Atlas of Taphonomic Identifications 1001+ Images of Fossil and Recent Mammal Bone Modification

Yolanda Fernandez-Jalvo, Peter Andrews, "Atlas of Taphonomic Identifications: 1001+ Images of Fossil and Recent Mammal Bone Modification"
English | 2016 | ISBN: 9401774307 | PDF | pages: 368 | 593.8 mb
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.