIATIONS: Secció d’Antropologia, Departament Biologia Animal, United States; Grup d’Estudi de l’Evolució Dels Homínids i Altres Primats, Spain; Seminari d’Estudis i Recerques Prehistòriques, Departament Prehistòria Història Antiga i Arqueologia, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain; Museu Cerdà, Puigcerdà, France; Àrea d’Història Antiga, Departament Ciències de l’Antiguitat i de l’Edat Mitjana, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, Spain; Arqueociència Serveis Culturals SL, Artés, Spain; Center for the Advanced Study of Hominid Paleobiology, Department of Anthropology, George Washington University, Washington, DC 20052, United States

ABSTRACT: Morphometric variation of biological structures has been widely used to determine taxonomic affinities among taxa, and teeth are especially informative for both deep phylogenetic relationships and specific ecological signals. We report 2-dimensional geometric morphometrics (GM) analyses of occlusal crown surfaces of lower molars (M1, n = 141; M2, n = 158) of cercopithecoid primate species. A 12-landmark configuration, including cusp tips and 8 points of the molar crown contour, were used to evaluate patterns of variation in lower molar shape among cercopithecoid primates and to predict the taxonomic attribution of 2 archaeological macaques from Roman time periods. The results showed that the lower molar shape of cercopithecoid primates reflects taxonomic affinities, mostly at a subfamily level and close to a tribe level. Thus, the cusp positions and crown contour were important elements of the pattern related to interspecific variation. Additionally, the archaeological specimens, attributed to Macaca sylvanus based on osteological information, were classified using the GM molar shape variability of the cercopithecoid primates studied. The results suggest that their molar shape resembled both M. sylvanus and M. nemestrina, and species attribution varied depending on the comparative sample used. © 2015 S. Karger AG, Basel.

AUTHOR KEYWORDS: Cercopithecoid primates; Geometric morphometrics; Macaca; Molar shape; Procrustes superimposition; Taxonomy; Teeth

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2.1.69 (Ros et al. 2014)

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Ros, J., Evin, A., Bouby, L., Ruas, M.-P. 55899046100;23977570900;6602374494;12764302600; Geometric morphometric analysis of grain shape and the identification of two-rowed barley (Hordeum vulgare subsp. distichumL.) in southern France (2014) Journal of Archaeological Science, 41, pp. 568-575. Cited 23 times. https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84886302631&doi=10.1016%2fj.jas.2013.09.015&partnerID=40&md5=2840a904bf1dad5eab35d3fa2c554013

DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2013.09.015

AFFILIATIONS: CNRS, Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, UMR 7209, Archéozoologie, Archéobotanique - Sociétés, Pratiques et Environnements, 55 rue Buffon, 75005 Paris, France; Department of Archaeology, University of Aberdeen, St. Mary’s Building, Elphinstone Road, Aberdeen AB24 3UF, United Kingdom; CNRS, Centre de Bio-Archéologie et d’Ecologie, UMR 5059, UM2/CNRS/EPHE, 163 Rue A. Broussonet, 34090 Montpellier, France

ABSTRACT: Hulled barley is one of the most frequently recovered cereals in European archaeological sites from Roman and medieval periods. In southern France this cereal is common in carbonized contexts such as cultural layers, ditches, pits, hearths, etc. The distinction between the two subspecies, two-rowed (. Hordeum vulgare subsp. distichum L.) and six-rowed barley (. H.vulgare subsp. vulgare L.) is usually based on morphological characters. The following criteria can be used to discriminate both subspecies from archaeological remains: the number of fertile spikelets per rachis segments, the linear or horseshoe shape depression of the lemma base, the maximum width of the caryopses and the proportion of twisted grains. The recovery of thousands of caryopses, some clearly twisted, and of rachis segments with sterile spikelets from the site of Petit Clos (Perpignan, Pyrénées-Orientales, France) dating to the Roman period suggests that both subspecies were cultivated during this time in southern Gaul. However evidence for two-rowed barley is usually scarce in archaeobotanical reports from Roman and medieval sites. To confirm the presence of two-rowed barley in the carbonized assemblage from Petit Clos and its cultivation, we developed a new method for analysing caryopses shape using geometric morphometrics with landmarks and sliding semi-landmarks. We compared modern reference specimens to the archaeological grains from several excavations from southern France dating from the 1st to the 11th century AD. Several varieties of both subspecies were correctly identified in the modern reference sample using GMM, both before and after carbonization. Archaeological specimens could then be accurately identified. The results confirm that both subspecies of barley were cultivated in southern France during the Roman period. © 2013 Elsevier Ltd.

AUTHOR KEYWORDS: Agriculture; Archaeobotany; Cereal grains; Experimental charring; Identification; Medieval period; Roman period

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2.1.70 (Wilczek et al. 2014)

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Wilczek, J., Monna, F., Barral, P., Burlet, L., Chateau, C., Navarro, N. 56272838100;7003488151;6701571832;56271876900;23484256000;8335515700; Morphometrics of Second Iron Age ceramics - strengths, weaknesses, and comparison with traditional typology (2014) Journal of Archaeological Science, 50 (1), pp. 39-50. Cited 12 times. https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84904340280&doi=10.1016%2fj.jas.2014.05.033&partnerID=40&md5=5845b7a5c71aa5e35d9a877fafae99d7

DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2014.05.033

AFFILIATIONS: ARTéHIS, UMR 6298 CNRS-Université de Bourgogne, ARTéHIS, Bat. Gabriel, F-21000 Dijon, France; Ústav archeologie a muzeologie, Masarykova univerzita, Arna Nováka 1, 602 00 Brno, Czech Republic; Laboratoire Chrono-Environnement, UMR 6249 CNRS, Université de Franche-Comté, UFR Sciences et Techniques, 16 route de Gray, F-25030 Besançon Cedex, France; Université de Bourgogne, UFR SVTE, 6 bd Gabriel, F-21000 Dijon, France; Laboratoire PALEVO, Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes, UMR uB/CNRS 6282-Biogéosciences, Université de Bourgogne, 6 Boulevard Gabriel, F-21000 Dijon, France

ABSTRACT: Although the potential of geometric morphometrics for the study of archaeological artefacts is recognised, quantitative evaluations of the concordance between such methods and traditional typology are rare. The present work seeks to fill this gap, using as a case study a corpus of 154 complete ceramic vessels from the Bibracte oppidum (France), the capital of the Celtic tribe Aedui from the Second Iron Age. Two outline-based approaches were selected: the Elliptic Fourier Analysis and the Discrete Cosine Transform. They were combined with numerous methods of standardisation/normalisation. Although standardisations may use either perimeter or surface, the resulting morphospaces remain comparable, and, interestingly, are also comparable with the morphospace built from traditional typology. Geometric morphometrics also presentthe advantage of being easily implemented and automated for large sets of artefacts. The method is reproducible and provides quantitative estimates, such as mean shape, and shape diversity of ceramic assemblages, allowing objective inferences to be statistically tested. The approach can easily be generalised and adopted for other kinds of artefacts, to study the level of production standardisation and the evolution of shape over space and time, and to provide information about material and cultural exchanges. © 2014 Elsevier Ltd.

AUTHOR KEYWORDS: Archaeology; Bibracte; Closed contour; Discrete cosine transform; Elliptic fourier analysis; Open contour; Pottery; Type

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2.1.71 (Evin et al. 2014)

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Evin, A., Cucchi, T., Escarguel, G., Owen, J., Larson, G., Strand Vidarsdottir, U., Dobney, K. 23977570900;6506822509;7801427424;55980924700;8280762100;55349385000;6602595568; Using traditional biometrical data to distinguish West Palearctic wild boar and domestic pigs in the archaeological record: New methods and standards (2014) Journal of Archaeological Science, 43 (1), pp. 1-8. Cited 20 times. https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84891462330&doi=10.1016%2fj.jas.2013.11.033&partnerID=40&md5=625b8b0653624cc35212a405dc944115

DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2013.11.033

AFFILIATIONS: Department of Archaeology, University of Aberdeen, St. Mary’s Building, Elphinstone Road, United Kingdom; CNRS-Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, UMR 7209, Archéoozoologie, histoire des sociétés humaines et des peuplements animaux, 55 rue Buffon, 75005 Paris, France; Laboratoire de Géologie de Lyon, UMR-CNRS 5276, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Bât. Géode, Bvd. du 11 Novembre 1918, 69622 Villeurbanne Cedex, France; Durham Evolution and Ancient DNA, Department of Archaeology, University of Durham, South Road, Durham DH1 3LE, United Kingdom; Department of Anthropology, University of Durham, South Road, Durham DH1 3LE, United Kingdom

ABSTRACT: Traditionally, the separation of domestic pig remains from those of wild boar in zooarchaeological assemblages has been based on the comparison of simple size measurements with those from limited numbers of modern or archaeological reference specimens and then applying poorly defined cut-off values to make the identification calls. This study provides a new statistical framework for the identification of both domestic and wild Sus scrofa using standard molar tooth lengths and widths from a large modern comparative collection consisting of 407 West Palearctic wild boar and domestic pigs. Our study continues to rely upon so-called ‘cut-off’ values that correspond to the optimal separation between the two groups, but based upon a measure and visualisation of the error risk curves for erroneous identifications. On average, wild boar have larger teeth than domestic pigs and cut-off values were established for maximum tooth length and width, respectively as follows: 2.39cm and 1.85cm for second upper molar, 3.69cm and 2.13cm for third upper molar, 2.26cm and 1.50cm for second lower molar, 3.79cm and 1.75cm for third lower molar. Specimens below and above these cut-offs are most likely to be, respectively, domestic pig and wild boar and the risk of providing a wrong identification will depend on the distance to the cut-off value following a relative risk curve. Although likely containing high risk of inherent statistical error, nonetheless this basic metrical identification-tool (based only on recent specimens), is here shown to correctly re-identify 94% of the Neolithic pigs from Durrington Walls (England) as domestic pig. This tool could be employed not only to systematically re-evaluate previous identifications of wild or domestic Sus scrofa, but also to establish new identifications where more powerful and reliable approaches such as Geometric Morphometrics cannot be applied. © 2013 Elsevier Ltd.

