Taphonomic studies are a major methodological advance, the effects of which have been felt throughout archaeology. Zooarchaeologists and archaeobotanists were the first to realise how vital it was to study the entire process of how food enters the archaeological record, and taphonomy brought to a close the era when the study of animal bones and plant remains from archaeological sites were regarded mainly as environmental indicators.This volume is indicative of recent developments in taphonomic studies: hugely diverse research areas are being explored, many of which would have been totally unforeseeable only a quarter of a century ago.
- ISBN10 1785704605
- ISBN13 9781785704604
- Publish Date 15 October 2016 (first published 25 February 2005)
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Oxbow Books
- Format Paperback
- Pages 160
- Language English