The Facial Reconstruction of a Mesolithic Dog, Muge, Portugal

Cicero Moraes; Hugo Matos Pereira; João Filipe Requicha; Lara Alves; Graça Alexandre-Pires; Sandra de Jesus; Silvia Guimarães; Catarina Ginja; Cleia Detry; Miguel Ramalho; Ana Elisabete Pires

doi:10.3390/app12104867

The Facial Reconstruction of a Mesolithic Dog, Muge, Portugal

Cicero Moraes, Hugo Matos Pereira, João Filipe Requicha, Lara Alves, Graça Alexandre-Pires, Sandra de Jesus, Silvia Guimarães, Catarina Ginja, Cleia Detry, Miguel Ramalho, Ana Elisabete Pires

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This paper presents the facial reconstruction of a Mesolithic dog whose skeleton was recovered from the Muge shell middens (Portugal) in the 19th century. We used the anatomical deformation approach based on a collection of computer tomography images as an attempt to reconstruct the Muge dog’s head appearance. We faced a few challenges due to the level of bone displacement and the absence of some cranium anatomical parts, as well as accurate information on soft tissue thickness for modern dogs. This multidisciplinary study combined anatomical, veterinary, zooarchaeological, artistic and graphic aspects to allow for the facial reconstruction of the Muge dog. Albeit an approximation, it confers a recognition to this prehistoric finding.

Original language	English
Article number	4867
Journal	Applied Sciences (Switzerland)
Volume	12
Issue number	10
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3390/app12104867
Publication status	Published - 1 May 2022
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Canis lupus familiaris
Mesolithic Iberian dog
anatomical deformation technique
ancient dog
facial reconstruction

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