Hi Noel,
Have you seen Ross Coard's experimental works? These consider larger animals (domestic dog, Mouflon sheep and pig-tailed macaque), but may still be useful for you? If anyone would like pdfs please contact me off list.
All the best, Hannah
Coard, R. & R. W. Dennell. 1995. Taphonomy of Some Articulated Skeletal Remains: Transport Potential in an Artificial Environment. Journal of Archaeological Science 22(3): 441-448.
Coard, R. 1999. One Bone, Two Bones, Wet bones, Dry Bones: Transport Potentials Under Experimental Conditions. Journal of Archaeological Science 26(11): 1369-1375
Dear ZOOARCHers
I’m on a hunt for references on the taphonomy (dispersal, body part rep, etc.) of fluvially accumulated microvertebrate (mostly murids and chiropterans) remains. I’m currently studying a Late Pleistocene/Early Holocene bone assemblage from a cave in the Philippines and a specific stratigraphic unit yielded numerous microvertebrate bones (50 kg of sediments yielded more than 10000 bone fragments) with strong evidence of water abrasion/polishing. Majority of the references that I have focuses on large/medium-sized mammals and I am wondering if you guys know of any papers that deal with microvertebrates.
Thank you very much
Noel Amano
Research Associate
Archaeological Studies Program
University of the Philippines
