From: | | [log in to unmask][log in to unmask], 13 May 2000 12:59:43 +0000685_US-ASCII It is very nice to see how many people are interested in small vertebrate taphonomy! I am doing my PhD on carnivore -mainly fox- taphonomy in Puna rockshelters, over the Andes in NW Argentina. The results I have obtained so far on modern cases are somewhat different from Sue's. Basically, I've been finding no large vertebrate remains in fox scatological assemblages (and no small vertebrate remains in transported assemblages). Besides, scatological bones are not very badly damaged by digestive acids, being extreme fragmentation the most outstanding property of these assemblages. (I've sent a paper on this to Archaeofauna [Spain], and [...]42_13May200012:59:[log in to unmask] |