AUTHOR KEYWORDS: Archaeology; Cut-off; Domestication; Error risk; Molar size; Sus scrofa

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2.1.72 (Seetah et al. 2014)

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Seetah, K., Cucchi, T., Dobney, K., Barker, G. 23971935000;6506822509;6602595568;7202030377; A geometric morphometric re-evaluation of the use of dental form to explore differences in horse (Equus caballus) populations and its potential zooarchaeological application (2014) Journal of Archaeological Science, 41, pp. 904-910. Cited 18 times. https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84888044212&doi=10.1016%2fj.jas.2013.10.022&partnerID=40&md5=39ad7679ffe1eacb8f871117297d22ae

DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2013.10.022

AFFILIATIONS: Department of Anthropology, Stanford University, Main Quad, Building 50, 450 Serra Mall, Stanford, CA 943205-2034, United States; McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, Downing Street, Cambridge CB2 3ER, United Kingdom; CNRS, Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, Département Ecologie et Gestion de la Biodiversité, UMR 7209, Archéozoologie, Archéobotanique: Sociétés, Pratiques et, Environnements, case postale (bâtiment d’anatomie comparée), F-75231 Paris cedex 05, France; Department of Archaeology, University of Aberdeen, St Mary’s Building, Elphinstone Road, Aberdeen AB24 3UF, Scotland, United Kingdom

ABSTRACT: The domestication of the horse - specifically its use as a transport animal - had a unique impact on the evolution of human societies. Along with its influence on warfare, the horse transformed land transportation, radically altering the distance that humans could travel in a day, week, month or lifetime. Over the last century horse domestication has been investigated by zooarchaeologists using morphometric, morphological and (more recently) biomolecular approaches in attempts to identify distinct ‘domestic’ phenotypes in the fossil record. However, identification of domestic morphotypes have been complicated by the low variation in equid cranial morphology and apparent limited changes brought about through the domestication process compared with other domestic taxa. Furthermore, cranial morphology is too prone to ecophenotypic plasticity to provide relevant taxonomic markers. Even dental morphology (of primary importance for taxonomic investigation in the fossil record) has been dismissed as a useful marker for horse domestication, since variations in tooth size and enamel patterns are considered to be too greatly influenced by age and continuous tooth wear. The proof-of-concept study presented here re-evaluates the potential of cheek teeth shape to capture significant differences between horse populations. Using geometric morphometrics (GMM), we study the enamel-folding pattern of the upper P2 and M3, selected for their distinctive morphology amongst the cheek teeth. Curated specimens of known age and sex from two horse (Equus caballus) breeds - Icelandic and Thoroughbred - were used to investigate whether the effects of age (through occlusal wear), sexual dimorphism and allometry (size-related change in shape) should be regarded as confounding factors preventing any accurate discrimination between these two populations. The results show that a landmark based approach applied to the occlusal enamel folding of the P2 and M3 captures significant differences in size (centroïd) and shape between the horses breeds studied. Age-related factors, allometric scaling and sexual dimorphism are not confounding factors in their discrimination, encouraging the use of dental form in population-based research on ancient horse remains. © 2013 Elsevier Ltd.

AUTHOR KEYWORDS: Age effect; Equus caballus; Population discrimination; Sexual dimorphism; Teeth; Zooarchaeology

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2.1.73 (Krause-Kyora et al. 2013)

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Krause-Kyora, B., Makarewicz, C., Evin, A., Flink, L.G., Dobney, K., Larson, G., Hartz, S., Schreiber, S., Von Carnap-Bornheim, C., Wurmb-Schwark, N., Nebel, A. 35725595200;12786139100;23977570900;55937006800;6602595568;8280762100;23979952900;7402870125;26037746000;6602780384;12776717800; Use of domesticated pigs by Mesolithic hunter-gatherers in northwestern Europe (2013) Nature Communications, 4, art. no. 2348, . Cited 55 times. https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84891404948&doi=10.1038%2fncomms3348&partnerID=40&md5=38e40f079e79b7cbdbbc8d9e393b2f37

DOI: 10.1038/ncomms3348

AFFILIATIONS: Institute of Clinical Molecular Biology, Christian-Albrechts-University, 24105 Kiel, Germany; Institute of Pre- and Protohistoric Archaeology, Christian- Albrechts-University, 24105 Kiel, Germany; Department of Archaeology, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen AB24 3UF, United Kingdom; MNHN-CNRS, UMR7209, 75005 Paris, France; Durham Evolution and Ancient DNA, Department of Archaeology, Durham University, DH1 3LE Durham, United Kingdom; School of Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Durham University, DH1 3LE Durham, United Kingdom; Department of Palaeontology, Natural History Museum, SW7 5BD London, United Kingdom; Archäologisches Landesmuseum, Stiftung Schleswig-Holsteinische Landesmuseen Schloss Gottorf, 24837 Schleswig, Germany; Clinic for Internal Medicine I, University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, 24105 Kiel, Germany; Center for Baltic and Scandinavian Archaeology, Stiftung Schleswig-Holsteinische Landesmuseen Schloss Gottorf, 24837 Schleswig, Germany; Institute of Legal Medicine, Christian-Albrechts-University, 24105 Kiel, Germany

ABSTRACT: Mesolithic populations throughout Europe used diverse resource exploitation strategies that focused heavily on collecting and hunting wild prey. Between 5500 and 4200 cal BC, agriculturalists migrated into northwestern Europe bringing a suite of Neolithic technologies including domesticated animals. Here we investigate to what extent Mesolithic Ertebølle communities in northern Germany had access to domestic pigs, possibly through contact with neighbouring Neolithic agricultural groups. We employ a multidisciplinary approach, applying sequencing of ancient mitochondrial and nuclear DNA (coat colour-coding gene MC1R) as well as traditional and geometric morphometric (molar size and shape) analyses in Sus specimens from 17 Neolithic and Ertebølle sites. Our data from 63 ancient pig specimens show that Ertebølle hunter-gatherers acquired domestic pigs of varying size and coat colour that had both Near Eastern and European mitochondrial DNA ancestry. Our results also reveal that domestic pigs were present in the region ∼500 years earlier than previously demonstrated. © 2013 Macmillan Publishers Limited. All rights reserved.

