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DOI	10.1016/j.jasrep.2016.02.014
	First identification of non-human stencil hands at Wadi Sura II (Egypt): A morphometric study for new insights into rock art symbolism
	Honore, Emmanuelle; Rakza, Thameur; Senut, Brigitte; Deruelle, Philippe; Pouydebat, Emmanuelle
通讯作者	Honore, E
来源期刊	JOURNAL OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL SCIENCE-REPORTS
ISSN	2352-409X
出版年	2016
卷号	6 页码:242-247
英文摘要	In the Libyan Desert, Wadi Sura II shelter hosts numerous stencil paintings believed to date to the Early and Mid-Holocene. Tiny hands have previously been considered to belong to human babies. We challenge this identification, having conducted a morphometric study to compare the archaeological material with samples of hands of babies born at term and pre-term at the neonatal unit of the CHRU Jeanne de Flandre (Lille, France). The results show that the rock art small hands differ significantly in size, proportions and morphology from human hands. Potential biases between the different samples were quantified, but their average range cannot explain the observed differences. Evidence suggest that the hand stencils belong to an animal, most probably a reptile. The identification of non-human pentadactyl hand stencils is unique in the field of rock art and raises new perspectives for understanding the rock art at Wadi Sura, and the behaviour and symbolic universe of the populations who made it. (C) 2016 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
英文关键词	Morphometry Hand stencils Rock art Prehistory Sahara
类型	Article
语种	英语
收录类别	ESCI
WOS记录号	WOS:000415597200024
WOS类目	Archaeology
WOS研究方向	Archaeology
Scopus学科分类	St Johns Coll, Cambridge CB2 1TP, England. ; Honore, E
CSCD记录号	CSCD:CNRS, Maison Archeol & Ethnol, Equipe Ethnol Prehist, ArScAn UMR 7041, 21 Allee Univ, F-92023 Nanterre, France.
资源类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/331961
作者单位	[Honore, Emmanuelle] McDonald Inst Archaeol Res, Downing St Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 3ER, England; [Honore, Emmanuelle] St Johns Coll, Cambridge CB2 1TP, England; [Rakza, Thameur; Deruelle, Philippe] Univ Lille 2, Fac Med Henri Warembourg, Environm Perinatal & Croissance EA 4489, Pole Rech, F-59000 Lille, France; [Senut, Brigitte] UPMC Paris 6, Sorbonne Univ CR2P, Museum Natl Hist Nat, MNHN,CNRS, 57 Rue Cuvier,CP 38, F-75005 Paris, France; [Pouydebat, Emmanuelle] MNHN, CNRS, UMR 7179, Dept Ecol & Gest Biodiversite, 57 Rue Cuvier,CP 55, F-75231 Paris 5, France; [Honore, Emmanuelle] CNRS, Maison Archeol & Ethnol, Equipe Ethnol Prehist, ArScAn UMR 7041, 21 Allee Univ, F-92023 Nanterre, France
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Honore, Emmanuelle,Rakza, Thameur,Senut, Brigitte,et al. First identification of non-human stencil hands at Wadi Sura II (Egypt): A morphometric study for new insights into rock art symbolism[J],2016,6:242-247.
APA	Honore, Emmanuelle,Rakza, Thameur,Senut, Brigitte,Deruelle, Philippe,&Pouydebat, Emmanuelle.(2016).First identification of non-human stencil hands at Wadi Sura II (Egypt): A morphometric study for new insights into rock art symbolism.JOURNAL OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL SCIENCE-REPORTS,6,242-247.
MLA	Honore, Emmanuelle,et al."First identification of non-human stencil hands at Wadi Sura II (Egypt): A morphometric study for new insights into rock art symbolism".JOURNAL OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL SCIENCE-REPORTS 6(2016):242-247.