Contact information:
Mariana Mondini and/or Sebastián Muñoz
Laboratorio de Zooarqueología y Tafonomía
CONICET-Museo de Antropología, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba
Av. H. Yrigoyen 174
(5000) Córdoba
Argentina

Email: mmonmun@mail.retina.ar

France :

Laboratoire Mammiferes & Oiseaux, M.N.H.N.

I continue collaborative work on Taphonomy and diagenesis of Olduvai BedI (Tanzania) with Yolanda Fernandez-Jalvo, Peter Andrews, Terry Williams, Yannicke Dauphin.

In 1994 we started the taphonomic excavation of an Oligocene fissure infilling in the SW of France andt his work is under completion by F. Laudet (University of Montpellier) who is presently doing his PhD on different sites of this region. Since I am now in a zoology laboratory (I was before in a Palaeontology Department) I will be more and more interested in predation especially in various African owl pellets and mammalian carnivora accumulations. Last year a student undertake a taphonomical study of a Tyto alba nest in Mauritania (C. Bruderer) and another student will start its Thesis on various african owl pellets assemblages housed in theMuseum (F. Cacciani). I have already started a new project on Malawi hominid sites taphonomy (collaboration F.Schrenk - Darsmsatd - and Y. Dauphin - Orsay UMR 8148).

Denys, C., Dauphin, Y., Fernandez-Jalvo, Y.,1995. - Experimental taphonomy: preliminary results of the digestion of micromammal bones in the laboratory. C.R. Acad. Sci., 321, Serie IIa, 803-809

Denys, C., Williams, T., Dauphin, Y., Andrews, P., Fernandez-JalvoY. 1996. Diagenetical changes in Pleistocene small mammals bones from Olduvai Bed I. Pal. Pal.Pal., 126, 1-2, 121-134.

Dauphin, T., Denys, C., Kowalski, K. 1997. Analysis of rodent remains accumulations : role of the chemical composition of skeletal elements. N. Jb. Geol. Pal.Abh, 203, 3, 295-315.

Denys, C., Dauphin, Y., Rzebik-Kowalska, B., Kowalski, K. 1996. Taphonomical study of Algerian owl pellets assemblages and differential preservation of some rodents. Paleoecological implications. Acta Zool. Cracov., 39 (1),103-116.

Fernandez-Jalvo, Y., Denys, C., Andrews, P., Williams, T., Dauphin, Y.1996. Taphonomy and palaeoecology of Olduvai bed I (Pleistocene, Tanzania).II Reunion de Tafonomia y fossilisation, Melendez Hevia G., Sancho Blasco F., PerezUrresti I. Eds. Publication N01.773 Institucion Fernandoel catolico; Zaragosse,115-118.

Laudet, F., Denys, C., Fernandez-Jalvo, Y. 1996. Predation and transport at the origin of the Oligocene karstic infilling of Pech crabit (Quercy, southern France): palaeoenvironmental consequences. II Reunion de Tafonomiay fossilisation, Melendez Hevia G., Sancho Blasco F.,Perez Urresti I.Eds. Publication N01.773 Institucion Fernando el catolico ; Zaragosse,147-154.

Sanchez, V., Denys, C., Fernandez-Jalvo, Y. 1997. Origine et formation des accumulations de microvertebres de la couche 1a du site du Monte di Tuda (Corse,Holocene). Contribution a l'etude taphonomique des micromammiferes. Geodiversitas,19, 1, 129-157.

Denys, C., Dauphin, Y., Fernandez-Jalvo, Y. ss presse 1997. Apports biostratigraphiques et paleoecologiques de l'etude taphonomique des assemblages de micromammiferes. Bilan etperspectives.Geobios MS 20, 197-206.

Laudet, F., Denys, C., Fernandez-Jalvo, Y., ss presse 1997. Taphonomiedes vertebres Oliogocenes de Pech Crabit (Sud-ouest France, Phosphorites du Quercy): Implications geodynamiques et paleoecologiques des remaniements.Mem. Geobios.
 

Laboratoire de prehistoire du M.N.H.N.

Students of M. Patou-Mathis :

CHO T. S. 1992 - Etude de la faune de la couche 2 de l'abri Pataud (les Eyzies de Tayac,Dordogne).Mem. DEA du M.N.H.N., 87 p.
LAMARQUE F. 1996 - Origine et l'histoire de l'assemblage osseux de la couche F de Payre II.Mem.DEA, 413 p.

- sous presse - Origine et l'histoire de l'assemblage osseux de la couche F de Payre(Ardeche,France). Workshop 4, XIIIe cong.Union Intern. Sci. Prehist. Protohist. (UISPP), Forli(Italie). 8-14 sept.1996.

PEAN S., PATOU-MATHIS M., TASSY P. sous presse - Agents climatiques et edaphiques intervenant dans la mise en place d'un assemblage osseux: taphonomie d'un gisement a mastodontes du Miocene (En Pejouan, bassin d'Aquitaine, France). Workshop 4, XIIIe cong. Union Intern. Sci.Prehist.Protohist. (UISPP), Forli (Italie). 8-14 sept. 1996.

PEAN S. 1996 - Role des agents climatiques et edaphiques dans la miseen place d'un assemblage osseux : taphonomie d'un gisement a mastodontes du Miocene moyen (En Pejouan, Gers). mem.DEA,direct. PATOU-MATHIS M.,TASSY P.

PSATHI E. 1996 - Etude paleontologique, paleoecologique et biostratigraphique du site de la Baume-Bonne (Alpes de Haute Provence). mem. DEA.
 

Veronique MICHEL, Laboratoire de Prehistoire, MNHN UMR 6569 du CNRS

Michel V., Falgueres C. and Dolo J-M. (1997) ESR Signal Behavior Studyat2.002 of Modern and Fossil Bones for Heating Palaeotemperature Assessment.Radiation Measurements, sous presse.

Michel V., Ildefonse Ph. and Morin G. (1996) Assessment of archaeological bone and dentine preservation from Lazaret cave (Middle Pleistocene) in France. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 126, 109-119.

Valensi P. et Michel V. (1996) Taphonomie et fossilisation des restes fauniques de la grotte du Lazaret (Nice, France). In II Reunion de Tafonomiay Fosilizacion, (eds Melendez Hevia G.,Blasco Sancho M.F., Perez UrrestiI.),Institucion Ferdando el Catolico, Zaragoza, 13-15 junio de 1996, pp.401- 406.

Michel V., Ildefonse Ph. and Morin G. (1995) Chemical and structural changes in Cervus elaphustooth enamels during fossilization (Lazaret cave) : a combined IR and XRD Rietveld analysis. Applied Geochemistry,10, 145-159.

Michel V. (1995) Etude des influences des processus de fossilisation sur le fondement de la datation radiometrique. Application a la datation par U-Th et ESR de machoires (os, dent) deCervus elaphus des niveaux archeologiquesde la grotte du Lazaret. These, Museum Nationald'Histoire Naturelle, Paris,240 p.

P. VALENSI et M. ABBASSI (1998) : Reconstitution de paleoenvironnements quaternaires parl'utilisation de diverses methodes sur une communaute de  Mammiferes - Application a la grotte du Lazaret- Quaternaire, 9(4),p.291-302.

A.DEFLEUR, T.WHITE, P.VALENSI, L. SLIMAK, E.CREGUT-BONNOURE (1999) Neandertal Cannibalism at Moula-Guercy, Ardeche, France. Science, 1  October 1999, Volume286, pp. 128-131.

 Institut Michelet, U.F.R. Histoire de l'art et archeologie, Universite Paris1, 3 rue Michelet, 75005 Paris

Students of M. Patou-Mathis :

DEPLANO S. 1994 - Etude de la faune de la couche IX de l'abri du Flageolet II (Dordogne) : approche taphonomique et palethnographqiue. Mem. Maitrise univ. Paris 1.

B. VOELTZEL 1996 - Bois de rennes fractures au Paleolithique moyen sur lesite de Roc en Pail(Maine et Loire, France) : la part du facteur humain. Workshop 4, XIIIe cong. Union Intern. Sci.Prehist. Protohist.(UISPP), Forli (Italie). 8-14 sept. 1996.
 

ISEM, Universite de Monptellier 2

Hervé Bocherens :

Publications on bone diagenesis:

Bocherens H., Koch P.L., Mariotti A., Geraads D. & Jaeger J.-J. 1996 - Isotopic biogeochemistry(13C, 18O) of mammal enamel from African Pleistocene hominid sites: implications for the preservation of paleoclimatic isotopic signals. Palaios, 11: 306-318.

Iacumin P., Bocherens H., Mariotti A. & Longinelli A. 1996 - Oxygen isotope analysis of coexisting carbonate and phosphate in biogenic apatite: A way  to monitor diagenetic alteration of bone phosphate? Earth andPlanetary Science Letters, 142 : 1-6.

Person A., Bocherens H., Saliege J.F., Gerard M., Billiou D. & Mariotti A. 1996 - Diagenetic evolution of bone phosphate from Saharan archaeological sites, an experimental approach. In: Aspects of African Archaeology, papers from the 10th Congress of the PanAfrican Association for Prehistory and Related Studies, G. Pwiti & R. Soper Eds, University of ZimbabweP ublications, pp.11-22.