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2.1.74 (Senck et al. 2013)

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Senck, S., Coquerelle, M., Weber, G.W., Benazzi, S. 36188870600;36140239700;56370482200;24068504800; Virtual Reconstruction of Very Large Skull Defects Featuring Partly and Completely Missing Midsagittal Planes (2013) Anatomical Record, 296 (5), pp. 745-758. Cited 11 times. https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84876483898&doi=10.1002%2far.22693&partnerID=40&md5=acf856143c3bdb21c47de90736cd2c51

DOI: 10.1002/ar.22693

AFFILIATIONS: Department of Anthropology, University of Vienna, Althanstrasse 14, 1090 Vienna, Austria; Department of Paleobiology, Paleoanthropology group, Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales (MNCM-CSIC), C/José Gutiérrez Abascal 2, Madrid, 28006, Spain; Department of Human Evolution, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Deutscher Platz 6, Leipzig, 04103, Germany

ABSTRACT: Despite the development of computer-based methods, cranial reconstruction of very large skull defects remains a challenge particularly if the damage affects the midsagittal region hampering the usage of mirror imaging techniques. This pilot study aims to deliver a new method that goes beyond mirror imaging, giving the possibility to reconstruct crania characterized by large missing areas, which might be useful in the fields of paleoanthropology, bioarcheology, and forensics. We test the accuracy of digital reconstructions in cases where two-thirds or more of a human cranium were missing. A three-dimensional (3D) virtual model of a human cranium was virtually damaged twice to compare two destruction-reconstruction scenarios. In the first case, a small fraction of the midsagittal region was still preserved, allowing the application of mirror imaging techniques. In the second case, the damage affected the complete midsagittal region, which demands a new approach to estimate the position of the midsagittal plane. Reconstructions were carried out using CT scans from a sample of modern humans (12 males and 13 females), to which 3D digital modeling techniques and geometric morphometric methods were applied. As expected, the second simulation showed a larger variability than the first one, which underlines the fact that the individual midsagittal plane is of course preferable in order to minimize the reconstruction error. However, in both simulations the Procrustes mean shape was an effective reference for the reconstruction of the entire cranium, producing models that showed a remarkably low error of about 3 mm, given the extent of missing data. © 2013 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

AUTHOR KEYWORDS: Cranial reconstruction; Geometric morphometrics; Mirror imaging; Virtual anthropology

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2.1.75 (Cucchi et al. 2013)

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Cucchi, T., Kovács, Z.E., Berthon, R., Orth, A., Bonhomme, F., Evin, A., Siahsarvie, R., Darvish, J., Bakhshaliyev, V., Marro, C. 6506822509;55624529100;55624719100;7005627394;7005744319;23977570900;14424245100;8978211900;55332501300;26033191500; On the trail of Neolithic mice and men towards Transcaucasia: Zooarchaeological clues from Nakhchivan (Azerbaijan) (2013) Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 108 (4), pp. 917-928. Cited 20 times. https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84875069212&doi=10.1111%2fbij.12004&partnerID=40&md5=4a7b2d2ae6f4cc7268bff3376d21b312

DOI: 10.1111/bij.12004

AFFILIATIONS: UMR 7209 ‘Archeozoologie Archeobotanique: sociétés, pratiques et environnements’, CNRS, Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, 55 rue Buffon, Paris, 75005, France; Archaeology Department, University of Aberdeen, Elphinstone Road, Scotland, Aberdeen, AB24 3UF, United Kingdom; Hungarian National Museum, National Heritage Protection Centre, Budapest, Hungary; Graduate School ‘Human Development in Landscapes’, Christian-Albrechts-Universität, Kiel, Germany; CNRS UMR5554, Institut des Sciences de l’Evolution, Université Montpellier 2, Montpellier, France; Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran; Rodentology Research Department, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran; Department of Archaeology, National Academy of Science of Azerbaijan, Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan; UMR 5133, Archeorient, Environnements et Societes de l’Orient Ancien Maison de l’Orient et de la Mediterranee, CNRS, Université Lyon 2, Lyon, France

ABSTRACT: Transcaucasia comprises a key region for understanding the history of both the hybrid zone between house mouse lineages and the dispersal of the Neolithic way of life outside its Near Eastern cradle. The opportunity to document the colonization history of both men and mice in Transcaucasia was made possible by the discovery of mouse remains accumulated in pits from a 6000-year-old farming village in the Nakhchivan (Autonomous Republic of Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan). The present study investigated their taxonomy and most likely dispersal path through the identification of the Mus lineage to which they might belong using a geometric morphometric approach of dental traits distances between archaeological and modern populations of the different Mus lineages of South-West Asia. We demonstrate that the mouse remains trapped in the deep storage pits of the dwelling belong to the Mus musculus domesticus from the Near East, with dental shapes similar to current populations in Northern Syria. These results strongly suggest that the domesticus lineage was dispersed into Transcaucasia from the upper Euphrates valley by Neolithic migration, some time between the 7th and 5th millennium BC, providing substantial evidence to back up the scenario featuring near-eastern stimuli in the emergence of agriculture in the South Caucasus. The domesticus mitochondrial DNA signature of the current house mouse in the same location 5000 years later, as well as their turnover towards a subspecies musculus/castaneus phenotype, suggests that early domesticus colonizers hybridized with a later musculus (and maybe castaneus) dispersal originating from south of the Caspian Sea and/or Northern Caucasia. © 2013 The Linnean Society of London.

