Actualistic Taphonomy in South America, Sergio Mart?nez; Alejandra Rojas; Fernanda Cabrera
Автор: Terry O`Connor Название: Biosphere to Lithosphere: new studies in vertebrate taphonomy ISBN: 1785704605 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781785704604 Издательство: Marston Book Services Рейтинг: Цена: 47520.00 T Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ. Описание: Taphonomic studies are a major methodological advance, the effects of which have been felt throughout archaeology.
Автор: Peter A. Allison; David J. Bottjer Название: Taphonomy ISBN: 9400734034 ISBN-13(EAN): 9789400734036 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 139750.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: This book includes work from both new and established researchers who are using laboratory, field and data-base techniques to characterize and quantify the temporal and spatial variation in taphonomic bias.
Автор: Sincerbox, Susan Название: Forensic Taphonomy and Ecology of North American Scavengers ISBN: 0128132434 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780128132432 Издательство: Elsevier Science Рейтинг: Цена: 44860.00 T Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ. Описание:
Forensic Taphonomy and Ecology of North American Scavengers compiles research on vertebrate scavenging behavior from numerous academic fields, including ecology and forensic anthropology. Scavenging behavior can displace remains from their depositional context, confound postmortem interval estimation, destroy osteological markers, and inflict damage that mimics or disguises perimortem trauma. Consequently, the actions of vertebrate scavengers can significantly impact the medicolegal investigation of human remains. It is therefore critical when interpreting a death scene and its associated evidence that scavenging be recognized and the possible effects of scavenging behavior considered.
This book is an ideal reference for both students and medicolegal professionals, serving as a field manual for the identification of common scavenging species known to modify human remains in North America. In addition, this book presents a framework to guide investigators in optimizing their approach to scavenged cases, promoting more complete recovery of human remains and the accuracy of forensic reconstructions of peri- and postmortem events.
Examines scavenging behavior through an evolutionary and ecological lens, integrating research from diverse fields.
Includes brief summaries of the taphonomic signatures and ecological contexts of common or well-studied North American scavenging taxa
Proposes strategies to maximize the recovery of vertebrate-scavenged human remains and improve forensic reconstructions of peri- and postmortem events
Автор: Peter Andrews, Yolanda Fernandez-Jalvo Название: Understanding Time in Taphonomy: A 30-Year Field Study in Wales ISBN: 1536146757 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781536146752 Издательство: Nova Science Рейтинг: Цена: 89750.00 T Наличие на складе: Невозможна поставка. Описание: This book investigates time as it affects taphonomy. All taphonomic agents operate through time, which may be long or short, so time adds another dimension to taphonomic change. The processes and modifications recorded in fossils can tell us how long the fossils took to accumulate and the geological/biological/ environmental context in which they fossilized. Measuring time in taphonomy requires long-term studies of taphonomic processes operating at the present time. In 1976, one of the authors (PA) started a 30-year monitoring project of animals that died natural deaths at Neuadd in Wales. The study area of 680ha of upland heathland, woodland and rough grazing were monitored. Over 100 sheep, horses, foxes, badgers, rabbits and small mammals were monitored, but only 56 yielded useful results. YFJ has also begun a similar study at Riofrio in Spain, and other long-term studies are reviewed. This 30-year study highlighted several time-specific taphonomic issues. Trampling of Neuadd specimens produced pitting and superficial scratching found commonly on fossils. Longer striations mimicking cut marks are common, particularly on bones in rocky substrates. The number and morphology of these pseudo-cut-marks are compared with cut marks made during human butchery. There is only a weak relationship with exposure time. The extreme effects of water and wind at Neuadd quickly dispersed body parts. Modifications similar to trampling and butchery were produced in running water. In still water, three modification stages are identified: Stage 1, which is 3-5 years with broad flaking; stage 2, 10-12 years with extreme flaking and loss of surface bone; and stage 3, >18 years with deep tissue loss. Weathering at Neuadd has a time-scale that is different from the one established for tropical environments: At 0-5 years, 92% of bones are unweathered, with 8% at stage 1; at 6 to 10 years, 73% of bones are unweathered, with 27% at stage 1; at 15 to 25 years, 17% of bones are unweathered, with 63% at stage 1 and 20% of bones at stage 2; at 30 to 35 years, only one skull survived, and it is at stage 1 weathering. Monitoring of buried bones at Neuadd shows three time-scales of modifications resulting from soil corrosion: Progressive corrosion under dense vegetation cover with high humidity from 2 to 23 years; increasing root marks from 2 to 23 years; and corrosion from the action of lower plants such as moss and algae in 3 to 11 years. The extent and sizes of carnivore and herbivore chewing marks was found to have no usable timescale. Dispersal of bones is slow at Neuadd and is related strongly both to the nature of the environment and to the size of the animals. Three timescales have been identified: Dispersal over 15 years is greatest for large animals in open environments, lower for medium sized animals like sheep, and the least for small and medium size animals in dense vegetation. Future monitoring projects could use electronic marking chips on single specimens, camera traps, GPS, the Global Weathering Project, radioactive markers on bones, and aerial mapping, backed up with experimental work in controlled conditions.
Автор: R. Lee Lyman, Название: Vertebrate Taphonomy ISBN: 0521458404 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780521458405 Издательство: Cambridge Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 69690.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: 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.
A truly interdisciplinary approach to this core subject within Forensic Science
Combines essential theory with practical crime scene work
Includes case studies
Applicable to all time periods so has relevance for conventional archaeology, prehistory and anthropology
Combines points of view from both established practitioners and young researchers to ensure relevance
Автор: Manuel Dom?nguez-Rodrigo; Rebeca Barba; Charles P. Название: Deconstructing Olduvai: A Taphonomic Study of the Bed I Sites ISBN: 9400786778 ISBN-13(EAN): 9789400786776 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 88470.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: The Olduvai Bed I archaeological sites have been at the epicenter of the debate on how early humans behaved. This book presents a new analytical approach that has produced unexpected results: the association of stone tools and faunal remains at most Olduvai Bed I sites is accidental and not related to hominid behavior.
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