At all times the bones were identified as if they were archaeological specimens. The results for all elements are presented in Table 1.
Key | |
---|---|
Not side specific or identifiable | |
Left-hand side of skeleton | |
Right-hand side of skeleton |
Name of Bone | 25 ... 75 ... 175 ... 375 Paces | Index of Robustness |
---|---|---|
Neurocranium | ||
Basioccipital | 1 | |
Ethmoid | 5 | |
Frontal | 3 | |
Opisthotic | 5 | |
Otolith | 2 | |
Parasphenoid | 1 | |
Prefrontal | 5 | |
Squamosal | 5 | |
Supraoccipital | 3 | |
Vomer | 1 | |
Suspensorium | ||
Angular | 5 | |
Articular | 3 | |
Dentary | 1 | |
Ectopterygoid | 4 | |
Entopterygoid | 5 | |
Maxilla | 1 | |
Metapterygoid | 5 | |
Palatine | 4 | |
Premaxilla | 1 | |
Quadrate | 2 | |
Interopercular | 4 | |
Lacrymal | 5 | |
Nasal | 5 | |
Opercular | 2 | |
Preopercular | 5 | |
Subopercular | 5 | |
Hyomandibular etc. | ||
Ceratohyal | 4 | |
Epihyal | 5 | |
Hyomandibular | 4 | |
Hypohyal | 4 | |
Stylohyal | 3 | |
Symplectic | 5 | |
Urohyal | 5 | |
Branchial Region | ||
Upper Pharyngeals | 4 | |
Lower Pharyngeals | 5 | |
Cleithrum | 3 | |
Coracoid | 5 | |
Post-cleithrum | 5 | |
Post-temporal | 2 | |
Scapular | 5 | |
Supracleithrum | 3 |
Name of Vertebra | 25 Paces | 75 Paces | 175 Paces | 375 Paces | Index of Robustness |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
First Vertebra | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Precaudal Grp 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
Precaudal Grp 2 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
Precaudal Grp 3 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
Caudal Grp 4 | 19 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 3 |
Caudal Grp 5 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 2 |
Some bones quickly became so damaged that they were not recognisable, while others persisted as identifiable fragments until the end of the experiment.
It was possible to determine an 'Index of Robustness (IR)' for the bones in this experiment. Bones that remained in an identifiable form after the experiment were assigned the value 1. Those which disappeared from the record after 175 paces trampling were assigned an IR of 5. Intermediate gradings were assigned for other elements, depending on when the bones became 'archaeologically invisible'.
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