Person A., Bocherens H., Mariotti A. & Renard M. 1996 - Diagenetic evolution and experimental heating of bone phosphate. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 126(1/2) :135-150.

Wiedemann F. & Bocherens H. 1997 - Spurenelement- und Isotopenanalyse in archeologischem Knochen im Vergleich (am Beispiel der mittelalterlichen Skellettserie von Weingarten, Deutschland).Anthropologische Anzeiger55(2): 147-154.

Blondel C., Bocherens H. & Mariotti A. 1997 - State of preservation of the stable carbon andoxygen isotope ratios in ungulate teeth from French Eocene - Oligocene localities. Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France, 168(6) : 83-89

Iacumin P., Bocherens H., Delgado Huertas A., Mariotti A. & Longinelli A. 1997 - A stable isotope study of fossil mammal remains from the Paglicci cave, S. Italy. N and C as palaeoenvironmental indicators. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 148(1-2) : 349-357

Bocherens H. 1997 - Chemical composition of dinosaur fossils In: Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs, K.Padian and P. J. Currie Eds, Academic Press,  pp. 111-117.

Bocherens H., Grupe G., Mariotti A. & Turban-Just S. 1997 - Molecular and isotopic preservation of mesolithic human finds from the Ofnet Cave(Bavaria, Germany). Anthropologische Anzeiger, 55(2) :121-129.

Bocherens H., Tresset A., Wiedemann F., Giligny F., Lafage F., Lanchon Y. & Mariotti A. 1997-Bone diagenetic evolution in two French Neolithic sites. Bulletin de la Societe Geologique de France,168(5) : 555-564

Iacumin P., Bocherens H., Chaix L. & Mariotti A. 1998 - Stable carbon and nitrogen isotopes asdietary indicators of Nubian populations (Northern Sudan). Journal of Archaeological Science25(4) :293-301

Reiche I., Favre-Quattropani L., Calligaro T., Salomon J., Bocherens H., Charlet L. & Menu M. 1999- Trace element composition of archaeological bones and post-mortem alteration in the burial environment. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research B 150 : 656-662

Bocherens H. & Mashkour M. 1999 - Mleiha : Étude diagénétique et isotopique des restes de vertébrés. In : Mleiha. I : Environnement , stratégie de subsistence et artisanat, M. Mouton Ed.,Travaux de Maison de l'Orient 29, pp. 97-105.

Bocherens H., Billiou D., Patou-Mathis M., Otte M., Bonjean D., Toussaint M. & Mariotti A.1999 - Palaeoenvironmental and palaeodietary implications of isotopic biogeochemistry of late interglacial Neandertal and mammal bones in Scladina Cave (Belgium). Journal of Archaeological Science 26 (6):  599-607

Schutkowski H., Wiedemann F., Bocherens H., Grupe G. & Herrmann B.1999 - Diet, status and decomposition in Weingarten. Trace elements and isotope analyses on early mediaeval skeletal material. Journal of Archaeological Science, 26(6) : 675-685

Bocherens H., Mashkour M. et Billiou D. 2000 - Palaeoenvironmental and archaeological implications of isotopic analyses (13C, 15N) from Neolithic to Present in Qazvin Plain (Iran).Environmental Archaeology, 5, 1-19

Bocherens H. 2000 - Preservation of isotopic signals (13C, 15N) in Pleistocene mammals. In :Biogeochemical approaches to Paleodietary Analyses. (M. A.Katzenberg et S. H. Ambrose eds), Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers New York,Advances in Archaeological and Museum Science, vol. 5, pp 65-88.

Bocherens H., Billiou D., Charpentier V. et Mashkour M. 2000 - Palaeoenvironmental and archaeological implications of bone and tooth isotopic biogeochemistry (13C, 15N) in Southwestern Asia. In : Archaeozoology of the Near East IV,H. Buitenhuis, M. Mashkour & F.Poplin Eds, Proc. 4th int. Symp. Archaeozoology of Southwestern Asia and adjacent areas(ASWA, Paris, june 1998). Groningen : ARC 32, Vol. B, pp. 104-115.

Drucker D., Bocherens H., Cleyet-Merle J.-J., Madelaine S. et Mariotti A. 2000 - Implications paleoenvironnementales de l'etude isotopique (13C,15N) de la faune de grands mammiferes des Jamblancs (Dordogne, France). Paleo,12, 29-53.

Bocherens H. 2001 - Des proteines longue duree. La Recherche, 342 : 20-21.

Bocherens H., Toussaint M., Billiou D., Patou-Mathis P., Bonjean M., Otte M. et Mariotti A.2001 - New isotopic evidence for dietary habits of Neandertals from Belgium. Journal of Human Evolution 40(6) : 497-505.

Drucker, D. & Bocherens, H. 2004 Carbon and nitrogen stable isotopes as tracers of diet breadth evolution during Middle and Upper Palaeolithic in Europe. International Journal of Osteoarchaeology 14(3-4): 162-177. doi: 10.1002/oa.753

Bocherens, H. & Drucker, D. 2003 Trophic level isotopic enrichments for carbon and nitrogen in collagen: case studies from recent and ancient terrestrial ecosystems. International Journal of Osteoarchaeology 13: 46-53. DOI: 10.1002/oa.662

Bocherens, H., Michaux, J., Billiou, D., Castanet, J. & Garcia- Talavera, F. 2003 - Contribution of collagen stable isotope biogeochemistry to the reconstruction of the paleobiology of extinct endemic rodents (Canariomys bravoi) and lizards (Gallotia goliath) in Tenerife (Canary Islands). Isotopes in Environmental and Health Studies 39(3): 197-210. DOI: 10.1080/1025601031000113574

Drucker, D., Bocherens, H., Bridault, A., & Billiou, D. 2003 - Carbon and nitrogen isotopic composition of Red Deer (Cervus elaphus) collagen as a tool for tracking palaeoenvironmental change during Lateglacial and Early Holocene in northern Jura (France). Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology195: 375-388. doi:10.1016/S0031-0182(03)00366-3

Drucker, D., Bocherens, H. & Billiou, D. 2003 - Evidence for shifting environmental conditions in Southwestern France from 33,000 to 15,000 years ago derived from carbon-13 and nitrogen-15 natural abundances in collagen of large herbivores. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 216: 163-173. doi:10.1016/S0012-821X(03)00514-4

Reiche, I., Favre-Quattropani, L., Vignaud, C., Bocherens, H., Charlet, L. & Menu, M. 2003 - Multi-analytical study of bone diagenesis: The Neolithic site of Bercy (Paris, France). Measurement Science and Technology 14: 1608-1619.

UMR 8148 IDES, Universite d'Orsay -Paris XI

I am continuing my work on the comparison of the diagenetic evolution of the mineral and organicparts of bones, teeth and eggshells in order to understand the diagenetic processes and to validate geochemical data (paleotemperatures, paleodiet...). Stephane Montuelle is now involved in an experimental study of the comparative diagenesis of enamel and dentine of teeth from large mammals. P. Massard and C. Quantin (Universite Paris XI Orsay) also work on this project.

David H., DAUPHIN Y., Pickford M. & Senut B. - 1996 - Conservation de sucres dans les phases organiques d'os de Bovides fossiles. Bull. Mus.natn. Hist. nat., Paris, 4e ser., 18,sectionC, 2-3 : 403-415.

DAUPHIN Y. - 1997 - Comparaison de la composition chimique de la dentine et de l'email des dents de Reptiles et de Mammiferes actuels. Annales de Sciences naturelles, Zoologie, Paris, 13e ser., 18, 1 : 29-40.

DAUPHIN Y., Denys C., Kowalski K. - 1997 - Analysis of acumulations of rodent remains :role of the chemical composition of skeletal elements. N. Jb. Geol. Palaont. Abh., 203, 3 :295-315.

Denys C., DAUPHIN Y., Fernandez-Jalvo Y. - 1997 - Apports biostratigraphiques et paleoecologiques de l'etude taphonomique des assemblages de micromammiferes. Bilan et perspectives. Geobios, mem. Spec. 20 : 197-206.

Denys C., Andrews P., DAUPHIN Y., Williams T. & Fernandez-Jalvo Y. - 1997 - Towards a site classification : comparison of stratigraphic, taphonomic and diagenetic patterns and process. Bull.Soc. Geol. Fr.,168, 6 : 751-757.

DAUPHIN Y. & Badre B. - 1997 - Composition chimique de quelques Mammiferes fossiles d'un milieu continental phosphate (Aubrelong 1, Lot,Oligocene inferieur). Palaont. Zeit., 71,3/4,257-266.

Fernandez-Jalvo Y., Denys C., Andrews P., Williams T., DAUPHIN Y.& Humphrey L. - 1998- Taphonomy and palaeoecology of Olduvai Bed I (Pleistocene,Tanzania). J. Human Evol,34,137-172.

DAUPHIN Y., Pickford M. & Senut B. - 1998 - Diagenetic changes in the mineral and organic phases of fossil avian eggshells from Namibia. Applied Geochemistry, 13 : 243-256.

