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3000-year-old shark attack victim from Tsukumo shell-mound, Okayama, Japan
Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports Pub Date : 2021-06-23 , DOI: 10.1016/j.jasrep.2021.103065
J. Alyssa White , George H. Burgess , Masato Nakatsukasa , Mark J. Hudson , John Pouncett , Soichiro Kusaka , Minoru Yoneda , Yasuhiro Yamada , Rick J. Schulting

Modern shark attacks are uncommon and archaeological examples are even rarer, with the oldest previously known case dating to ca. AD 1000. Here we report a shark attack on an adult male radiocarbon dated to 1370–1010 cal BC during the fisher-hunter-gatherer Jōmon period of the Japanese archipelago. The individual was buried at the Tsukumo site near Japan’s Seto Inland Sea, where modern shark attacks have been reported. The victim has at least 790 perimortem traumatic lesions characteristic of a shark attack, including deep, incised bone gouges, punctures, cuts with overlapping striations and perimortem blunt force fractures. Lesions were mapped onto a 3D model of the human skeleton using a Geographical Information System to assist visualisation and analysis of the injuries. The distribution of wounds suggests the victim was probably alive at the time of attack rather than scavenged. The most likely species of shark responsible for the attack is either a white shark (Carcharodon carcharias) or a tiger shark (Galeocerdo cuvier). Shortly after the attack most, though not all, of his body was recovered and buried in the Tsukumo cemetery.



中文翻译:

来自日本冈山市津久茂贝丘的 3000 年前鲨鱼袭击受害者

现代鲨鱼袭击并不常见,考古学的例子更为罕见,以前已知的最古老的案例可以追溯到大约 10 年前。公元 1000 年。在这里,我们报告了在日本列岛的渔猎采集绳文时代,鲨鱼袭击了公元前 1370-1010 cal 的成年雄性放射性碳。此人被埋葬在日本濑户内海附近的 Tsukumo 遗址,据报道,那里发生了现代鲨鱼袭击事件。受害者至少有 790 处具有鲨鱼袭击特征的死前创伤性病变,包括深切的骨凿、穿刺、重叠条纹的切口和死前钝性骨折。使用地理信息系统将损伤映射到人体骨骼的 3D 模型上,以帮助对损伤进行可视化和分析。伤口的分布表明受害者在袭击时可能还活着,而不是被清除。最有可能对这次袭击负责的鲨鱼种类是白鲨(Carcharodon carcharias ) 或虎鲨 ( Galeocerdo cuvier )。袭击发生后不久,他的大部分尸体(尽管不是全部)都被发现并埋葬在 Tsukumo 墓地。

更新日期:2021-06-23
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