Abstract The microscopic study fills the morphological and taphonomical gaps produced on the macroscopic research level of human and animal hard tissues. In this paper 17 burned and unburned animal bone fragment samples (smaller than 4 cm) were subjected to histological non-metric and metric analyses. Characterization of 3 wolf teeth aimed analysis of daily secretion rates and Retzius periodicity to compare its value to dogs. All samples were selected from Mid- and Late Upper Paleolithic Moravian sites, namely settlement areas Dolni Věstonice I and II, Pavlov I and Milovice IV (dated ~ 34–29 ka cal BP), and a killing site Stranska skala IV (dated ~ 22 ka cal BP). We aimed to evaluate the importance and risk of selected analytical micro-scale methods, including a) species determination from indeterminate burned and unburned fragments, b) crown enamel mineralization and growth differences between species, and c) agents of micro-taphonomic changes in the histological structure of bones and teeth hindering the examination of thin sections.

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显微镜下旧石器时代上层坚硬的动物组织：摩拉维亚遗址精选

摘要 微观研究填补了人类和动物硬组织宏观研究水平上产生的形态学和埋藏学空白。在本文中，对 17 个烧伤和未烧伤的动物骨碎片样本（小于 4 厘米）进行了组织学非公制和公制分析。3 颗狼牙的表征旨在分析每日分泌率和 Retzius 周期，以将其价值与狗进行比较。所有样本均选自旧石器时代晚期上旧摩拉维亚遗址，即定居区 Dolni Věstonice I 和 II、Pavlov I 和 Milovice IV（日期为 ~ 34-29 ka cal BP），以及一个杀戮地点 Stranska skala IV（日期为 ~ 22 ka cal BP）。我们旨在评估选定的分析微尺度方法的重要性和风险，包括 a) 从不确定的燃烧和未燃烧碎片中确定物种，