Histotaphonomic analysis of bone bioerosion reveals a regional framework of diverse deathways in the Neolithic of Southeast Italy

• Jess E. Thompson ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: jet71@cam.ac.uk

  Affiliations McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, Cambridge, United Kingdom, Darwin College, Cambridge, United Kingdom

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9389-0545

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• Sofia Panella,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Environmental Biology and Mediterranean bioArchaeological Research Advances (MAReA) Centre, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy

  https://orcid.org/0009-0004-5084-7610

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• Thomas J. Booth,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Francis Crick Institute, London, United Kingdom

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• Silvia Soncin,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Environmental Biology and Mediterranean bioArchaeological Research Advances (MAReA) Centre, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy

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• Tonko Rajkovaca,

  Roles Methodology, Resources

  Affiliation Department of Archaeology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom

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• Maria Giovanna Belcastro,

  Roles Resources

  Affiliation Department of Biological, Geological and Environmental Sciences, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy

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• Eugenia Isetti,

  Roles Resources

  Affiliation Istituto Italiano per l’Archeologia Sperimentale, Genova, Italy

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• Valentina Mariotti,

  Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Biological, Geological and Environmental Sciences, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy

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• Italo Maria Muntoni,

  Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Soprintendenza Archeologia, Belle Arti e Paesaggio per le Province di Barletta-Andria-Trani e Foggia, Italy

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• Francesca Radina,

  Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Soprintendenza Archeologia, Belle Arti e Paesaggio per la Città Metropolitana di Bari, Bari, Italy

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• Sandra Sivilli,

  Roles Resources

  Affiliation Independent Researcher, Bari, Italy

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• Antonella Traverso,

  Roles Resources

  Affiliation Direzione Regionale, Musei Liguria, Genova, Italy

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• Mary Anne Tafuri,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Environmental Biology and Mediterranean bioArchaeological Research Advances (MAReA) Centre, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2913-7225

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• John E. Robb

  Roles Funding acquisition, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Archaeology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom

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