AUTHOR KEYWORDS: Colonization history; Geometric morphometric; House mouse; Hybridization; Mus musculus

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Thulman, D.K. 33768076600; Discriminating Paleoindian point types from Florida using landmark geometric morphometrics (2012) Journal of Archaeological Science, 39 (5), pp. 1599-1607. Cited 68 times. https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84857117297&doi=10.1016%2fj.jas.2012.01.004&partnerID=40&md5=ab61ca96cff8608d83742201f68cad84

DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2012.01.004

AFFILIATIONS: Department of Anthropology, George Washington University, 2110 G. St. NW, Washington, D.C. 20052, United States ABSTRACT: Traditional artifact typologies are typically poorly defined. While several attributes usually help define a " type," shape is invariably the most important. Here I report on a study that uses landmark-based geometric morphometrics to better define three Paleoindian point types from Florida: Suwannees, Simpsons, and Transitional Side Notched. Bilaterally symmetric specimens were created from the original artifacts to capture the presumed ideational forms of the points. The shapes of the bases and the entire points were tested to determine whether the types could be discriminated, and if so which shape was best at discriminating the types. The results show that the base configurations were best at discriminating the groups in two different jackknife allocation tests. The entire point shape was less robust due to the variability in blade shape. The study demonstrates that the three point types can be rigorously defined in ways that are usable in daily archaeological practice, and that base shape, rather than the entire shape, is a better discriminator. Further, the study demonstrates the utility of using several freeware programs for processing and analyzing shape data. © 2012 Elsevier Ltd.

AUTHOR KEYWORDS: Geometric morphometrics; Hafting; Landmarks; Paleoindian; Symmetry; Typology

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2.1.80 (Freidline et al. 2012)

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Freidline, S.E., Gunz, P., Janković, I., Harvati, K., Hublin, J.J. 35321002600;6506472733;11639129200;57203032637;6602606027; A comprehensive morphometric analysis of the frontal and zygomatic bone of the Zuttiyeh fossil from Israel (2012) Journal of Human Evolution, 62 (2), pp. 225-241. Cited 35 times. https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84856532082&doi=10.1016%2fj.jhevol.2011.11.005&partnerID=40&md5=bdfdb4e2dc2a801ab9468bcd9aa140a9

DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2011.11.005

AFFILIATIONS: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Department of Human Evolution, Deutscher Platz 6, Leipzig 04103, Germany; Anthropology Ph.D. Program, City University of New York Graduate School, 365 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10016, United States; New York Consortium in Evolutionary Primatology, NY, United States; Institut für Ur- und Frühgeschichte, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, Senckenberg Center for Human Evolution and Paleoecology, Rümelinstr, 23, 72070 Tübingen, Germany; Institute for Anthropological Research, Gajeva 32, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia

ABSTRACT: The Zuttiyeh hominin craniofacial fossil was discovered in Israel in 1925. Radiometric dates and the archaeological context (Acheulo-Yabrudian) bracket the associated cave layers to between 200 and 500ka (thousands of years ago), making it one of the earliest cranial fossils discovered in the Near East thus far. Its geographic position, at the corridor between Africa and Eurasia, in combination with its probable Middle Pleistocene date make it a crucial specimen for interpreting later human evolution. Since its discovery, qualitative descriptive and traditional morphometric methods have variously suggested affinities to Homo erectus (Zhoukoudian), Homo neanderthalensis (Tabun), and early Homo sapiens (Skhul and Qafzeh). To better determine the taxonomic affinities of the Zuttiyeh fossil, this study uses 3D semilandmark geometric morphometric techniques and multivariate statistical analyses to quantify the frontal and zygomatic region and compare it with other Middle to Late Pleistocene African and Eurasian hominins.Our results show that the frontal and zygomatic morphology of Zuttiyeh is most similar to Shanidar 5, a Near East Neanderthal, Arago 21, a European Middle Pleistocene hominin, and Skhul 5, an early H.sapiens. The shape differences between archaic hominins (i.e., Homo heidelbergensis and H.neanderthalensis) in this anatomical region are very subtle.We conclude that Zuttiyeh exhibits a generalized frontal and zygomatic morphology, possibly indicative of the population that gave rise to modern humans and Neanderthals. However, given that it most likely postdates the split between these two lineages, Zuttiyeh might also be an early representative of the Neanderthal lineage. Neanderthals largely retained this generalized overall morphology, whereas recent modern humans depart from this presumably ancestral morphology. © 2011 Elsevier Ltd.

AUTHOR KEYWORDS: Homo heidelbergensis; Homo neanderthalensis; Israel; Middle Pleistocene; Semilandmark geometric morphometrics

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2.1.81 (Cucchi et al. 2011)

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Cucchi, T., Bǎlǎşescu, A., Bem, C., Radu, V., Vigne, J.-D., Tresset, A. 6506822509;26033049400;54796493000;16064424400;7006603465;6506727552; New insights into the invasive process of the eastern house mouse (Mus musculus musculus): Evidence from the burnt houses of Chalcolithic Romania (2011) Holocene, 21 (8), pp. 1195-1202. Cited 20 times. https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-82855163897&doi=10.1177%2f0959683611405233&partnerID=40&md5=e12a743feb445543be3c36645954d0d7

