Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of figures
- List of tables
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- 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
- Bibliography
- Glossary of taphonomy terminology
- Index
Dedication
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Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of figures
- List of tables
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- 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
- Bibliography
- Glossary of taphonomy terminology
- Index
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- Vertebrate Taphonomy , pp. vii - viiiPublisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 1994