Taphonomy studies post mortem damage to animal bones. Palaeopathology is the study of
in vivo lesions in the skeleton. Archaeozoology uses animal remains from archaeological …

Taphonomy is central to many attempts to address social questions from archaeological
animal remains, especially where those questions relate to practices of consumption and …

Taphonomy originates as a branch of palaeontology addressed to the study of processes
occurring from the pre-agonic stages of an organism to the recovery of the fossilized …

A burial environment is a complex and dynamic system. It plays host to an abundance of
interdependent chemical, physical, and biological processes, which are greatly influenced …

A major aim of the analysis of faunal remains from archaeological sites is the reconstruction
of the palaeoecology of early man. Since taphonomic work must precede palaeoecological …

Historically, the role of the archaeology in forensic death investigation has focused on
excavation techniques and documentation of context. Additional skills of the archaeologist …

Taphonomic studies regularly employ animal analogues for human decomposition due to
ethical restrictions relating to the use of human tissue. However, the validity of using animal …

Forensic taphonomy as a discipline requires standardization to satisfy Daubert criteria for
scientific data to be admissible in court. In response, there has been a shift towards …

The key to understanding archeological mortuary behavior is to reconstruct the ritual context
in which burial data are created. It is this intention that represents the greatest problem for …

Forensic anthropology has seen a recent expansion in depth and scope as well as
increased attention from the media and the legal system. This constantly evolving science …