DOI: 10.1177/0959683611405233

AFFILIATIONS: CNRS-Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Département Écologie et Gestion de la Biodiversité, UMR 7209, Archéoozoologie, histoire des sociétés humaines et de peuplements animaux, Bâtiment d’Anatomie comparée, 55 rue Buffon, 75005 Paris, France; University of Aberdeen, United Kingdom; National History Museum of Romania, Romania ABSTRACT: The house mouse invasion of the European continent has crucial implications for our understanding of the synanthropization process of European small mammals during the Holocene. Mice remains collected from a Chalcolithic burnt house in southern Romania, provided a unique opportunity to document which of the two house mouse subspecies was the commensal taxa of the late Neolithic Romania and question the factors of its invasive process. To obtain the subspecific status of the Mus remains, we performed molar shape analysis with geometric morphometrics, using 160 specimens sampling the extant Eastern European Mus taxa as modern comparatives. Along with an overwhelming majority of eastern house mice (Mus musculus musculus) living constantly in the Chalcolithic house, indigenous small mammals (common hamster, field mice, voles and white toothed shrews) were also occupying the settlement sporadically, highlighting the antiquity of the synanthropisation of European small mammals. This secured occurrence of the eastern house mouse in late Neolithic Romania, led us to propose two testable research hypotheses: first, an eastern house mouse commensalism center in Eastern Europe happening during the sixth millennium BC, when neolithization reached the natural distribution of free living populations of Mus musculus musculus in the Pontic steppes of Ukraine; second, new trajectories of trading networks, stimulated by copper metallurgy around the fifth millennium BC, having allowed long-distance translocation of the commensal eastern house mouse from Eastern to Southern Europe Neolithic settlements. © SAGE Publications 2011.

AUTHOR KEYWORDS: commensalism; geometric morphometrics; Neolithic; synanthropisation; teeth; zooarchaeology

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2.1.82 (Shott 2011)

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Shott, M.J. 6602942184; History Written in Stone: Evolutionary Analysis of Stone Tools in Archeology (2011) Evolution: Education and Outreach, 4 (3), pp. 435-445. Cited 5 times. https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84899484088&doi=10.1007%2fs12052-011-0344-3&partnerID=40&md5=17d99fe748b7ba80e38fb84ab9987a62

DOI: 10.1007/s12052-011-0344-3

AFFILIATIONS: Department of Anthropology and Classical Studies, University of Akron, Akron, OH 44325, United States ABSTRACT: Populations of living things evolve over time, but do other things? Evolution involves transmission, be it of genes, ideas, or designs. What is transmitted, how and by whom, influences tempo and mode of evolution. In recent years, archeologists have applied evolutionary logic and processes to their study of things made and used by ancient people. Despite differences in subject units and in modes and patterns of transmission, evolutionary processes and the transmission modes that accompany them are worth seeking in archeological data. Stone spear points are abundant in the archeological record, yet we lack a theory to explain the creation, duration, and divergence of point types. Evolutionary studies of New World Late Pleistocene Paleoindian points are a step toward such theory, but limit the form of data and the evolutionary processes considered. An alternative in the study of Paleoindian points is geometric morphometric methods that do not constrain how point size and form are characterized nor assume branching divergence between taxa. Evolutionism should not dominate archeology, but it should become a major area of research within the field. © 2011 Springer Science+Business Media, LLC.

AUTHOR KEYWORDS: Evolution; Geometric morphometrics; Points

DOCUMENT TYPE: Review

PUBLICATION STAGE: Final

ACCESS TYPE: Open Access

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2.1.83 (Castiñeira et al. 2011)

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Castiñeira, C., Cardillo, M., Charlin, J., Baeza, J. 7801358570;57212772096;26658892500;7006092781; Geometric morphometric analysis in fish tail points of Uruguay [Analisis de morfometría geométrica en puntas cola de pescado del uruguay] (2011) Latin American Antiquity, 22 (3), pp. 335-358. Cited 30 times. https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84876079639&doi=10.7183%2f1045-6635.22.3.335&partnerID=40&md5=11ecdd90757651eb3ab4bf45d488b78e

DOI: 10.7183/1045-6635.22.3.335

AFFILIATIONS: División Mineralogía y Petrología del Museo de La Plata, UNLP, CONICET, Argentina; IMHICIHU-CONICET, Argentina; Instituto de Antropología de la Facultad de Humanidades y Ciencias de la Educación, Universidad de la República Oriental del Uruguay, Uruguay

ABSTRACT: Projectile points of the Fishtail or Fell I type are usually associated with the early hunter-gatherer populations who inhabited South America in the Late Pleistocene and Early Holocene. The majority of these points were collected from the pampas region of Argentina, Uruguay, central Chile, and southern Patagonia. These artifacts are defined by a convex blade, rounded shoulders, slightly concave stem sides, concave base, and occasional fluting on one or both faces. The presence of fluting and the Late Pleistocene-Early Holocene chronological assignment have been proposed as evidence in support of a cultural relationship between these points and the early points of North America. To explore projectile point shape and related size variation in a quantitative way, we applied geometric morphometric techniques over a sample of 24 Fishtail points from Uruguay. The major trends of shape variation were tested against metric attributes, geographical provenance, and lithic raw material type. Results suggest no relationships between geographical provenance or lithic raw material type and shape variation. However, a significant correlation between size and shape was observed, which indicates an allometric relationship. Finally, we discuss some implications of these results in terms of the design and life history of projectile points and their relationship with the hunter-gatherer technology of the Late Pleistocene and Early Holocene. Copyright © 2011 by the Society for American Archaeology.

