Atlas of Taphonomic Identifications | Buch

Cover: 9789401774307 | Atlas of Taphonomic Identifications | Peter Andrews (u. a.) | Buch

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The aim of the atlas is to provide images of taphonomic modifications, making it as comprehensive as possible with evidence presently available. This volume is intended both as a field guide for identifying taphonomic modifications in the field, and for use in the laboratory when collections of fossils are being analyzed. Images in the book are a combination of scanning electron micrographs, regular photographs, cross-sections of bones and line drawings and graphs. By providing good quality illustrations of taphonomic modifications, with links between similar types of modification, the atlas provides a reference source for identifying the agents responsible for the modifications, the processes by which they were formed, and the potential bias introduced by the processes.

The authors also aim to emphasize on the directions they consider taphonomic studies should be headed. Firstly, we should seek to quantify the degree of bias introduced into a fossil fauna and to take account of this bias before interpreting the palaeoecology of the fossil site. Secondly, we should recognize that taphonomic modifications increase the information encoded in fossils by identifying perimortem and postmortem context

s. This provides a more dynamic and realistic view of the past.

Zusammenfassung

Comprehensive atlas with 1001 illustrations depicting taphonomic modifications

Casts new light on the type of modifications rather than the more traditional agent of modification

Will appeal to archaeologists, anthropologists and palaeontologists working in the field and in the laboratory who need to identify the processes affecting fossil bone, as well as pathologists and forensic anthropologists

Includes supplementary material: [...]

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction and Rationale.- Methods in Taphonomy.- Part I: Surface Modifications.- Linear Marks.- Pits and Perforations.- Discoloration and Staining.- Part II: Modifications Affecting Shape.- Abrasion and Rounding.- Part III: Modifications Penetrating Bone Tissue.- Flaking and Cracking.- Corrosion and Digestion Corrosion.- Part IV: Modification by Loss of Bone Tissue or Skeletal Elements.- Breakage and Deformation.- Disarticulation and Completeness.- Part V: Conclusions.- Why Taphonomy?.

Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	2016
Fachbereich:	Paläontologie
Genre:	Geowissenschaften , Importe
Rubrik:	Naturwissenschaften & Technik
Medium:	Buch
Inhalt:	ix 359 S. 820 s/w Illustr. 311 farbige Illustr. 359 p. 1131 illus. 311 illus. in color.
ISBN-13:	9789401774307
ISBN-10:	9401774307
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Gebunden
Autor:	Andrews, Peter Fernandez-Jalvo, Yolanda
Auflage:	1st edition 2016
Hersteller:	Springer Netherland Springer Netherlands
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, D-69121 Heidelberg, juergen.hartmann@springer.com
Maße:	285 x 215 x 26 mm
Von/Mit:	Peter Andrews (u. a.)
Erscheinungsdatum:	11.08.2016
Gewicht:	1,159 kg