Browsing Cranfield Defence and Security by Subject "Taphonomy"

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Assessing the reliability of microbial bioerosion features in burnt bones: a novel approach using feature-labelling in histotaphonomical analysis

Végh, Emese I.; Czermak, Andrea; Márquez-Grant, Nicholas; Schulting, Rick J. (Elsevier, 2021-03-22)

Objectives Recent histotaphonomic studies have focused on the presence of features thought to be caused either by bacteria (microscopic focal destruction/MFD and cyanobacterial tunnelling) or fungal (Wedl tunnelling types ...
Determining the postmortem timing of sharp force damage and the pre-burning condition of burnt bone

Végh, Emese I.; Márquez-Grant, Nicholas; Schulting, Rick J. (Springer, 2023-08-15)

Major complications in the palaeopathological analysis of burnt human remains include distinguishing whether bone was fresh or dry at the time of burning, and whether trauma/damage was inflicted ‘perimortem’ or postmortem. ...
Investigating diagenesis of archaeological bones from Etton Causewayed Enclosure, UK

Loy, Charlotte; Brock, Fiona; Dyer, Chris (Elsevier, 2023-01-02)

Diagenesis of archaeological bones proceeds via a complex combination of chemical, physical and/or microbial processes often over several millennia. These processes are influenced by the depositional environment, including ...

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