A case of human bone chalcolithic technology from the perdigoes site (Alentejo, Portugal)

Cunha, C.; Almeida, N. J.; Santander, B.; Tomé, T.; Saladié, P.; Valera, António Carlos; Cabaco, N.; Silva, A. M.

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Valera, António Carlos

Cabaco, N.

Silva, A. M.

Abstract(s)

A human femur diaphysis in the form of a burin was excavated from a secondary burial context containing osteological remains and industry in the Archaeological Complex of Perdigoes (Portugal). The majority of these evidences are thermo- altered and highly fragmented. Radiocarbon dates for this context place it in the middle 3rd millennium BC. Typological analyses indicate that the human femur fragment is a burin, and use- wear comparisons suggest that it was used to drill hide. Copyright (C) 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.