A dead mammal (ie cadaver) is a high quality resource (narrow carbon: nitrogen ratio, high
water content) that releases an intense, localised pulse of carbon and nutrients into the soil …

This paper reviews the evidence for tooth marks made by sharks, crocodiles, dinosaurs,
rodents, and especially mammalian carnivores on modern and fossil bones. The ecological …

Mortality patterns in archaeofaunas can be informative of prehistoric human foraging habits,
land use, and, ultimately, evolutionary changes in hominid sociality and ecological niche …

The death of a cow near Draycott, Somerset in 1977 provided an opportunity to study
modifications to a skeleton in a temperate setting where there was no human interference …

The earliest sites at Olduvai Gorge in Tanzania are among the best documented and most
important for studies of human evolution. This book investigates the behavior of hominids at …

An essential reference for both forensic experts and non-experts alike, Forensic Recovery of
Human Remains: Archaeological Approaches is a comprehensive guide that focuses on the …

Greater understanding of animal scavenging of human remains can assist forensic science
investigators in locating and recovering dispersed skeletal elements, in recognizing damage …

The use of tooth mark sizes to infer carnivore types when analyzing the modification of
faunal assemblages has been criticized on the base of intense overlap in tooth mark size …

Weathering of bones has been defined as chemical and mechanical deterioration and
destruction occurring over Time (the periodic system of solar years). Actualistically …

During observational fieldwork in undisturbed ranges of free-roaming bison and moose, I
have identified approximately 8% of surface bones as spirally or green-fractured due to …