DAUPHIN Y. - 1998 - Comparaison de l'état de conservation des phases minérales et organiques d'os fossiles. Implications pour les reconstitutions paléoenvironnementales et phylétiques. Ann. Paléontol., 84, 2 : 215-239.

Sandrock O., DAUPHIN Y., Kullmer O., Abel R., Schrenk F., Denys C.- 1999 - Malema : preliminary taphonomic analysis of an african locality. C.R. Acad. Sci. Paris, 328 : 133-199.

DAUPHIN Y. - 1999 - Evolution des teneurs en Mg de la dentine des dents a croissance continue de mammiferes au cours des differentes phases de la formation d'un site fossilifere. N. Jb. Geol. Palaont. Mh., 2 :101-121.

David H., DAUPHIN Y., Gautret P., Pickford M., Senut B. - 1999- Composition en acides aminés d'os de mammiferes fossiles de deux sites du Plio-Pleistocene d'Angola. Comparaison avec la conservation de la phase minerale. Geodiversitas, 21, 2 : 215-227.

DAUPHIN Y., Williams C.T., Andrews P., Denys C., Fernandez-JalvoY. - 1999 - Diagenetic alterations of micromammal fossil bones from Olduvai Bed I of the Lower Pleistocene sequence at Olduvai gorge, Tanzania. Jour. Sedim. Res.,  69, 3 : 612-621.  

DAUPHIN Y., Lange-Badre B. - 2000 - Evaluation de la conservation de l'os fossile : intégration des differents niveaux d'observation. Palaont. Zeit., 74, 3 : 441-457.

DAUPHIN Y. - 2002 - Structures, organo mineral compositions and diagenetic changes in biominerals. Current Opinion in Colloid & Interface Science, 7 : 133-138.

Senegas F., Pickford M., Gommery S., Mein P., Senut B., Michaux J., Segalen L., DAUPHIN Y. - 2002 - Utilisation de la microfaune dans lareconstitution des environnements plio-quaternaires dans la region des Monts Otavi (Nord de la Nambie). Colloque Eclipse, 21-22 Oct. 2003, Paris, abstr. & poster

DAUPHIN Y., Andrews P., Denys C., Fernandez-Jalvo Y., Williams C.T. - 2003 - Structural and chemical bone modifications in a modern owl pellet assemblage from Olduvai Gorge (Tanzania). J. Taphonomy, 1, 4, 209-231.

DAUPHIN Y., Williams C.T., Denys C. - 2004 - Taphonomy, diagenesis and palaeoenvironments. RST Strabourg, P0094 - RSTGV-A-00146, abstract and poster.

DAUPHIN Y., Williams C.T. - 2004 - Diagenetic trends of dental tissues. C.R. PALEVOL, 3 : 583-590.

DAUPHIN Y., Williams C.T. - 2005 - Comparative diagenesis of fossile reptile and mammal teeth. V Intern. Bone diagenesis Meeting, Cape Town University, Abstract (p. 16) and poster.

DAUPHIN Y., Denis A., Massard P., Quantin C. - 2005 - In situ and in vitro experimental diagenesis of teeth of Sus scrofa. V Intern. Bone diagenesis Meeting, Cape Town University, Abstract (p. 15) and oral communication.

Museum National d'histoire naturelle - URA 1415CNRS Lab.Anatomie Comparée

LOREILLE O., VIGNE J.-D., HARDY C., CALLOU C., TREINEN-CLAUSTREF., DENNEBOUY N. et MONNEROT M., 1997: First distinction of sheep and goat archaeological bones by the means of their fossil mtDNA. J. Archaeol. Sc., 24 : 33-37.

VIGNE J.-D. (Dir.), 1997.- Îles, vivre entre ciel et mer. Paris: Nathan - Muséum nat. Hist. nat.,126pages. (Ouvrage nominéau Prix Nature de la Fondation Electricité de France).

VIGNE J.-D., 1997.- Les micromammifères au Néolithique final à Clairvaux-MM et à Chalain 3 :contribution à l'histoire du commensalisme, In : P. Pétrequin (dir.), Les sites littoraux néolithiques de Clairvaux-les-Lacs et de Chalain (Jura), 3, Chalain station 3, 3200-2900 av. J.-C. - Paris: Maison des Sciences de l'Homme, p. 717-722.

VIGNE J.-D. (dir.), 1997.- Archéozoologie et biosystématique (Paris, Muséum, 16-17 janvier1997). Bull. Soc. Fr. Systématique, 18 : 5-7.

BALASSE M, BOCHERENS, H, TRESSET, A, MARIOTTI, A et VIGNE J.-D, 1997.- Emergence de la production laitière au Néolithique ? Contribution de l'analyse isotopique d'ossements de bovins archéologiques, C.R.Acad. Sci. Paris, Sciences de la terre et des planètes,325 : 1005-1010.

AUDOIN-ROUZEAU F. et VIGNE J.-D., 1997.- Le rat noir (Rattus rattus ) en Europe antique etmédiévale : les voies du commerce etl'expension de la peste. Anthropozoologica, 25-26 :399-404 (Actes coll.I.C.A.Z.,Constance,1994).

VIGNE J.-D., BAILON S. et CUISIN J., 1997 : Biostratigraphy of Amphibians, Reptiles, Birds and Mammals in Corsica and the role of man in the Holocene turnover. Anthropozoologica,25-26 :587-604.

VIGNE J.-D., 1998.- Processus de mise en place de la faune actuelle d'Europe occidentale. In :Dynamique de la Biodiversité et Environnement.Paris : CNRS, p. 36-39.

VIGNE J.-D., 1998 : Contribution des peuplements de vertébrés insulaires à la connaissance de la navigation préhistorique en Méditerranée. In : Pour qui la Méditerranéeau 21 éme siècle ? Navigation, échanges et environnementen Méditerranée (Actes colloque scientifique, Montpellier,11-12 avril 1996). Montpellier : Maison de l'Environnement de Montpellier, p. 65-76.

VIGNE J.-D., 1999.- The large "true" Mediterranean islands as a modelfor the Holocene human impact on the European vertebrate fauna ? Recent data and new reflections. In : N. Benecke ed.,The Holocene history of the European vertebrate fauna. Modern aspects of research (Workshop, 6th-9th April 1998, Berlin). Berlin : Deutsches Archõologisches Institut, Eurasien-Abteilung, p.295-322 (Archõologie in Eurasien, 6).

VIGNE J.-D., 1999.- The skeletal size of Caprines as an indicator forthe early diffusion of husbandry in the north-western Mediterranean basin,e specially Southern France (6th-5thmillennia cal.BC). In :C. Becker, H.Manhart,J.

Peters et J. Schibler eds., Historia animalium ex ossibus, Festschriftfur Angelavon den Driesch.Rahden, Westf. : Leidorf, p. 469-485.

ANTOINE P., BEAULIEU J.-L. de, BINTZ P., BRUGAL J.-P., GIRARD M., GUADELLI J.-L.,MORZADEC-KERFOURN M.-T., RENAULT-MISKOVSKY J., ROBLIN-JOUVE A.,VANVLIET-LANOE B., VIGNE J.-D., et coll., 1999.- La France pendant les deux derniers extremes climatiques. Variabilite naturelle des environnements. Cartesau1 / 1 000 000. Paris :CNF-INQUA et

ANDRA, 67 p., 2 cartes 1/1000000e.

COLLECTIF, 1999.- Archeozoologie : bilan, questions et propositions. Les Nouvelles de l'Archeologie, 78 : 15-17 (Texte suscite et coordonne par J.-D. Vigne).

VIGNE J.-D., MASHKOUR M. et POPLIN F. (Eds.), 1999.- Les debuts de l'elevage au Proche-Orient : donnees nouvelles et reflexions - The beginning of herding in the Near East : newdata and new ideas (Dossier). Paleorient, 25, 2 :5-85.

VIGNE J.-D. et BUITENHUIS H. (avec la coll. De S. DAVIS), 1999.- Les premiers pas de la domestication animale a l'Ouest de l'Euphrate : Chypre et l'Anatolie centrale. Paleorient, 25, 2 :49-62.

VIGNE J.-D., CARRERE I., SALIEGE J.-F., PERSON A., BOCHERENS H., GUILAINE J.and BRIOIS F., 2000.- Predomestic cattle, sheep, goat and pig during the late 9th and the 8th millenniun cal. BC on Cyprus: preliminary results of Shillourokambos (Perkklisha, Limassol). in :M. Mashkour, A.M. Choyke, H. Buitenhuis, et F. Poplin Eds., Archaeozoology of the Near EastIV, Proc.4^th int. Symp. Archaeozoology of Southwestern Asia and adjacent areas (ASWA; Paris, Juin 1998).Groningen : Archaeological Research and Consultancy (Publicaties 32),p. 52-75

VIGNE J.-D., 2000.- Les chasseurs prehistoriques dans les iles mediterraneennes. Pour la Science, Dossier Hors serie " La valse des especes ", Juillet 2000 : 132-137.

