RT Journal Article
T1 The Sima de los Huesos Crania: Analysis of the cranial breakage patterns
A1 Sala, Nohemi
A1 Pantoja Pérez, Ana
A1 Arsuaga Ferreras, Juan Luis
A1 Pablos, Adrián
A1 Martínez, Ignacio
AB Fracture pattern analysis implement the taphonomic information obtained and it help understanding the largest accumulation of human remains from the Middle Pleistocene known, the Sima de los Huesos (SH) sample. The SH hominin long bones exhibit a fracture pattern characterized especially by the dominance of transverse fractures of the long axis, complete circumferences and fracture edges with right angles and jagged surfaces. These properties are expected for post-depositional fractures and are compatible with collective burial assemblages. The very small proportion of fractures typical of biostratinomic stage could be due to a blunt force trauma produced by a free-all down the vertical 13 m shaft that constitutes the access to the SH chamber.
PB Elsevier Ltd.
SN 0305-4403
YR 2016
FD 2016-08
LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/18888
UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/18888
LA eng
NO Unión Europea. FP7
NO Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (MINECO)/FEDER
NO University of Tübingen
DS Docta Complutense
RD 13 abr 2025