Trampling experiments on bones in fine and soft sediments

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ID9375798
AuthorsLee Rozada (0000-0001-6759-6628, Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, corresponding author), Ronan Allain (0000-0002-6357-1586, Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle), Jean-François Tournepiche (École Européenne Supérieure de l'Image), Jean‐François Tournepiche
Year2018
Volume29/1
Pages39-44
Publication date2018-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueQuaternaire (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1142-2904 • E-ISSN: 1965-0795
PublisherAssociation française pour l’étude du quaternaire (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.4000/quaternaire.8593
OpenAlexW2803764604
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited14

Few neotaphonomic studies of trampling on bones have been made, especially in fine and soft sediments. However, trampling is an important taphonomical agent that can considerably modify a bone assemblage. Moreover, resulting bone modifications can be mistaken with other taphonomical agents, including human butchery behavior that can have great consequences on archeological interpretations. A better understanding of this taphonomical agent is therefore needed. Here we report the results of two trample experiments done to understand the effects of trampling in soft clay and fine sandy sediments on modern bones. It gives a preliminary understanding of trampling effects on bones in swampy-like environments

Archaeology · Assemblage (archaeology · Biology · Geography · Grazing · Taphonomy · Trampling · Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology · Primate Behavior and Ecology · Ecology

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