AULAGNIER S., CALLOU C., HAFFNER P. et VIGNE J.-D., 1998.- Atlas diachronique des mammifères de France : espèces introduites et variations récentes. Arvicola, Actes Amiens 97 : 85.
 

Recent Theses : " Archeozoologie et histoire des societes " (ESA8045)

CALLOU C., 2000.- La diffusion du lapin (Oryctolagus cuniculus ) en Europe occidentale :aspects historiques, biogeographiques, evolutifs et anthropologiques. Mem. Doc. Univ. Paris I.,soutenue le 21avril 2000.

MISTROT V., 2001.- Contribution des micromammiferes de la Balma de l'Abeurador a la connaissance de l'evolution des paysages tardiglaciaires et holocenes en Languedoc-Roussillon. Mem.Doc. Univ. Paris I, soutenue le 5 janvier 2001.

MASHKOUR M., 2001.- Chasse et élevage du néolithique a l'age du fer dans la plaine de Qazvin(Iran). Etude archeozoologique des sites de Zagheh, Qabrestan et Sagzabad Mem. Doc. Univ.Paris I, soutenance fevrier 2001.

(7) NICE :

VALENSI Patricia, Laboratoire departemental de Prehistoire du Lazaret

Etude archeozoologique des grands mammiferes pleistocenes d'Europe occidentale. Biostratigraphie etTaphonomie.

Valensi P. (1996) : Taphonomie des grands mammiferes et palethnologie de la grotte du Lazaret(Nice, France). Anthropozoologica, Paris, 23 ;13-28.

Valensi P. et V. Michel (1996) : Taphonomie et fossilisation des restes fauniques de la grotte du Lazaret (Nice, France). In Melendez Hevia G.,Blasco Sancho M.F., Perez Urresti I. eds.,IIReunion de Tafonomiay Fosilizacion,Institucion Fernando el Catolico, Zaragoza, 13-15Juin1996 ;401-406.

(8) MARSEILLE :

Jean-Philip BRUGAL, "Modes de Vie etEnvironnements Prehistoriques"

BRUGAL J.-P. 1994 - Classes de taille des grands mammiferes quaternaires europeens et africains. Implications ecologiques et archeozoologiques.7th International Council ofArcheozoology (I.C.A.Z.),Constance, Allemagne,25Sept.-2 Oct.1994, vol. abstr. : 1p.

BRUGAL J.-P. 1995 - Le Bison (Bovinae, Artiodactyla) du gisement Pleistocene moyen ancien de Durfort (Gard, France). Bull. Mus. nat. Hist. Nat., Paris, 4e ser. 16, sect.C, 2-4 : 349-381

BRUGAL J.-P., RAPOSO L. 1995 - L'assemblage osseux du gisement paleolithique moyen de Fozdo Enxarrique (Rodao, Portugal). Intern. Meet. E.S.F./Forschungsbereich Asltenzeit des Romisch-Germanischen Zentralmuseums Mainz "The role of early humans in the accumulation ofEuropean lower and middle paleolithic bone assemblages", S. Gaudzinski and E. Turner (comp.),Neuwied (Germany) 18-20May 1995, vol. abst. : 26-27

BRUGAL J.-P. 1995 - Middle paleolithic subsistence on large Bovids :La Borde and Coudoulous I (Lot, France) : Problems and methods. Intern.Meet.E.S.F./Forschungsbereich Asltenzeit desRomisch-Germanischen Zentralmuseums Mainz "The role of early humans in the accumulation of European lower and middle paleolithic bone assemblages", S. Gaudzinski and E. Turner(comp.),Neuwied (Germany) 18-20 May 1995, vol.abst. : 30-31

BRUGAL J.-P. 1995 - Etude des populations de Grands Bovides europeens: interet pour la connaissance des comportements humains au Paleolithique. Coll.intern. "Le Bison : gibier et moyen de subsistance des hommes du paleolithique aux paleoindiens des grandes plaines", Farizy C., Jaubert J.,Brugal J.-P.,David F., Enloe J. (org.) Toulouse, 6-10 Juin 1995, vol. res.: 1p.

BONIFAY M.F., BRUGAL J.P. 1995- Climats, Biogeographie et Biostratigraphie : apport des derniers gisements francais a faune villafranchienne. Cong.Intern. de Paleontologia Humana + LosHominidos y su entorno en el pleistoceno inferior y medio europeo ; Orce, Sept. 1995, vol.abstr. :61

BRUGAL J.-P. 1995 - Archeologie et Zoologie pour un nouveau concept: la paleoethologie humaine.Prehistoire Anthropologie Mediterraneennes,4 : 17-26, 2 fig.

AMBERT P., BRUGAL J.P., HOULES N. 1996 - Le maar du Rihge (Herault,France) :geologie, paleontologie, perspectives de recherches. C. R. Acad.Sci. Paris, sir. IIa, 322 : 125-132

BRUGAL J.P., JAUBERT J. 1996 - Strategie d'exploitation et mode de vie des populations du Paleolithique moyen : exemples des sites du Sud de la France. in La Vie Prehistorique, Soc. Preh.Fr.,ed. Faton : 148-155, 1fig., 3 tabl., 3 ph.

BRUGAL J.P. 1996 - Des Bisons et des Hommes au Paleolithique. L'Archeologue, Archeologie Nouvelle, Avril 1996, n20 : 9-13, 6 ph.
 

POLAND :

Institute of Systematics and Evolution of Animals,Polish Academy of Sciences, Slawkowska17,31-016 Kraków, Poland.

Phone (Secretariat): (+48)(12)422 19 01Fax: (+)48(12)422 42 94

http://www.isez.pan.krakow.pl

Several members of the staff deal with the taphonomy of birds and mammals. Taphonomic analyses of paleontological sites and methodological works are carried out.
 

BOCHENSKI Z. M., BOEV Z., MITEV I., TOMEK T. 1993. Patterns of bird bone fragmentation in pellets of the Tawny Owl (Strix aluco) and the Eagle Owl (Bubo bubo) and their taphonomic implications. Actazoologica cracoviensia, 36(2): 313-328.

BOCHENSKI Z. M. & TOMEK T. 1994. Pattern of bird bone fragmentation in pellets of theLong-eared Owl Asio otus and its taphonomic implications. Acta zoologica cracoviensia, 37(1):177-190.

BOCHENSKI Z.M. 1997. Preliminary taphonomic studies on damage to bird bones by Snowy Owls Nyctea scandiaca, with comments on the survival of bones in palaeontological sites. Acta zoologica cracoviensia,40 (2): 279-292.

BOCHENSKI Z.M., KOROVIN V.A., NEKRASOV A.E., TOMEK T. 1997. Fragmentation of bird bones in food remains of Imperial Eagles Aquila heliaca. International Journal of Osteoarchaeology, 7(2): 165-171.

BOCHENSKI Z.M., TOMEK T. 1997. Preservation of Bird Bones: Erosion Versus Digestion by Owls. International Journal of Osteoarchaeology, 7(4):372-387.

BOCHENSKI Z.M., HUHTALA K., JUSSILA P., PULLIAINEN E., TORNBERGR.,TUNKKARI P.S. 1998. Damage to bird bones in pellets of Gyrfalcon Falco rusticolus .Journal of Archaeological Science, 25: 425-433.

BOCHENSKI Z.M., HUHTALA K., SULKAVA S., TORNBERG R. 1999. Fragmentation and preservation of bird bones in food remains of the Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos.Archaeofauna,8: 31-39.

LIPECKI G., WOJTAL P. 1996. "Mammoth population from Cracow SpadzistaStreet (B)site".Acta zoologica cracoviensia, 39 (1): 289-292.

LIPECKI G., WOJTAL P. 1998. Mammal remains. In: J. K. KOZLOWSKI (Ed.)- Complex of Upper Palaeolihic Sites near Moravany, Western Slovakia. Vol.2  Moravany-Lopata (Excavations 1993-1996). Institute of Archaeology- Jagiellonian University, Cracow,A rchaeological Institute - Slovak Academy of Sciences, Nitra. Kraków. Pp.103-126.

LIPECKI G., WOJTAL P. 1999. Les restes fauniques du site de Kraków-Spadzista In: C. Escutenaire, J.K. Koz owski, V. Sitlivy & K. Sobczyk(eds) - Les chasseurs de mammouths de la valée Vistule. Kraków-Spadzista B, un site gravettien à amas d'ossements de mammouths. Monographie de Prehistoire Generale, 4. Musees Royaux d'Art d'Histoire et UniversiteJagellonde Cracovie, Bruxells. Pp: 35-37.

WOJTAL P.  1996. "The Cracow Spadzista Street (B) Upper Paleolithic Site". Current Research in the Pleistocen, 13: 73-75.

WOJTAL P. 1997. The number of mammoths Mammuthus primigenius/Blumenbach/) at the site Cracow Spadzista Street B. Anthropozoologica, 25-26:803-805.
 

MADRID :

Thesis : Macromamiferos neogenos de la fosa de Alfambra-Teruel

Luis Alcala. Instituto de Estudios Turolenses-Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales (CSIC). 554pp. 1994.
Orders: Instituto de Estudios Turolenses. Plaza Perez Prado, 3. E-44001Teruel (Spain).
Fax: 34-78-608210.

