Burning characteristics of bone are dependent on taxa, bone condition, and heating method. Until now, heating characteristics of Australia’s unique fauna were undocumented. Here we present heating experiments of Australian taxa using a laboratory kiln, hearth fires and earth ovens, and apply the results to faunal assemblages from Boodie Cave, northwest Australia. Results indicate comparable burning characteristics in Australian faunal bone to previous experimental research, with clear differences in the temperature at which burning characteristics occur between taxa and in particular marine and terrestrial fauna. Earth oven cooking causes very limited burning of the extremities of faunal bones, whilst hearth fires produce a high degree of non-uniform calcination and fracturing. In the Boodie Cave assemblage, low levels of heating throughout the deposit are consistent with post-depositional burning and fleshed cooking, though the exact heating process remains unclear in the absence of any identified combustion features.

骨骼的燃烧特性取决于分类群、骨骼状况和加热方法。直到现在，澳大利亚独特动物群的加热特性还没有被记录下来。在这里，我们展示了使用实验室窑、炉膛火和土炉对澳大利亚分类群进行的加热实验，并将结果应用于澳大利亚西北部布迪洞穴的动物群落。结果表明，澳大利亚动物骨骼的燃烧特征与以前的实验研究相当，在分类群之间，特别是海洋和陆地动物群之间发生燃烧特征的温度存在明显差异。土炉烹饪导致动物骨骼四肢的燃烧非常有限，而炉膛火灾会产生高度不均匀的煅烧和破裂。在布迪洞穴组合中，