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" Vertebrate taphonomy / "
R. Lee Lyman.
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BL
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583813
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b413032
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| Main Entry
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Lyman, R. Lee.
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Vertebrate taphonomy /\ R. Lee Lyman.
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| Publication Statement
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Cambridge [England] ;New York :: Cambridge University Press,, 1994.
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Cambridge manuals in archaeology
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xxvi, 524 p. :: ill. ;; 26 cm.
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0521452155
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: 9780521452151
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: 0521458404 (pbk.)
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: 9780521458405 (pbk.)
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 466-501) and index.
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| Contents
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1. What Is Taphonomy? -- 2. The History and Structure of Taphonomy -- 3. Taphonomy in Practice and Theory -- 4. Structure and Quantification of Vertebrate Skeletons -- 5. Vertebrate Mortality, Skeletonization, Disarticulation, and Scattering -- 6. Accumulation and Dispersal of Vertebrate Remains -- 7. Frequencies of Skeletal Parts -- 8. Butchering, Bone Fracturing, and Bone Tools -- 9. Other Biostratinomic Factors -- 10. Burial as a Taphonomic Process -- 11. Diagenesis -- 12. Taphonomy of Fish, Birds, Reptiles, and Amphibians -- 13. Discussion and Conclusions.
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Animal remains (Archaeology)
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Taphonomy.
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Vertebrates.
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CC79.5.A5L96 1994
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