Abstract
Bone remains embedded in breccia layers are common in numerous prehistoric cave sites in karstic regions. Archaeological breccia is a type of indurated cave sediment in which anthropogenic residues are incorporated, including lithics and occasionally bone remains (Haughton 1947; Brain 1958; Wilkinson 1983). Although the preservation of bones in cave breccias may be extremely good (Brain 1981), their excavation presents a number of difficulties. The major problem is that bones are much more fragile than the surrounding matrix. Therefore, in many cases, when a bone specimen is discovered, it is only after it has been already broken, sometimes into many...
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Biosphere to Lithosphere: New studies in vertebrate taphonomy |
Editors | Terry O’Connor |
Publisher | Oxford University Press (OUP) |
Pages | 126-134 |
State | Published - 2002 |