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. 2013 Apr 25;8(4):e62174. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0062174

Table 2. Bone surface modification frequencies.

Epiphyseal Fragments (EPI) Mid-Shaft Fragments (MSH)
Bed TM % CM % PM % N TM % CM % PM % N
KS-1 18, 24, 18 3, 3, 3 0, 0, 0 34 8, 10, 8 2, 4, 4 9, 9, 10 96
KS-2 13, 17, 11 6, 8, 11 3, 8, 8 64 9, 16, 12 1, 3, 3 4, 5, 8 207
KS-3 9, 9, 0 0, 0, 0 0, 0, 0 11 5, 11, 2 2, 0, 0 5, 2, 14 44
Sum 14, 18, 12 5, 6, 7 2, 5, 5 109 8, 14, 10 1, 3, 3 6, 6, 9 347

Modifications detailed by long bone portion [22][24], bed, and analyst. Epiphyseal fragments (EPI) bear at least some of the proximal or distal articular surface. Mid-shaft fragments (MSH) are diaphyseal specimens that lack cancellous bone on medullary surfaces. Bone modifications follow the literature [17 and references therein], and include tooth marks (TM: pits, scores, furrows), cut marks (CM), and percussion marks (PM: pits, striae). Bone modification frequencies are listed by analyst: Ferraro, Pobiner, and Oliver (in order from left to right). Samples are bovid and taxonomically-indeterminate long bone specimens (i.e., humerus, radius, metacarpal, femur, tibia, metatarsal, or ‘long bone shaft fragment’), ≥2 cm in length, from body sizes 1–3 (i.e., small and medium-sized) [21], with ‘very good’ to ‘excellent’ bone surface preservation (i.e., surface conditions 4–5 [17]) and without recent or geological fractures. Data for summed body sizes, including ‘size indet’.