An Evaluation of Landmark-Based Methods to Explore Tooth Score Morphology: A Case Study on Felids and Hyenids

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 mo...

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Authors: Arriaza, Mari Carmen, Aramendi, Julia, Courtenay, Lloyd A., Maté-González, Miguel Ángel, Herranz-Rodrigo, Darío, González-Aguilera, Diego, Yravedra, José
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Publication Date:2023
Country:España
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https://doi.org/10.3390/app13063864
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spelling An Evaluation of Landmark-Based Methods to Explore Tooth Score Morphology: A Case Study on Felids and HyenidsArriaza, Mari CarmenAramendi, JuliaCourtenay, Lloyd A.Maté-González, Miguel ÁngelHerranz-Rodrigo, DaríoGonzález-Aguilera, DiegoYravedra, JoséAnimals -- MorfologiaRestes d'animals (Arqueologia) -- Cantàbria90Taphonomic 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.The grant IJC2020-043576-I funded by MCIN/AEI/10.13039/501100011033 and the “European Union NextGenerationEU/PRTR” has been awarded to M.C.A. The grant RYC2021-034813-I funded by MCIN/AEI/10.13039/501100011033 and the European Union “NextGenerationEU”/PRTR has been awarded to M.Á.M.-G. During the development of the present work, J.A. was funded by the Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea [ESPDOC21/05]. L.A.C. is funded by the Spanish Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities by an FPI Predoctoral grant PRE2019-089411 associated with project RTI2018-099850-B-I0.MDPI2023info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion23 p.application/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/2072/535568https://doi.org/10.3390/app13063864RECERCAT (Dipòsit de la Recerca de Catalunya)reponame:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunyainstname:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)InglésArriaza, M.C.; Aramendi, J.; Courtenay, L.A.; Maté-González, M.Á.; Herranz-Rodrigo, D.; González-Aguilera, D.; Yravedra, J. An Evaluation of Landmark-Based Methods to Explore Tooth Score Morphology: A Case Study on Felids and Hyenids. Appl. Sci. 2023, 13, 3864.Attribution 4.0 International© 2023 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:recercat.cat:2072/5355682026-05-29T05:05:01Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv An Evaluation of Landmark-Based Methods to Explore Tooth Score Morphology: A Case Study on Felids and Hyenids
title An Evaluation of Landmark-Based Methods to Explore Tooth Score Morphology: A Case Study on Felids and Hyenids
spellingShingle An Evaluation of Landmark-Based Methods to Explore Tooth Score Morphology: A Case Study on Felids and Hyenids
Arriaza, Mari Carmen
Animals -- Morfologia
Restes d'animals (Arqueologia) -- Cantàbria
90
title_short An Evaluation of Landmark-Based Methods to Explore Tooth Score Morphology: A Case Study on Felids and Hyenids
title_full An Evaluation of Landmark-Based Methods to Explore Tooth Score Morphology: A Case Study on Felids and Hyenids
title_fullStr An Evaluation of Landmark-Based Methods to Explore Tooth Score Morphology: A Case Study on Felids and Hyenids
title_full_unstemmed An Evaluation of Landmark-Based Methods to Explore Tooth Score Morphology: A Case Study on Felids and Hyenids
title_sort An Evaluation of Landmark-Based Methods to Explore Tooth Score Morphology: A Case Study on Felids and Hyenids
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Arriaza, Mari Carmen
Aramendi, Julia
Courtenay, Lloyd A.
Maté-González, Miguel Ángel
Herranz-Rodrigo, Darío
González-Aguilera, Diego
Yravedra, José
author Arriaza, Mari Carmen
author_facet Arriaza, Mari Carmen
Aramendi, Julia
Courtenay, Lloyd A.
Maté-González, Miguel Ángel
Herranz-Rodrigo, Darío
González-Aguilera, Diego
Yravedra, José
author_role author
author2 Aramendi, Julia
Courtenay, Lloyd A.
Maté-González, Miguel Ángel
Herranz-Rodrigo, Darío
González-Aguilera, Diego
Yravedra, José
author2_role author
author
author
author
author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Animals -- Morfologia
Restes d'animals (Arqueologia) -- Cantàbria
90
topic Animals -- Morfologia
Restes d'animals (Arqueologia) -- Cantàbria
90
description 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.
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dc.relation.none.fl_str_mv Arriaza, M.C.; Aramendi, J.; Courtenay, L.A.; Maté-González, M.Á.; Herranz-Rodrigo, D.; González-Aguilera, D.; Yravedra, J. An Evaluation of Landmark-Based Methods to Explore Tooth Score Morphology: A Case Study on Felids and Hyenids. Appl. Sci. 2023, 13, 3864.
dc.rights.none.fl_str_mv Attribution 4.0 International
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