Taphonomic studies indicate that the gnawing action of foxes on guanaco (Lama guanicoe) carcasses produces only very tenuous marks on the bones. Lack of sustained interest in the carcasses by carnivores results in slow disarticulation
. An understanding of this ongoing process is important for local archeology, since modern bones are migrating into archeological contexts. A regional approach to taphonomy is the most appropriate instrument to solve this and other related problems.
Eleven conventional and 15 AMS (accelerator mass spectrometer) radiocarbon dates establish chronologies for nine Holocene vertebrate fossil sites in the Galapagos Islands. A Holocene fossil record approaching 500,000 bones, more than 90 % of which
This paper describes teeth and bone fragments recovered from the peaty deposit during a search for coleopterain remains. The paper also summarises some of the Coleoptera and plant remains previously described and comments on the ecological
in the calcite of the samples suggest that the cave was dewatered for more than 200000 years. This very old cave which seems to have survived more than one glacial period also contains a noticeable variety and quantity of bones, some of which covered with calcite