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Taphonomy

As above, so below: Deposition, modification, and reutilization of human remains at Marmoles cave (Cueva de los Marmoles: Southern Spain, 4000–1000 cal. BCE)

Zita Laffranchi, Marco Milella, Juan Carlos Vera Rodríguez, María José Martínez Fernández, María Dolores Bretones García, Sylvia Alejandra Jiménez Brobeil, Julia Brünig, Inmaculada López Flores, Juan Antonio Cámara Serrano, Rafael M. Martínez Sánchez

published 20 Sep 2023

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A double-pointed wooden throwing stick from Schöningen, Germany: Results and new insights from a multianalytical study

Annemieke Milks, Jens Lehmann, Dirk Leder, Michael Sietz, Tim Koddenberg, Utz Böhner, Volker Wachtendorf, Thomas Terberger

published 19 Jul 2023

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“Well” off in animals: A taphonomic history of faunal resources and refuse from a well feature at Petsas House, Mycenae (Greece)

Jacqueline S. Meier, Gypsy C. Price, Kim Shelton

published 01 Mar 2023

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Taphonomy of the teleost Tselfatia formosa Arambourg, 1943 from Vallecillo, NE Mexico

Eva Susanne Stinnesbeck, Fabian Herder, Jes Rust, Wolfgang Stinnesbeck

published 01 Feb 2023

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Experimental dissolution of fossil bone under variable pH conditions

Colleen A. Sullivan, Sarah W. Keenan

published 13 Oct 2022

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Ostrich eggshell beads from Ga-Mohana Hill North Rockshelter, southern Kalahari, and the implications for understanding social networks during Marine Isotope Stage 2

Amy Hatton, Benjamin Collins, Benjamin J. Schoville, Jayne Wilkins

published 01 Jun 2022

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Tsunamites versus tempestites: Various types of redeposited stromatoporoid beds in the Devonian of the Holy Cross Mountains (Poland), a case study from the Ołowianka Quarry

Piotr Łuczyński

published 17 May 2022

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A theropod trackway providing evidence of a pathological foot from the exceptional locality of Las Hoyas (upper Barremian, Serranía de Cuenca, Spain)

Carlos M. Herrera-Castillo, José J. Moratalla, Zain Belaústegui, Jesús Marugán-Lobón, Hugo Martín-Abad, Sergio M. Nebreda, Ana I. López-Archilla, Angela D. Buscalioni

published 06 Apr 2022

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First osteohistological and histotaphonomic approach of Equus occidentalis Leidy, 1865 (Mammalia, Equidae) from the late Pleistocene of Rancho La Brea (California, USA)

Rodrigo Leandro Tomassini, María Dolores Pesquero, Mariana Carolina Garrone, María Dolores Marin-Monfort, Ignacio Alejandro Cerda, José Luis Prado, Claudia Inés Montalvo, Yolanda Fernández-Jalvo, María Teresa Alberdi

published 28 Dec 2021

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Weapon injuries in the crusader mass graves from a 13th century attack on the port city of Sidon (Lebanon)

Richard N. R. Mikulski, Holger Schutkowski, Martin J. Smith, Claude Doumet-Serhal, Piers D. Mitchell

published 25 Aug 2021

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Dental microwear of a basal ankylosaurine dinosaur, Jinyunpelta and its implication on evolution of chewing mechanism in ankylosaurs

Tai Kubo, Wenjie Zheng, Mugino O. Kubo, Xingsheng Jin

published 10 Mar 2021

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Climate variation during the Holocene influenced the skeletal properties of Chamelea gallina shells in the North Adriatic Sea (Italy)

Alessandro Cheli, Arianna Mancuso, Michele Azzarone, Simona Fermani, Jaap Kaandorp, Frederic Marin, Devis Montroni, Iryna Polishchuk, Fiorella Prada, Marco Stagioni, Giovanni Valdré, Boaz Pokroy, Giuseppe Falini, Stefano Goffredo, Daniele Scarponi

published 04 Mar 2021

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The anurans and squamates assemblage from Final Natufian Eynan (Ain Mallaha, Israel) with an emphasis on snake-human interactions

Rebecca Biton, Salvador Bailon, Michal Birkenfeld, Anne Bridault, Hamoudi Khalaily, François R. Valla, Rivka Rabinovich

published 25 Feb 2021

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