Funerary taphonomy has come of age as an important field in osteoarchaeology. Its goal is
to reconstruct funerary practices by using taphonomic evidence, including both evidence …

The earliest dispersal of humans into North America is a contentious subject, and proposed
early sites are required to meet the following criteria for acceptance:(1) archaeological …

An introduction to the range of factors that affect the composition and condition of human
bone assemblages recovered from archaeological contexts, with discussion of the …

Scaffolds composed of polymers and nano-hydroxyapatite (n-HA) have received extensive
attention in bone reconstructive repair; however there is a lack of in-depth and long-term …

Percussion marks have been studied in the field of archaeology for more than a century.
Researchers have identified, characterized and analysed them in order to distinguish them …

The promotion of vascular network formation in the early stages of implantation is
considered a prerequisite for successful functional bone regeneration. In this study, we …

The distinction between perimortem and postmortem fractures is an important challenge for
forensic anthropology. Such a crucial task is presently based on macro‐morphological …

Use-wear analysis provides a means of studying traces produced on animal bone during
manufacture and use in an effort to reconstruct these processes. Often, these analyses are …

Increasingly researchers have employed confocal microscopy and 3D surface texture
analysis to assess bone surface modifications in an effort to understand ancient behavior …

Bone is a highly specialised form of hard and rigid connective tissue whose histological
structure undergoes post-mortem modifications. In taphonomic research, histological …