ANTHROP 3FA3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Taphonomy, Diagenesis, Degloving
26 Apr 2019
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Why pmi and taphonomy: interpretations of pmi and taphonomy can help, distinguish between things that happened . After death (post mortem: interpretations of pmi and taphonomy can help, find remains. E. g. terrain and scavenging: identifying individuals. Are there missing individuals that can be ruled out/considered: identifying perpetrator. Taphonomic research facilities: the body farm, university of tennessee, studies patterns in decomposition and taphonomy of donated, human remains, various conditions. Tarp: create different situations, allowing for proxys to be created. Other taphpnomic research facilities: university of central lancashire, uk traces, animals models, after (australian facilitiy for taphonomic experimental research), Sydney australia: human models, also human donations at western carolina uni, texas state uni, sam. Houston state uni, southern illinois uni, carbondale, colarado mes. Decomposition: breakdown of organic material, begins immediately following death, body stops receiving nutrients, oxygen, etc, micro and macroscopic physical and biochemical changes.