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Cardillo, M. 57212772096; Some applications of geometric morphometrics to archaeology (2010) Lecture Notes in Earth Sciences, 124, pp. 325-341. Cited 35 times. https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85030431181&doi=10.1007%2f978-3-540-95853-6_15&partnerID=40&md5=c5d26cf0bbc8697ed97be18fd59879f1

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-95853-6_15

AFFILIATIONS: IMHICIHU-CONICET, Saavedra 5th floor, Buenos Aires, Argentina

ABSTRACT: This work explores some aspects of the application of geometric morphometric techniques in archeology, with a focus on lithic artifacts. We show that Elliptic Fourier Analysis and landmark/semi-landmark based methods can easily generate quantitative useful information relative to outline variation in lithic artifacts. This information can be used latter as raw data into univariate, multivariate analysis to explore mayor trends of morphological variation as well as relations between metric and morphological variation. © Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2010.

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2.1.89 (Buchanan and Collard 2010)

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Buchanan, B., Collard, M. 11241802300;7102608373; A geometric morphometrics-based assessment of blade shape differences among Paleoindian projectile point types from western North America (2010) Journal of Archaeological Science, 37 (2), pp. 350-359. Cited 71 times. https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-70449670300&doi=10.1016%2fj.jas.2009.09.047&partnerID=40&md5=a9427cde1f0831534d0ec656aed5615a

DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2009.09.047

AFFILIATIONS: Laboratory of Human Evolutionary Studies, Department of Archaeology, Simon Fraser University, 9635-8888 University Drive, Burnaby, BC V5A 1S6, Canada ABSTRACT: Blade shape features in the type definitions of Clovis, Folsom, and Plainview projectile points. However, the accuracy of these assessments has never been evaluated. Here we report a study in which geometric morphometrics and multivariate statistics were used to compare the shapes of the blades of Clovis, Folsom and Plainview points from the Southern Plains of North America. In the course of the analyses, we controlled for the impact of three potential confounding factors: allometry, differences in raw material quality, and resharpening. The analyses show that blade shape distinguishes Clovis points from both Folsom points and Plainview points, but does not distinguish Folsom points from Plainview points. The analyses also show that the similarities and differences in blade shape among the types are independent of allometry, raw material quality, and resharpening. These findings suggest that the type definitions for Clovis, Folsom and Plainview need to be altered. They also have implications for typing specimens that lack other defining characters (e.g. channel flakes, flutes). Lastly, the absence of resharpening effects raises questions about the validity of the reduction thesis. © 2009 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

AUTHOR KEYWORDS: Blade shape; Geometric morphometrics; Paleoindian; Projectile points; Raw material quality; Reduction thesis; Resharpening

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2.1.90 (Archer and Braun 2010)

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Archer, W., Braun, D.R. 35085743300;23972180300; Variability in bifacial technology at Elandsfontein, Western cape, South Africa: a geometric morphometric approach (2010) Journal of Archaeological Science, 37 (1), pp. 201-209. Cited 74 times. https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-70350780084&doi=10.1016%2fj.jas.2009.09.033&partnerID=40&md5=05d7b51b183bf76a6ead7d77733b1a4a

DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2009.09.033

AFFILIATIONS: Department of Archaeology, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch, 7701 Western Cape, South Africa ABSTRACT: This study applies a new three-dimensional measurement technique to determine the major source of variation in the Acheulian bifacial tool collection from the Middle Pleistocene site of Elandsfontein, South Africa. This three-dimensional technique is compared with conventional two-dimensional methods to investigate which methods capture morphological variation in the assemblage most comprehensively. Additionally, a set of experimentally produced bifacial tools are incorporated into the analyses to isolate the behavioral pattern underpinning identified variation in the archaeological assemblage. The interpretative breadth of current models explaining morphological variation in bifacial tools is then tested against the pattern identified in the Elandsfontein assemblage. Variation appears to be related to the consistent application of a specific reduction strategy associated with the early stages of bifacial tool manufacture. The intensity with which this strategy was applied seems to have been mediated by the availability of raw material that was suitable for the production of large bifacial tools. © 2009 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

AUTHOR KEYWORDS: Acheulean; Biface; Elandsfontein; Experimental archaeology; Lithic analysis; Middle Pleistocene

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2.1.91 (Harvati, Hublin, and Gunz 2010)

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Harvati, K., Hublin, J.-J., Gunz, P. 57203032637;6602606027;6506472733; Evolution of middle-late Pleistocene human cranio-facial form: A 3-D approach (2010) Journal of Human Evolution, 59 (5), pp. 445-464. Cited 54 times. https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-77958177900&doi=10.1016%2fj.jhevol.2010.06.005&partnerID=40&md5=182a4071bbd6819561c059ce96f0cac1

DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2010.06.005

AFFILIATIONS: Paleoanthropology Section, Dept. of Early Prehistory and Quaternary Ecology, Senckenberg Center for Human Evolution and Paleoecology, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, Rümelinstr. 23, 72070 Tübingen, Baden-Württenberg, Germany; Department of Human Evolution, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Germany

ABSTRACT: The classification and phylogenetic relationships of the middle Pleistocene human fossil record remains one of the most intractable problems in paleoanthropology. Several authors have noted broad resemblances between European and African fossils from this period, suggesting a single taxon ancestral to both modern humans and Neanderthals. Others point out ‘incipient’ Neanderthal features in the morphology of the European sample and have argued for their inclusion in the Neanderthal lineage exclusively, following a model of accretionary evolution of Neanderthals. We approach these questions using geometric morphometric methods which allow the intuitive visualization and quantification of features previously described qualitatively. We apply these techniques to evaluate proposed cranio-facial ‘incipient’ facial, vault, and basicranial traits in a middle-late Pleistocene European hominin sample when compared to a sample of the same time depth from Africa. Some of the features examined followed the predictions of the accretion model and relate the middle Pleistocene European material to the later Neanderthals. However, although our analysis showed a clear separation between Neanderthals and early/recent modern humans and morphological proximity between European specimens from OIS 7 to 3, it also shows that the European hominins from the first half of the middle Pleistocene still shared most of their cranio-facial architecture with their African contemporaries. © 2010 Elsevier Ltd.

