Taphonomic analysis

Rivka Rabinovich; Sabine Gaudzinski-Windheuser; Lutz Kindler; Naama Goren-Inbar

doi:10.1007/978-94-007-2159-3_5

Taphonomic analysis

Rivka Rabinovich^*, Sabine Gaudzinski-Windheuser, Lutz Kindler, Naama Goren-Inbar

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Abstract

An important objective of the current research is the analysis of mammalian taphonomy in order to differentiate between biotic and non-biotic agents, and to thus reach a better understanding of the various processes that formed the Gesher Benot Ya‘aqov (GBY) assemblage. This has been achieved by a zooarchaeological analysis of the assemblage, which has identified and characterized bone damage caused by pre- and/or post-depositional biotic agents, such as hominins, carnivores, and rodents. Among the non-biotic processes that modify thanatocoenosis assemblages are weathering and bone abrasion.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Vertebrate Paleobiology and Paleoanthropology
Publisher	Springer
Pages	41-91
Number of pages	51
Edition	9789400721586
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-2159-3_5
State	Published - 2012

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Name	Vertebrate Paleobiology and Paleoanthropology
Number	9789400721586
ISSN (Print)	1877-9077

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Keywords

Bone shaft
Large carnivore
Marrow extraction
Postcranial element
Skeletal element

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