Abstract : The Alfambra-Teruel-Ademuz area, which forms part of the Calatayud-Teruel basin, is known for its rich content of Neogene vertebrate faunas in which mammal remains predominate. Since the 18th century mammal sites have been recorded regularly from the basin. Two of thenumerous faunas (Los Mansuetos and Concud) were chosen as reference localities for the biochronological subdivision of the European Neogene such as initially proposed by Mein in1975. The area also served as a base for the type section of the Upper Miocene Turolian stage.

A large number of papers on fossil mammals from the Teruel area has appeared since the first article in the 18th century. The main part of these papers deals with systematics of small and largem ammals, but thearea also forms partof the cradle of studies on continental paleoecology and paleoclimatology.The present study deals with the description of newly collected mammal remains and synthesizes material described in previous papers. Biochronological, taphonomical and paleoecological aspects of the succession of our mammal faunas are also treated with.

The first part of this study deals with the paleontological history of the basin, from the times whenfossils were considered as remains of ancient and "bloody" battles, until the present. This part is followed by an approach to the geological context of the paleontological findings.The sections show sediments that correspond to muddy plain deposits. These are situated in distal alluvial complexes which vertical evolution and allow us to recognize the progressive implantation of a lacustrine system.
Twenty-three localities with macromammals, ranging in age from the Early Vallesian to the Late Ruscinian, were selected for this study. Several thousands of fossils corresponding to 54 macromammal taxa are described in the systematic partin which special attention is given to carnivores and bovids. Ten species are recognized for the first time in this area and some of these are also mentioned for the first time in Spain):Canisadoxus, Agriotherium cf. A. roblesi Simocyon primigenius, Martes cf. M. paleosinensis, Plioviverrops faventinus,Ictitherium aff.I.pannonicum, Felis attica, Decennatherium pachecoi, Tragoreasoryxoides,Deinotherium giganteum. One new bovid genus and species and four new bovid species are described, which are left in open nomenclature for the moment. The new species belong to Protoryx, Hispanodorcas and Gazella, Enhydriodon lluecai (Carnivora, Mustelidae) is considered to be a junior synonym of Sivaonyx lehmani, but rules of priority give preference to the species name lluecai. Thalassictis adroveri  (Carnivora, Hyaenidae)is considered a junior synonym of Thalassictis hipparionum.Revisedf aunal lists are given of the Upper Vallesian locality of La Roma 2; oftheLower Turolian Puente Minero; of the Middle Turolian Cerro de la Garita,Los Mansuetos; of the Upper Turolian Milagros, El Arquillo,Las Casiones,and of the Lower Ruscinian La Gloria 4, La Calera.

The taphonomical study of the localities forms an important part of this work. An analytical methodology for the taphonomy of macrovertebrate sites is proposed and applied to four of our localities (La Roma 2, Puente Minero, Milagros and La Gloria 4). The macromammal associations from these sites are interpreted as demic, autochthonous and in situ. Hence, coexistence and spacial- temporal succession relationships were established between fossil associations at the mentioned sites and taphonomically contrasted biochronological inferences and paleoecological proposals were made. These conclusions were reached after studying the following characteristics and associations: spacial pattern, orientation, dip of long bones,anatomic determination, taxonomic determination, weathering degree, degree of abrasion, breakage pattern, number of fractures,geometric shape, encrustment, juvenile versus adult animals ratio,degree of disarticulation, lineardimensions, and energy of the sedimentary environment.

Another chapter treats with the chronological resolution of the macromammal associations in order to establish coexistence or temporal succession relationships. The resultant biochronological framework coincides with the one defined previously on the basis of micromammals. Macromammal associations reflect two major turnovers: one at the Lower/UpperVallesian boundary, and the other one between the Miocene and the Pliocene.

Finally, paleoecological interpretations for the mammal associations of La Roma 2, MasmadelBarbo 2, Puente Minero, Cerro de la Garita, ElArquillo, La Gloria 4 and La Calera aregiven. Cenograms and ecological diversity spectra (according to taxonomic categories, weight,locomotion and diet categories established for each of the taxa) have been used for this purpose.The results from the cenograms show that the Miocene associations correspond to relatively aridand open environments and that the Pliocene ones are more representative forwarmer and forested environments. Paleoecological interpretations, based upon the ecological diversity spectra, are more hazardous because of the incompleteness of the information about present environments.

Fernandez-Jalvo, Y.; Dmez, J.C.; Bermudez de Castro, J.M.; Carbonell,E., Arsuaga, J.L. (1996)"Evidence of early cannibalism" Science, 271:277-278

Fernandez-Jalvo, Y.; Scott, L.; Denys, C. (1996). Pollen composition in owl pellets and theirenvironmental implications. C. R. Acad. Sci. t.323,serie II a (Paris): 259-265.

Scott, L.; Fernandez-Jalvo, Y., Denys, C. (1996) Pollen, pellets and palaeoenvironment. South African Journal of Science, 92: 223-224.

Denys, C.; Williams, T.; Dauphin, Y.; Andrews, P., Fernandez-Jalvo,Y.(1996). Diagenetic changes in Pleistocene small mammal bones from Olduvai Bed-I. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology and Palaeoecology, 126: 121-134.

Fernandez-Jalvo, Y. (1996) Small mammal taphonomy and the middle Pleistocene environment of Dolina, Northern Spain. Quaternary International,vol. 33, 21.34

Fernandez-Jalvo, Y.; Denys, C.; Andrews, P.; Williams, T., Dauphin,Y.(in press) Taphonomy and palaeoecology of Olduvai Bed-I (Pleistocene,Tanzania). Journal of Human Evolution.

Andrews, P., Fernandez-Jalvo, Y. (in press) Surface modifications of the Atapuerca fossil humans. Journal of Human Evolution.

Denys, C.; Dauphin, Y., Fernandez-Jalvo, Y. (in press) Apports biostratigraphiques et paleoecologiques de l'etude taphonomique des assemblages de micromammiferes. Bilan et perspectives. Geobios.

Denys, C.; Andrews, P. Dauphin, Y. Williams, T., Fernandez-Jalvo,Y. (in press) Towards a site lassification: comparison of the diversity of taphonomic and diagenetic patterns and processes.Bull. Soc. Geol. Fr.

Sanchez, V.; Denys, C., Fernandez-Jalvo, Y. (in press) Origine et formation des accumulations de microvertebres de la couche Ia du site du Monte di Tuda(Corse, Holocene). Contribution de l'etude taphonomique des micromammiferes". (Bull. Mus. natn. Hist. nat section C)

Fernandez-Jalvo, Y., Andrews, P. (in press). Taphonomy of Ibex cave of Gibraltar. Monographics of the Museum of Gibraltar.

Fernandez Jalvo, Y. (in press) Interpretacion paleoambiental y etologica en Atapuerca, atraves demetodos tafonomicos. Areces. Pub.

Fernandez-Jalvo, Y. (in press) Tafonomia de micromammferos del yacimiento Galeria de Atapuerca. En: Carbonell, E; Rosas, A, Diez, J.C. (eds.) Atapuerca. Paleoecologia ycuapciones Humanas del Yacimiento de Galeria. (Valladolid:Junta de Castilla y Leon).
 
 

United Kingdom :

Natural History Museum : department of mineralogy
Recent Publications

Janssens K., Vincze L., Vekemans B., WilliamsC.T., Radtke M., Haller M., and Knöchel A.(1999). The non-destructive determination of REE in fossilized bone using synchrotron radiation induced K-line X-ray microfluorescence analysis. Fres. J. Anal. Chem. 363:414-420.

Williams C.T. (1996). Analysis of rare earth minerals. In: Rare Earth Minerals: Chemistry,origin and ore deposits (eds A.P. Jones, F. Wall and C.T.Williams), Mineralogical Society Series 7,Chapman and Hall,  London,327-348.

Chenery S., Williams C.T., Elliott T.A., Forey P.L. and Werdelin L. (1996). Determination of rareearth elements in biological and mineral apatite by EPMA and LAMP-ICP-MS. (In:Microbeamand Nanobeam Analysis, edsD. Benoit, J. -F. Bresse, L. Van’tdack,H. Wernerisch), Mikrochimica Acta,Suppl. 13,  259-269.

Errico F., Williams C.T. and Stringer C. (1998). AMS dating and microscopic analysis of the Sherborne bone. J. Archaeol. Sci., 25: 777-787.

Elliott T.A., Forey P.L., Williams C.T. and Werdelin L. (1998). Application of the solubility profilingtechnique to recent and fossil fish teeth.Bull. Soc. Géol., 169: 443-451.

Fernandez-Yalvo Y., Denys C., Andrews P., WilliamsC.T., and Dauphin Y. (1998).Taphonomy and palaeoecology of Olduvai Bed-I (Pleistocene, Tanzania). J. Human Evol., 34:137-172.

Molleson T.I., Williams C.T., CresseyG. and Din V.K. (1998). Radiographically opaque bonesfrom lead-lined coffins at Christ Church, Spitalfields, London. Bull. Soc.Géol. France ,169:425-432.

