Vertebrate Taphonomy

Archaeologists and paleontologists have become increasingly interested in how and why vertebrate animal remains become, or do not become, fossils. Vertebrate Taphonomy introduces interested researchers to the wealth of analytical techniques developed to help understand prehistoric animal remains. It is comprehensive in scope, and will serve as an important work of reference for years to come. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; 1. What is taphonomy?; 2. The history and structure of taphonomy; 3. Taphonomy in practice and theory; 4. Structure and quantification of vertebrate skeletons; 5. Vertebrate mortality, skeletonization, disarticulation, and scattering; 6. Accumulation and dispersal of vertebrate remains; 7. Frequencies of skeletal parts; 8. Butchering, bone fracturing and bone tools; 9. Other biostratinomic factors; 10. Burial as a taphonomic process; 11. Diagenesis; 12. Taphonomy of fish, birds, reptiles and amphibians; 13. Discussion and conclusions; Glossary.

Product details

• Authors: Cma Lyman, R. Lee Lyman, R. Lee (University of Missouri Lyman, Lyman R. Lee
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 07.07.1994
• EAN: 9780521458405
• ISBN: 978-0-521-45840-5
• No. of pages: 552
• Series: Cambridge Manuals in Archaeolo
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Pre and early history; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Palaeontology; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general)