Taphonomy for taxonomists: Implications of predation in small mammal studies

Y Fernández-Jalvo, P Andrews, C Denys… - Quaternary Science …, 2016 - Elsevier
Predation is one of the most recurrent sources of bone accumulations. The influence of
predation is widely studied for large mammal sites where humans, acting as predators …

One million years of cultural evolution in a stable environment at Atapuerca (Burgos, Spain)

J Rodríguez, F Burjachs, G Cuenca-Bescós… - Quaternary Science …, 2011 - Elsevier
The present paper analyses the evidence provided by three sites (Sima del Elefante, Gran
Dolina, and Galería) located in the Trinchera del Ferrocarril of the Sierra de Atapuerca …

Biochronology of Spanish Quaternary small vertebrate faunas

G Cuenca-Bescos, J Rofes, JM López-García… - Quaternary …, 2010 - Elsevier
Thousands of fossils of small vertebrates are recorded in one of the most complete
stratigraphic sequences of the continental European Pleistocene, in the Sierra de …

[图书][B] Predator-prey interactions in the fossil record

P Kelley, M Kowalewski, TA Hansen - 2003 - books.google.com
From the Foreword:" Predator-prey interactions are among the most significant of all
organism-organism interactions.... It will only be by compiling and evaluating data on …

[PDF][PDF] Zooarchaeology and taphonomy of aurora stratum (Gran Dolina, Sierra de Atapuerca, Spain)

JR Ardèvol, I Cáceres - Journal of Human Evolution, 1999 - academia.edu
The source of faunal assemblages at Pleistocene archaeological sites is a frequent
controversial issue. Many sites contain skeletal remains of macrovertebrates and stone …

Morphological taphonomic transformations of fossil bones in continental environments, and repercussions on their chemical composition

Y Fernández–Jalvo, B Sánchez–Chillón… - …, 2002 - Wiley Online Library
The aim of this paper is to provide a summary of structural or surface modifications of
vertebrate bone remains in continental palaeoenvironments that may have repercussions on …

[HTML][HTML] Big questions for small animals. Taphonomic analysis of small vertebrates in Matja Kuru 2 (Timor-Leste) during the late pleistocene

SCS Carro, C Raymond, V Weisbecker… - Quaternary Science …, 2023 - Elsevier
The analysis of subsistence practices in the Lesser Sunda Islands (from Bali in the west to
Wetar and Timor to the east) provides data to interpret anatomically modern humans' …

Digestion versus abrasion features in rodent bones

Y Fernández-Jalvo, P Andrews, P Sevilla, V Requejo - Lethaia, 2014 - idunn.no
The origin of most fossil small mammal assemblages is predation by avian or mammalian
predators. Bone corrosion by gastric juices observed in these fossils is direct evidence of …

Contribution of the palaeoherpetofauna (Amphibia & Squamata) to

HA Blain - Treballs del Museu de Geologia de Barcelona, 2009 - raco.cat
La présente publication est une étude des restes fossiles d'amphibiens et de squamates
provenant de 34 gisements espagnols, datés du Pliocène supérieur au Pléistocène moyen …

Palaeoenvironmental and palaeoclimatic reconstruction of the latest Pleistocene of El Portalón site, Sierra de Atapuerca, northwestern Spain

JM López-García, HA Blain, G Cuenca-Bescós… - Palaeogeography …, 2010 - Elsevier
The site of El Portalón is the entrance to the Cueva Mayor karst system, located in the Sierra
de Atapuerca (Burgos, Spain). This is an important Holocene archaeological site, which was …