Bone taphonomy (Other Keyword)

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Microanalysis of Taphonomic Alteration on Skeletal Material - A Novel Approach to Identifying Damaging Sulfur Compounds (2018)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Kimberly Foecke. Douglas Meier. Edward Vicenzi. Russell Graham. Adam Creuziger.

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)
DATASET Charles Egeland. Cynthia Fadem.

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...