Denys C., Andrews P., Dauphin Y., Williams C.T., and Fernandez-Yalvo Y. (1997) Towards a site classification: comparison of stratigraphic, taphonomic and diagenetic patterns and processes.Bull. Soc. géol. France 168: 751-757.

Williams C.T., Marlow C.A., HendersonP. and Molleson T.I. (1997). The environment ofdeposition  indicated by the distribution of rare earthe lements in fossil bone from Olduvai Gorge,Tanzania. Applied Geochemistry 12: 537-547.

Denys, C., Williams C.T., Dauphin Y., Andrews P. and Fernandez-Yalvo Y. (1996). Diagenetical changes in Pleistocene small mammal bones from Olduvai Bed I. Palaeogeog. Palaeocl.Palaeoecol. 126: 121-134.

McDermott F., Stringer C., Grün R., Williams C.T., Din V.K. and Hawkesworth C.J. (1996).NewLate-Pleistocene uranium-thorium and ESR dates for the Singa hominid (Sudan). J.Human Evol.31: 507-516.
 
 
 

Ancient Biomolecules Group:University of Newcastle

The Ancient Biomolecules Group at Newcastle was set up in 1994, and since that time has been concerned with the preservation and identification of biomolecules in the archaeological record.Our research has encompassed; bone proteins(collagen and osteocalcin), milk proteins,tuberculosis and DNA. Because ofthe nature of the work, it is necessary to collaborate withresearchers inmany different fields including, geology, biochemistry, soil science andarchaeology.The group itself consists of scientists whose backgrounds include:archaeological science,paleopathology, microbiology,immunology, chemistry and zoology. The following paragraphs give brief descriptions of the projectswe are currently involved with.
 

Deterioration of Archaeological Bone

This project is funded by the European Commission and involves five partners from across Europe:

Ancient Biomolecules Group, University of Newcastle (analysis of skeletal remains);

ROB, Amersfoort, Netherlands (project co-ordinator & histologicalpreservation of skeletal remains);Central Board of National Antiquities,Stockholm,Sweden (soil analyses)

CRBE Ltd. Nottingham (responsible for site selection in Britain)

Classical & Mediaeval Archaeology, University of Lecce, Italy (responsible for site selection in Italy)

The project began in April 1998 and is due to finish in April 2001.The aim is to produceacomprehensive report detailing the preservation of archaeological bone from different climatic environments across Europe.The increase of intense anthropogenic activity and the growth ofindustry across Western Europe over the last century, is believed to be a prime cause for the noticeable deterioration of archaeological material excavated today, in comparison to artefacts and skeletal remains recovered 80 years ago. Using state-of-the-art science, both bones and accompanying soil samples will be analysed from currently excavated sites, selected over the course of this project. Each partner is responsible for selecting suitable sites which are representative of burial environments within their country. The sites will be chosen to reflect thedifferent climatic environments found throughout Europe.
 

Running parallel to this project, we are also focusing on particular aspects of diagenesis, whichwill produce a broader picture of bone degradation,and allow us to develop realistic models toexplain the diagenesis of biomolecules within bone:

1.) Detecting Cooked Bone in the Archaeological Record

This project is aimed towards developing a method to determine whether a bone has been involved in alow temperature-heating event, such as cooking. The approach taken will combine laboratory analysis with experimental burial in an attempt to understand the processes which occur within the bone during cooking, and how these processes translate into diagenetic effect supon burial.
 

Our approach will concentrate on the organic component of bone, namely collagen, and thechanges it undergoes on cooking. Collagen is a protein,and thus made up of amino acid sequences. In bone it occurs in a mineralisedform, in close association with bioapatite (a form ofhydroxyapatite).The peculiar triple-helical structure of collagen, and this association with bioapatite,confers some unusual properties. These include a higher than usual gelatinisation temperature and possibly the ability to reformits triple helixon cooling, provided some of theoriginal collagen remainsto act as a registered template.This suggests that temperature-sensitive processes, e.g. amino acid racemization and the decomposition of threonine and serine, which willincrease in rate on cooking may be identifiable in there-annealed collagen of cooked bone. We will also be using histological and porosity analyses to examine how heating changes the relationshipbetween the organic and inorganic phases of bone,and how this affects diagenesis.
 

A method to distinguish cooked bone would be of great help to archaeologists. The analysis of archaeological bone assemblages would be facilitated by information on the use-history of bone,and the likelihood of cooked bone to have survived to form part of that assemblage. It also hasthe potential to help elucidate certain key archaeological questions, such as when hominids first started cooking their food (possibly a precursor to brain size enlargement),and whether cannibalism was common in the past.
 

2.) Modelling Biomolecular Preservation

Using chemical reaction rates for the degradation of mineralised bovine bone collagen (determinedin the laboratory), and a rate that indicates the survival of DNA, we aim to be able to model the survival of these important biomolecules based on their thermal stability. Using current andpalaeoclimatic temperature data and geographic information systems, we aim to build up a picture of the limits of biomolecular preservation across Europe, andthe world.The model indicates theupper limits of preservation, with Northern latitudes having good potential for biomolecular preservation, whereas the hot summers in Southern Europe tend to 'burnt out' thebiomolecules.Cave sites also seem to have the potential for good biomolecular preservation, asthey are generally cooler environments, with little seasonal fluctuation, as part of this observation we are working on a project which will allow us topredict the survival of Neanderthal DNA.
 

3.) The Development of Mercury Intrusion Porosimetry and Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC) as Diagenetic Indicators for Archaeological Bone

There are a number of different measurements that are used as indicators for the preservation state of archaeological bone. However, some of these still remain ambiguous in their interpretation, and most only reflect either the loss of proteinaceous material, or the degradation of the mineral bioapatite. Recent research, however, has highlighted the usefulness of porosity measurements to give an overall picture of preservation, one that reflects both alterations to thebioapatite and loss of protein. Mercury intrusion porosimetry, as a novel method for obtaining reproducible porosity data, over a large pore size distribution for archaeological bone, is currently being used and developed at Newcastle.
 

Differential Scanning Calorimetry can detect the change in enthalpy caused by the melting of the collagen helix. Theoretically, therefore it should be possible to determine the state of the collagen helix by measuring its stability over a range of temperatures. DSC has not previously been applied to archaeological material, although its use has been reported in historical leathers. Recently we have been modifying sample preparation to improve the resolution and reliability of the method. Despite the theoretical attractiveness of this approach weremain to be convinced that it has realvirtue in archaeological samples.
 

Residue Analysis

By studying residues preserved on archaeological materials such as stone tools and pots a great deal of information can be gained about how these artefacts were used in the past. Research at Newcastle hasfocused on isolating species specific proteins as well as proteins specific forparticular food stuffs(e.g.milk) from archaeological ceramics. Much attention has been given to understanding the geochemical process, which may lead to preservation of these proteins in thiscontext. Wider aims of the project involve addressing archaeological questions such as the origins of dairying in Europe.
 

The detection of tuberculosis in archaeological populations

Tuberculosis prevalence is a measure of poverty in ancient populations. The prevalence of ancient mycobacterial diseases, e.g., tuberculosis and leprosy, are being examined using lipid biomarkers.Methods for the sensitive detection of mycolic acids, phthiocerol dimycocerosates and phenolic glycolipids specific for Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Mycobacterium leprae ,havebeen developed for application to archaeological human and animal remains. Preliminary trialshave shown that mycolicacids detect all disease, and are more sensitive than osteological examination. Work proceeds; we have the capability to differentiate between Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Mycobacterium bovis, but this has not yet been applied to the archaeological situation.
 
 

Dr. Matthew Collins (Head of Ancient Biomolecules, Newcastle)

i. Waite, E.R., Child, A.M., Craig, O.E., Collins, M.J ., Gelsthorpe, K. & Brown, T.A. (1997) Apreliminary investigation of DNA stabilityin bone during artificial diagenesis. Bulletin de laSociete Geologique de France 168: 547-554.

ii. Collins M. J., (1998) 17^th International Meeting of Organic Geochemistry, AncientBiomolecules,1 161-164.

iii. Spooner A.J. & Collins M.J. (1997) Land fill liner interaction: a geochemist's perspectiveJournal Institute of Waste Management 15 ,9-13.

iv. Waite E.R. & Collins M.J., Response to paperby Ohtani, S. Yamada, Y. & Yamamoto,I.,(1998) Age estimation from racemization rate using heated teeth. J. Forensic Odontostomatol.15 :9-12

v. Spooner A.J., Collins M.J., Giusti L., (1998) The characterisation of non-volatile organicmatter in municipal land fill leacheates.Journal Institute of Waste Management 18, 4-8.

vi. Covington A., Menderes O., Waite E.R. & Collins MJ. (1998) The chemistry of liming,BLCJournal,. 41, pp 566-568.

vii. van Duin A.T.C. Collins M.J., (1998) The effectof conformational constraints on asparticacid racemization Org. Geochem. 29, 1227-1232.

viii. Collins M.J. & Galley P. (1998) Towards an optimal method of archaeological collagenextraction; the influence of pHand grinding AncientBiomolecules. 2, 209-222.