AUTHOR KEYWORDS: Face; Geometric morphometrics; Homo heidelbergensis; Neanderthal; Occipital; Temporal

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2.1.92 (Cucchi 2008)

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Cucchi, T. 6506822509; Uluburun shipwreck stowaway house mouse: molar shape analysis and indirect clues about the vessel’s last journey (2008) Journal of Archaeological Science, 35 (11), pp. 2953-2959. Cited 27 times. https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-49849106069&doi=10.1016%2fj.jas.2008.06.016&partnerID=40&md5=7b3fc8d00d41a0684584515fd6fca4f1

DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2008.06.016

AFFILIATIONS: Department of Archaeology, University of Durham, South Road, Durham, DH1 3LE, United Kingdom; CNRS, Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Département Écologie et Gestion de la Biodiversité, 55 rue Buffon, 75005 Paris, France ABSTRACT: Human translocation by stowaway transport is the widely accepted vector of the current worldwide distribution of commensal rodents but its historical process has never been directly evidenced. The anecdotal find of the small murine (mice and rats) mandible among the wealthy cargo of the Uluburun shipwreck provide us with an unexpected opportunity to directly evidence the species associated with this stowaway and provide indirect clues regarding the ship’s route. Taxonomic identification and geographic sourcing has been performed using outline molar shape analysis by Elliptic Fourier Transform comparing the Uluburun mouse molar phenotype with extant populations from eastern Mediterranean sibling species. Results showed that the mandible belonged to the house mouse (Mus musculus domesticus) with significant phenotypic similarities with extant Syrian house mouse populations. These results provide the earliest direct evidence for stowaway transports highlighting the historical process of the house mouse invasion of the Mediterranean. Using modern behavioural comparisons, combined with archaeological and historical sources, it has been argued that the servicing port of Ugarit (Minet el Beida) was a likely step on the vessel’s last journey. © 2008 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

AUTHOR KEYWORDS: Elliptic Fourier Transform; Geometric morphometric; Invasive species; Maritime Trade; Zooarchaeology

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Ameen, C., T. R. Feuerborn, S. K. Brown, A. Linderholm, A. Hulme-Beaman, O. Lebrasseur, M. S. Sinding, et al. 2019. “Specialized Sledge Dogs Accompanied Inuit Dispersal Across the North American Arctic.” Proc Biol Sci 286 (1916): 20191929. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2019.1929.

Aramendi, Julia, Miguel Angel Maté-González, José Yravedra, María Cruz Ortega, Mari Carmen Arriaza, Diego González-Aguilera, Enrique Baquedano, and Manuel Domínguez-Rodrigo. 2017. “Discerning Carnivore Agency Through the Three-Dimensional Study of Tooth Pits: Revisiting Crocodile Feeding Behaviour at Flk- Zinj and Flk Nn3 (Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania).” Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 488: 93–102. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2017.05.021.

Archer, Will, and David R. Braun. 2010. “Variability in Bifacial Technology at Elandsfontein, Western Cape, South Africa: A Geometric Morphometric Approach.” Journal of Archaeological Science 37 (1): 201–9. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2009.09.033.

Archer, Will, Philipp Gunz, Karen L. van Niekerk, Christopher S. Henshilwood, and Shannon P. McPherron. 2015. “Diachronic Change Within the Still Bay at Blombos Cave, South Africa.” PLoS One 10 (7): e0132428. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0132428.

Archer, Will, Cornel M. Pop, Philipp Gunz, and Shannon P. McPherron. 2016. “What Is Still Bay? Human Biogeography and Bifacial Point Variability.” Journal of Human Evolution 97: 58–72. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhevol.2016.05.007.

Bermudez de Castro, J. M., M. Martinon-Torres, A. Gomez-Robles, L. Prado-Simon, L. Martin-Frances, M. Lapresa, A. Olejniczak, and E. Carbonell. 2011. “Early Pleistocene Human Mandible from Sima Del Elefante (Te) Cave Site in Sierra de Atapuerca (Spain): A Comparative Morphological Study.” Journal of Human Evolution 61 (1): 12–25. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhevol.2011.03.005.

Bonhomme, Vincent, Emily Forster, Michael Wallace, Eleanor Stillman, Michael Charles, and Glynis Jones. 2017. “Identification of Inter- and Intra-Species Variation in Cereal Grains Through Geometric Morphometric Analysis, and Its Resilience Under Experimental Charring.” Journal of Archaeological Science 86: 60–67. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2017.09.010.

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Buchanan, Briggs, Mark Collard, Marcus J. Hamilton, and Michael J. O’Brien. 2011. “Points and Prey: A Quantitative Test of the Hypothesis that Prey Size Influences early Paleoindian Projectile Point Form.” Journal of Archaeological Science 38 (4): 852–64. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2010.11.007.

Buchanan, Briggs, Mark Collard, and Michael J. O’Brien. 2019. “Geometric Morphometric Analyses Support Incorporating the Goshen Point Type into Plainview.” American Antiquity 85 (1): 171–81. https://doi.org/10.1017/aaq.2019.89.

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