Journal
ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND ANTHROPOLOGICAL SCIENCES
Volume 3, Issue 4, Pages 385-392Publisher
SPRINGER HEIDELBERG
DOI: 10.1007/s12520-011-0071-2
Keywords
Bone surface modifications; Vultures; Taphonomy; Biostratinomy; Trampling marks
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Vultures are ubiquitous taphonomic agents in most biomes. However, taphonomic studies of vultures are scarce and very little is known of the damage they cause to bone surfaces when consuming carcasses. This study presents the results of a taphonomic analysis of bones modified by griffon vultures. Although some marks created by these agents are diagnostically unique, others are extremely similar to modifications caused by other biostratinomic processes. This renders interpretations of marks on bones very problematic when these modifications are considered in isolation rather than at the assemblage and contextual levels.
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