ix. Collins M. J., Child A.M., van Duin A.T.C. &VermeerC. (1998) Ancient osteocalcin; themost stable bone protein? Ancient Biomolecules.   2, 223-238.

x. Collins M.J., Walton D. and King A. (1998). The geochemical fate of proteins InNitrogen-containing macromolecules in the biosphere and geosphere, B.A. Stankiewicz and P.F.van Bergen,Eds.; ACS Symp.Ser. 707, 74-86.

xi. Waite, E.R., Collins M.J. & van Duin A.T.C (1999), Hydroxyproline interference during thegas chromatographic analysis of D/L aspartic acid in human dentine International Journal of Legal Medicine.   112 ,124-131.

xii. *Collins M.J. Waite E.R. and van Duin A.C.T, (1999) Predicting protein decomposition, thecase of aspartic acid racemization kinetics.   Phil.Trans. Roy. Soc. Ser. B. 354, 51-64.

xiii. Menderes O., Covington A., Waite E.R. & Collins MJ. The mechanism and effects ofcollagen amide group hydrolysis during liming. Journal of Society of Leather Technologists and Chemists.83 ,107-110.

xiv. Ritz-Timme S, Schutz H.W., Waite E.R., Collins M.J.   (1999) ''Improvement'' of ageestimation using amino acid racemization in a case of pink teeth American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology , 20,216-217.

xv. Ritz-Timme, S. Schultz, H.W., Collins M.J., (1999) Commentary on Ohtani S, MatsushimaY, Kobayashi Y, Kishi K. Evaluation ofAspartic Acid Racemization Ratios in the Human Femur for Age Estimation. JForensic Sci 44 874, 875;

xvi. Collins M.J. (1999) Amino acid racemization; peering into the black box. Amino Acids,17,64-65.

xvii. Waite E.R. Collins M.J., Ritz S. Schutz H-W. Cattaneo C,Boorman, H. (1999) A review ofthe methodological aspects of aspartic acid racemization analysis for use in forensic science.Forensic Science International   103, 113-124.

xviii. Stern B., Abbott G.D.A., Collins M.J. & ArmstrongH.A. (1999) Development andcomparison of different methods for the extraction of biomineral associated lipids. AncientBiomolecules 2,321-334.

xix. Collins M.J. (1999) Activation Energy and the Arrhenius Equation.The Abbey Newsletter,23, 38.
 

Papers in Press

xx Craig, O.E, Collins M.J., Stacey R.J., (in press)The Ancient Potsherd: A unique environmentfor protein survival? BritishArchaeological Records. in press

xx. Collins M.J. & Child-Gearney A.M. Ancient proteins In Palaeobiology II (ed. Briggs D.E.G.&Crowther P.).

xxi. Nielsen-Marsh C N, Gernaey A.M. Turner-Walker G. Hedges R.E.M.,Pike A.G., andCollinsM.J., (in press) The chemical degradation of bone In Osteology Current Practice and Future Prospects. (e.d.Cox, M & Mays S.).

xxii. Ritz-Timme, Cataneo C., Collins M.J., S. Schultz, H.W.,Waite E.R., Bormann., H. (inpress) Age determination: Methods of choice. Intl J. Legal. Med.

xxiii. Waite E.R. & Collins M.J. The interpretation of aspartic acid racemization data,In,Perspectives in Amino Acid andProtein Geochemistry (eds. Goodfriend G. Collins M.J.,Fogel.,M. Macko.,S. & WehmillerJ.). Oxford University Press.

xxiv. *Collins, M. J. & Riley M., (in press) Aminoacid racemization in biominerals, the impact ofprotein degradation andloss. In, Perspectives in Amino Acid and Protein Geochemistry (eds.Goodfriend G. Collins M.J., Fogel., M. Macko., S. &WehmillerJ.)Oxford University Press.

xxv. Collins M.J. Nielsen-Marsh C M, Gernaey A..M. Smith C.,Roberts J. and Riley M. (inpress) Modelling Bone Collagen Deterioration Papers presented at EU advanced course.Copenhagen 1999

xxvi. Craig, O.E., Collins M.J., (1999) Immunological Detection of Mineral Bound Protein usinghydrofluoric acid, Journal of Immunological Methods.

Submitted

i. Gernaey A. M., Waite E. R., Collins M. J., Craig O. E. and Sokol, R. J. Survival andInterpretation of Archaeological Proteins. Ancient proteins degradation and analysis InArchaeological Chemistry (PollardM. & Brothwell D)

ii. Craig O.E. & Collins M.J. A comparison of methods for extraction protein residues frommineral surfaces Journal of Archaeological Science .

iii. *Collins M.J., Gernaey A. M., Nielsen-Marsh C. M., Vermeer C., Westbroek. P. Osteocalcinin fossil bones: evidence of very slow rates of decomposition from laboratory studies. Geology

iv. *Collins, M. J., Walton D., Curry G. B., Riley M. S., Vonwallmenich T. N., Savage N.M.,Muyzer G., Westbroek P. Long-term trends inthe survival of immunological epitopesentombed in brachiopod skeletons from the Cenozoic of New Zealand. Ancient Biomolecules.

v. Waite E.R. & Collins M.J. The fast racemizing raction in teeth - a potentially useful fractionfor age determination? AminoAcids.

vi. *Smith C.I., Collins M.J., Chamberlain A., RileyM. Rosell-Melé A., Stringer C., HominidDNA in the Pleistocene freezer. Journal of Human Evolution

vii. Ritz-Timme, S. Schultz, H.W., Collins M.J., Quality assurance in age estimation based onaspartic acid racemization Intl. J. Legal Med
 

Dr. Christina Nielsen-Marsh (Post Doctoral Research Associate)

i. Nielsen-Marsh, C.M. & Hedges, R.E.M. Dissolution experiments on modern anddiagenetically altered bone and the effect on the infrared splitting factor. (1997). Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France, 168, 4.

ii. Cooper, A., Poinar, H., Pääbo, S., Radovcic, J., Debénath, A., Caparros, M., Barroso-Ruiz,C.,Bertranpetit, J., Nielsen-Marsh,C ., Hedges, R.E.M., Sykes, B., & Clark, G.A. Neandertal Genetics. (1997). Science, 277, 5329

iii. Hedges, R.E.M., Bronk Ramsey, C., van Klinken, G.J., Pettitt, P.B., Nielsen-Marsh,C.M.,Etchegoyen, A., Niello, J., Boschin,M.T. & Llamazares, A.M. Methodological issues in the radiocarbon dating of rock paintings. (1998) Radiocarbon,40, No. 1., 35-44

iv. Nielsen-Marsh, C.M. & Hedges, R.E.M., Bone porosity and the use of mercury intrusionporosimetry in bone diagenesis studies (1999). Archaeometry,41,pp. 165-174.

Papers in Press

1. Pike, A. & Nielsen-Marsh, C.M. Bone dissolution & hydrology. (Paper presented forArchaeological Sciences 97, Durham,September1997.)

2. Nielsen-Marsh C M, Gernaey A.M. Turner-Walker G. Hedges R.E.M., Pike A.G., and CollinsM.J. Chemical Diagenesis of the Protein and Mineral Fractions of Bone. In Osteology Current Practice andFuture Prospects (ed.Cox, M & Mays S.)

3. Nielsen-Marsh C.M. & Hedges, R.E.M. Patterns of diagenesis in bone: archaeological andexperimental laboratory environments. Journal of Archaeological Science

4. Nielsen-Marsh C.M. & Hedges R.E.M. The Effects of Acetic Acid Cleaning Treatments onArchaeological Bone and the Removal of Diagenetic CO₃^2-. Journal of Archaeological Science

5. Collins M.J. Nielsen-Marsh C M, Gernaey A.M. SmithC., Roberts J. and Riley M.ModellingBone Collagen Deterioration Papers presented at EU advanced course. Copenhagen 1999

Submitted

6. *Collins M.J., Gernaey A. M., Nielsen-Marsh C. M .,Vermeer C., Westbroek. P. Osteocalcininfossil bones: evidence of very slow rates of decomposition from laboratory studies. Geology

7. Hillson, S., Nielsen-Marsh C.M., Bailey, J., Bond, S., & MacPhail, R. Histology andBiochemistry of bone specimens from the 32 year sections of the experimental earthworks at Overton Down, Wiltshire and Morden Bog, Wareham, Dorset. Journal of Archaeological Science.
 

Mr. Oliver Craig

8. Waite, E.R., Child, A.M., Craig, O.E., Collins, M.J., Gelsthorpe, K. & Brown, T.A. (1997) Apreliminary investigation of DNA stability in bone during artificial diagenesis. Bulletin de la Societe Geologique de France 168: 547-554.

9. Cattaneo, C. Craig, O.E., James, N.T., Sokol, R.J. (1997)Comparison of three DNAextraction methods on bone and blood stains up to 43 years old and amplification of three different gene sequences.JournalofForensic Sciences,

10. Waite, E.R., Child, A.M., Craig, O.E., Collins, M.J., Gelsthorpe, K. & Brown, T.A. (1997)A preliminary investigation of DNA stability in bone during artificial diagenesis. Bulletin de la ociete Geologique de France 168: 547-554.

