Biosphere to Lithosphere: New Studies in Vertebrate Taphonomy

by Terry P. O'Connor

Taphonomic studies are a major methodological advance, the effects of which have been felt throughout archaeology. Zooarchaeologists and archaeobotanists were the first to realize how vital it was to study the entire process of how food enters the archaeological record, and taphonomy brought to a close the era when the study of animal bones and plant remains from archaeological sites were regarded mainly as environmental indicators. This volume is...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1842171186
• ISBN13: 9781842171189
• Release Date: February 2005
• Publisher: Oxbow Books Limited
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 1.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 8.3" x 12.0"