Mari Carmen Arriaza

Dr. Mari Carmen Arriaza


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Academic Career Length

4Years (2023-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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17 March 2023 in Applied Sciences
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MAMari Carmen Arriaza
Mari Carmen Arriaza
JAJulia Aramendi
Julia Aramendi
Lloyd A. CourtenayLloyd A. Courtenay
Lloyd A. Courtenay
Miguel Ángel Maté-GonzálezMiguel Ángel Maté-González
Miguel Ángel Maté-González
DHDarío Herranz-Rodrigo
Darío Herranz-Rodrigo
José YravedraJosé Yravedra
José Yravedra
Taphonomic studies aim to identify the modifying agents that intervene in bone assemblages found at archaeopaleontological sites. Carnivores may modify, accumulate, or scavenge skeletal parts inflicting tooth marks, including scores, on the cortical surface. Several works have studied tooth score morphology to discern which carnivore group modified the bone assemblages, achieving different results. In the present study, different methods based on the use of landmarks and semilandmarks have been tested to describe and analyze the score profile cross-sections of spotted and brown hyenas, leopards, and lions. According to our results, the already published seven-landmark method is useful in order to differentiate between carnivore species from different families (e.g., felids and hyenids). Meanwhile, felid species (e.g., leopards and lions) cannot be consistently distinguished using any of the methods tested here. In contrast, hyenid species can be morphologically differentiated. On the other hand, the use of semilandmarks does not generally improve morphological characterization and distinction, but low numbers of landmarks and the inclusion of the score’s deepest point might provide the best results when semi-automatic semilandmark models are preferred to avoid sampling biases.