Vertebrate Taphonomy

by R. Lee Lyman

Book Overview

In recent years archaeologists and paleontologists have become increasingly interested in how and why vertebrate animal remains become, or do not become, fossils. Vertebrate Taphonomy introduces interested researchers to the wealth of analytical techniques developed by archaeologists and paleontologists to help them understand why prehistoric animal remains do or do not preserve, and why those that preserve appear the way they do. This book is comprehensive...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521458404
• ISBN13: 9780521458405
• Release Date: August 1994
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 552 Pages
• Weight: 2.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 7.4" x 9.6"