Bone taphonomy (Other Keyword)
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The geochemistry of taphonomic alterations affecting buried bone has been little studied, yet has vast implications for scientific interpretation of archaeological and paleontological specimens in a world now embracing chemical methods in geoarchaeology. This investigative study of black surface staining on mammalian sub-fossil bone excavated from the bed of the Santa Fe River in northern Florida exemplifies the need to carefully evaluate post-depositional alteration. Such stains typically are...
Spatial analysis and neotaphonomy data from two landscape bone assemblages in the Ngorongoro (2024)
Two 100 m x 200 m survey blocks, located approximately one kilometer from each other and referred to as Olduvai Transect 1 (OT1) and Olduvai Transect 2 (OT2), were visited in 2015 (OT1) and 2018 (OT2) at the height of the dry season in mid-June or July. OT1 occurs in a treeless section of the plain , while OT2 contains a stand of trees surrounding a seasonal waterhole (Figure 2). A series of abandoned Maasai homesteads (bomas) were located to the south and to the west of OT2 at the time of data...