FIG. 8 in The modus operandi of walrus exploitation during the Palaeoeskimo period at the Tayara site, Arctic Canada

FIG. 8. — Evidence of use-wear of initial processing of carcasses and skin treatment: A, chert scraper used to softened the skin, as shown by the mat and dense polish with perpendicular orientation from the edge, and the rounfding of the edge (100x); B, Chert microblade used to skinning a caracasses...

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Main Authors: Houmard, Claire, Dionne, Marie-Michelle, Desrosiers, Pierre M., Gendron, Daniel
Format: Still Image
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Published: Zenodo 2013
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Online Access:https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5213321
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Summary:FIG. 8. — Evidence of use-wear of initial processing of carcasses and skin treatment: A, chert scraper used to softened the skin, as shown by the mat and dense polish with perpendicular orientation from the edge, and the rounfding of the edge (100x); B, Chert microblade used to skinning a caracasses or defleshing a fresh skin as shown by the diffused polish mixed with oblique scars along the edge (100x); C, Quartz microblades used as a burin, to engrave a hard and dry material like bone or ivory, as shown by the abraded area, linear and discontinouous, observed on the modidied part of the edge (400x). : Published as part of Houmard, Claire, Dionne, Marie-Michelle, Desrosiers, Pierre M. & Gendron, Daniel, 2013, The modus operandi of walrus exploitation during the Palaeoeskimo period at the Tayara site, Arctic Canada, pp. 15-36 in Anthropozoologica 48 (1) on page 26, DOI: 10.5252/az2013n1a1, http://zenodo.org/record/5213303