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Differential Burning, Recrystallization, and Fragmentation of Archaeological Bone
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In this paper, the conditions under which progressive levels of burning may occur to archaeological bone, and how burning damage changes bones' crystal structure and susceptibility to fragmentation (a.k.a. friability).About:
This article is published in Journal of Archaeological Science.The article was published on 1995-03-01. It has received 813 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Recrystallization (geology).read more
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Taphonomic and Ecologic Information Form Bone Weathering
TL;DR: In this article, a categorization of weathering characteristics into six stages, recognizable on descriptive criteria, provides a basis for investigation of the weathering rates and processes of recent mammals in the Amboseli Basin.
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Practical and theoretical geoarchaeology
TL;DR: In this article, a broad-based perspective of the essentials of modern geoarchaeology is presented to demonstrate the breadth of the approaches and the depth of the problems that it can tackle.
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Evidence of Hominin Control of Fire at Gesher Benot Ya`aqov, Israel
Naama Goren-Inbar,Nira Alperson,Mordechai E. Kislev,Orit Simchoni,Yoel Melamed,Adi Ben-Nun,Ella Werker +6 more
TL;DR: The presence of burned seeds, wood, and flint at the Acheulian site of Gesher Benot Ya`aqov in Israel is suggestive of the control of fire by humans nearly 790,000 years ago.
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Mineralogical and compositional changes in bones exposed on soil surfaces in Amboseli National Park, Kenya: diagenetic mechanisms and the role of sediment pore fluids
TL;DR: In this article, a combined analytical approach involving TEM microscopy, trace metal analysis, FTIR spectroscopy, and petrographic analysis has revealed a complex, dynamic diagenetic environment operating within exposed bones.
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Taphonomic and Ecologic Information Form Bone Weathering
TL;DR: In this article, a categorization of weathering characteristics into six stages, recognizable on descriptive criteria, provides a basis for investigation of the weathering rates and processes of recent mammals in the Amboseli Basin.
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Taphonomic and ecologic information from bone weathering
TL;DR: In this paper, a categorization of weathering characteristics into six stages, recognizable on descriptive criteria, provides a basis for investigation of the weathering rates and processes of recent mammals in the Amboseli Basin.
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Postmortem preservation and alteration of in vivo bone collagen isotope ratios in relation to palaeodietary reconstruction
TL;DR: In this article, the authors present the first examination of the validity of this assumption and show that postmortem alteration of bone collagen isotope ratios does occur, but that it is possible to identify prehistoric bones whose collagen has not undergone such alteration.
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Burnt bones and teeth: an experimental study of color, morphology, crystal structure and shrinkage
TL;DR: In this article, the effects of experimental, controlled heating on modern bones and teeth from sheep and goats were investigated, and four aspects of heating specimens to between 20 and 940°C were considered: color, microscopic morphology, crystalline structure and shrinkage.
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The Mechanical Adaptations of Bones
TL;DR: The Princeton Legacy Library as mentioned in this paper uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press.