Fossils In The Making: Vertebrate Taphonomy And Paleoecology (prehistoric Archeology & Ecology)

Taphonomy : Its History And Role In Community Evolution / Everett C. Olson -- Paleogeomorphology And Continental Taphonomy / Walter William Bishop -- Linking The Ecology Of Past And Present Mammal Communities / David Western -- The Role Of Modern Ecological Studies In The Reconstruction Of Paleoenvironments In Sub-saharan Africa / Malcolm Coe -- The Recent Bones Of Amboseli National Park, Kenya, In Relation To East African Paleoecology / Anna K. Behrensmeyer And Dorothy E. Dechant Boaz -- Ethnoarcheological Contributions To The Taphonomy Of Human Sites / Diane P. Gifford -- Some Criteria For The Recognition Of Bone-collecting Agencies In African Caves / C.k. Brain -- Early Postmortem Damage To The Remains Of Some Contemporary East African Mammals / Andrew P. Hill -- Fluvial Taphonomic Processes : Models And Experiments / C. Bruce Hanson -- Functional Anatomy And Taphonomy / Alan C. Walker -- Trace Elements In Bones As Paleobiological Indicators / Ronald B. Parker And Heinrich Toots -- Organic Geochemistry Of Bone And Its Relation To The Survival Of Bone In The Natural Environment / P.e. Hare -- The Interpretation Of Mammalian Faunas From Stone-age Archeological Sites, With Special Reference To Sites In The Southern Cape Province, South Africa / Richard G. Klein -- The Significance Of Bovid Remains As Indicators Of Environment And Predation Patterns / Elisabeth S. Vrba -- Community Evolution In East Africa During The Late Cenozoic / Judith A.h. Van Couvering. Edited By Anna K. Behrensmeyer And Andrew P. Hill. Papers Presented At A Symposium, July 1976, Sponsored By The Wenner-gren Foundation For Anthropological Research Held At The Burg-wartenstein Castle In Austria. Includes Index. Bibliography: P. 306-330.