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Ginsburg, R.N. (1973). Evolving Concepts in Sedimentology. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press. Smith 8 A dated work, but one that contains an excellent section on biostratinomic processes ✮ Lyman, R.L. (1994). Vertebrate taphonomy. Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press. Considered a primary textbook for many university courses on vertebrate taphonomy. The author provides comprehensive coverage of historical, theoretical and practical aspects of the discipline, as it relates to vertebrate organisms. Highly recommended as an introductory text to the subject. ✮ Martin, R.E. (1999). Taphonomy: A process approach. Cambridge, England: New York: Cambridge University Press. This volume aims to cover the entire discipline of taphonomy, as it relates to both plant and animal fossils, in both oceanic and terrestrial environments. A process approach is emphasized, stressing its application in associated disciplines. A section devoted to taphonomic laws, rules and classification models is of particular interest, as it is a topic not treated in equal depth elsewhere. Micozzi, M.S. (1991). Postmortem change in human and animal remains: A systematic approach. Springfield, IL: C.C. Thomas. Excerpt from author’s introductory synopsis: “This book provides a unique, synthetic treatment of postmortem change presented in a systematic fashion with attention to the relative chronologies of both physical and cultural factors that influence human and animal remains. The author integrates reports and observations in the anthropology /archaeology literature with material as appropriate from medicine, pathology, paleopathology, ethnography and the forensic sciences (cover)” Shipman, P. (1981). Life history of a fossil: an introduction to taphonomy and paleoecology. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press. Not reviewed. A widely cited text on taphonomy. Still used in undergraduate taphonomy courses today.
REFERENCE WORKS Atlases and Maps Smith 9 Ocean Drilling Stratigraphic Network (1998). ODSN Fossil Distribution Plotting Service. Retrieved November 9, 2005, from http://www.odsn.de/odsn/services/plot_dist.html Allows a user to plot the distribution of more than 5.000 kinds of marine fossils, using data and world maps from the GEOMAR Research Center for Marine Geosciences. Scotese, C.R. (2002). PALEOMAP Project. Retrieved November 11, 2005, from http://www.scotese.com/ Created as a PhD project at the University of Chicago, these paleogeographical atlases are still developed and maintained by the original developer, Christopher Cortese. Provides animated models of plate tectonic and climactic reconstructions from all time periods. Useful in the understanding of fossil distribution patterns. U.S. Geological Survey (2005). USGS Web Site. Retrieved November 20, 2005, from http://www.usgs.gov/search/ The U.S. Geological Survey, an agency of the U.S. Department of the Interior, provides reliable scientific information in the Earth Sciences, including numerous maps, publication and data relating to major fossils deposits. A large web site, resources of interest are most easily located using the web site’s comprehensive search function. Bibliographies ✮ Koch, C.P. (1989). Taphonomy: a bibliographic guide to the literature. Orono, ME: Center for the Study of the First Americans, Institute for Quaternary Studies, University of Maine. A taphonomic guide for researchers in the disciplines of archaeozoology, paleoanthropology, and paleontology. The guide provides more than 1,200 bibliographic entries, in addition to author and topical indexes.
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