External auditory exostoses and prehistoric aquatic resource procurement

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• 作者：Sé ; bastien Villotte^a ; ^{s.villotte@pacea.u-bordeaux1.fr" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author} ; Christopher J. Knü ; sel^b
• 关键词：Activity-related skeletal morphologies ; Aquatic resource exploitation ; Subsistence strategies ; Sexual division of labor
• 刊名：Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：April 2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：6
• 期：Complete
• 页码：633-636
• 全文大小：495 K

文摘

External auditory exostoses (EAEs) are osseous exostoses that form in the external auditory canal as a result of an irritation of the periosteum. Many conditions can be responsible for this irritation, but contact with cold water is the principal cause. This article is a brief review of clinical and anthropological studies that permit consideration of EAEs as faithful markers of water-related activities in past populations and discusses the potential as well as the limits of EAEs to provide insights into aquatic resource exploitation by prehistoric humans.