Measuring dimensional and morphological heat alterations of dismemberment-related toolmarks with an optical roughness metre

Abstract

This experiment adhered to the British Association for Biological Anthropology and Osteoarchaeology guidance on Ethics and Practice and has been funded by their 2020-2021 research grant. We would like to express our gratitude to the members of Petrophysics Laboratory at Geosciences Institute (CSIC, UCM) for the technical assistance provided during the use of the optical Roughness-meter and the electric furnace.We kindly thank Iván Serrano Muñoz for his help and patience during the burning process. Lastly, we thank Daniel García Rubio for his assistance in designing the tables and figures and for providing the samples.