Unravelling taphono-myths. First large-scale study of histotaphonomic changes and diagenesis in bone from modern surface depositions

• Eline M. J. Schotsmans ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: eline@uow.edu.au

  Affiliations Environmental Futures Research Centre, School of Earth, Atmospheric and Life Sciences, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, Australia, PACEA, De la Préhistoire à l’Actuel: Culture, Environnement et Anthropologie, UMR 5199, CNRS-Université de Bordeaux, Pessac, France

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0084-2828

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• Barbara H. Stuart,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Centre for Forensic Science, University of Technology Sydney, Ultimo, NSW, Australia

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• Tahlia J. Stewart,

  Roles Data curation, Resources, Software, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Skeletal Biology and Forensic Anthropology Research Group, School of Archaeology and Anthropology, Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia, Trauma and Orthopaedic Research Unit, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, The Canberra Hospital, Canberra, ACT, Australia

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5831-4449

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• Paul S. Thomas,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Technology Sydney, Ultimo NSW, Australia

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6962-2121

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• Justyna J. Miszkiewicz

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Skeletal Biology and Forensic Anthropology Research Group, School of Archaeology and Anthropology, Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia, School of Social Sciences, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia

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