11. Craig O.E. and Collins M.J. (1999) An Improved Method for the Immunological Detectionof Mineral Bound Protein using Hydrofluoric Acid and Direct Capture Journal of Methods

12. Cattaneo, C., Dimartino, S., Scali, S., Craig, O.E., Grandi, M., Sokol, R.J. (1999)Determining the human origin of fragments of burnt bone: A comparative study of histological,immunological and DNA techniques. ForensicScience International, 102, 181-19.

13. Gernaey A. M., Waite E. R., Collins M. J., Craig O. E. andSokol., R. J. (1999) Survival andInterpretation of Archaeological Proteins. Ancient proteins degradation and analysis InArchaeological Chemistry (Pollard M. & Brothwell D)

Papers in Press

14. Craig, O.E, Collins M.J., Stacey R.J. (in press)The Ancient Potsherd: A unique environmentfor protein survival? British Archaeological Records. in press

15. Craig, O.E., Stacey, R.J., Collins, M.J., (in press)  The Ancient Potsherd: A uniqueenvironment for protein survival? British Archaeology Reports

16. Craig, O.E. and Collins, M.J. (submitted) The removal of protein from mineralsurfaces:Implications for residue analysis of archaeological materials. Journal of ArchaeologicalScience. (submitted).
 

Submitted

18. Craig O.E. & Collins M.J. A comparison of methods for extraction protein residues frommineral surfaces Journal of Archaeological Science  .
 
 
Durham
Andrews Millard

Department of Archaeology, University of Durham, Woodside Building, Science Site, SouthRoad, Durham DH1 3NU - United Kingdom
Web page: http://www.dur.ac.uk/~drk0arm/
Tel: +44 191 374 4757 - Fax: +44 191 374 3619
e-mail: A.R.Millard@durham.ac.uk

Field of interest: diagenesis of the inorganic phaseof bone and teeth, particularly uranium uptakeand issues of recrystallisation, also the effects of water in bone diagenesis,and the implications of diagenesis for uranium-series and ESR dating of bone and teeth.

Hedges REM & Millard AR (1995) Bones and groundwater: towards the modelling of diagenetic processes - Journal of Archaeological Science 22 (2)155-164

Millard AR & Hedges REM (1995) The role of the environment in uranium uptake by archaeological bone - Journal of Archaeological Science 22 (2) 239-250

Hedges REM, Millard AR & Pike AWG (1995) Measurements and relationships of diagenetically altered bone from three archaeological sites - Journal of Archaeological Science 22 (2)201-210

Millard AR (1995) - The body temperature of Tyrannosaurus Rex - Science 267(5204)1666-1667

Millard AR (1996) - The survival and alteration of bones: a hydrogeochemical approach -Archaeological Reports from Durham (in press)

Millard AR & Hedges REM - A diffusion-adsorption model of uranium uptake by archaeological bone - Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta (in press)

University of Portsmouth : Dave Martill

We have been a little remiss with our taphonomic studies over the last year. There were three publications last year that were of taphonomic importance:

1. Martill, D. M. 1997. Fish oblique to bedding in early diagenetic concretions from the Santana Formation of Brazil - implications for substrate consistency. Palaeontology, 40, 1011-1026.

2. Martill, D. M. and Unwin, D. M. 1997. Small spheres in fossil bones: blood corpuscles or diagenetic products. Palaeontology, 40, 619-624.

3. Barker, M. J. , Clarke, J. B. and Martill, D. M. 1997. Mesozoic reptile bones as diagenetic windows. Bull. Soc. geol. Fr. 168, 535-545.

We are still working on several taphonomic projects, including aspects of the preservation of soft tissues in pterosaurs in partenership with Dr Eberhard frey, Staatlisches Museum fur Naturkunde,Karlsruhe, Germany. Genesis of bone beds including their sedimentology and taphonomy. This project isbased in northern Chile where PhD student Aaron (Stig) Walsh is examining relatively young bone beds with faunistic components similar to nearby extant ecosystems so that he canassess the degree of taphonomic biasing in the bonebed assemblage. He will then try to assess thecompleteness of older bonebeds including examples frorm the Mesozoic and Palaeozoic. Paul Davis (formerly Japan and Bristol) is now working in our labs on the taphonomy of fossil birds,including their skeletons and feathers.

NETHERLANDS

G. CADEE : NIOZ

In Lethaia (32: 253-260) I published a paper on bioerosion by terrestrial gastropods. In outdoorexperiments Istudied how empty shells of Helix aspersa disappeared due to scraping activity of another terrestrial gastropod Cepaea nemoralis: emptys hells lost 30% of their weight in 2 months. Bones of birds used in the same experiment were not scraped by the gastropods, they lost far less of their weight (6.5% in 16 months).

I also published a paper on Herring gulls feeding on a recent invaderin the Wadden Sea Ensisdirectus(Mollusca, Bivalvia) with particularly attention to the way they handle the shells. (InHarper et al. (eds) The Evolutionary Biology of the Bivalvia, Geol. Soc. Spec. Publ. 177:459-464) . They feed only on dying Ensis during mass mortalities of this species. They take theshells in their beak and shake them vigorously, thereby producing characteristic damage and breakage of the shells. I am now studying how they learn to feed on another invader the pacificoyster (Crassostrea gigas ) which they try to break by dropping them from the air on the pavement of the Wadden Sea dike (just as they do with mussels from the Wadden Sea). These papers result from my long term interest in shell damage(and shell repair) caused by molluscan predators.

A review paper on bioturbation in mainly intertidal areas will appear in 2001 but this is only indirectlyrelated to taphonomy (Sediment dynamics by bioturbating organisms, in K. Reise(ed.) Sandyand muddy shores, ecological comparisons. Springer, Heidelberg).

Gerard Klein HOFMEIJER
Utrecht

Faculteit Aardwetenschappen, University of Utrecht, Budapestlaan 4, Utrecht -Netherlands
Tel: (0)30 25 35 191 - Fax: (0)3053 50 30

Field of interest: Taphonomy of Corbeddu cave (Sardinia) : interaction between a Pleistocene island fauna and pre-Neolithic man

Thesis completed on 12thfebruary 1996. University of Utrecht
Title: Late Pleistocene deer fossils from Corbeddu cave: implications for human colonization of the island Sardinia. pp.1-436.

References:

G.K. Hofmeijer, K.G. 1989. Grotta Corbeddu en de pleistocene mens vanSardinie.Cranium, jrg6, 1, 15-27.

Klein Hofmeijer G., Martini F., Sanges M., Sondaar, P.Y., Ulzega, A. 1987a.- Lafine del Pleistocene nella Grotta Corbeddu in sardegna : fossili umani,aspettipaleontologici e culturamateriale. Riv. ScienzePreist., XLI, 1-36.

Klein Hofmeijer, G., Sondaar, P.Y., Alderliesten C., van der Borg,K.,de Jong,A.F.M. 1987b-Indications of Pleistocene man on Sardinia. Nucl.Instr. Meth. Phys. Res., B29, 166-168.

Klein Homeijer, G., Alderliesten, C., van der Borg, K., Hosuton, A.F.M., de Jong,F., Martini, F.,Sanges, M., Sondaar, P.Y., deVisser, J.A. 1989. Dating of the Upper Pleistocene lithic industry of Sardinia. Radiocarbon, vol.31,3, 986-991.

Klein Hofmeijer, G., Sondaar, P.Y. 1992. Pleistocene humans in the island environment of Sardinia. In:Sardiniain the Mediterranean: a footprint in the sea.Studies in Sardininian Archaeology(eds R.H.Tykot and T.K. Andrews). Sheffield,49-56.

Klein Hofmeijer, G., Sondaar, P.Y. 1993. The Upper Paleolithic taphonomy in Corbeddu cave(Oliena, Sardinia), Post-morten damage of the lower dentition of Megaloceros cazioti. Atti XXXRiunione Scientifica I.I.P.P."Paleosuperfici del Pleistocene e del primo Olocene in Italia.Processidi formazione e interpretatzione.Venosa Isernia, 277-288.

Sondaar, P.Y., Klein Hofmeijer, G., Sanges, M.1989. The dramatic end of the Sardinian Paleolithc island economy. BAR International series 508(i) , 517-521.

Sondaar, P.Y., Martini, F., Ulzega, A., Klein Hofmeijer, G. 1991. L'homme pleistocene en Sardaigne. L'Anthropologie, 95, 1, 181-200.

Sondaar, P.Y., Elburg, R., Klein Hofmeijer, G., Martini, F., Sanges, M., Spaan, A.,de Visser, J.A.1995. The human colonization of Sardinia: a late Pleistocene human fossil from Corbedducave. C.R. Acad.Sci. Paris, 320, IIa, 145-150.

Sondaar,P.Y., Elburg, R., Klein Hofmeijer, Spaan, A.,de Visser, J.A.,M. Sanges,Martini, F.,1993. Il pololamento della Sardegna nell tardo Pleistocene : nuova acquisizione di un resto fossile humano dalla Grotta Corbeddu. Rivista di Scienzepreistoriche, XLV, 1, 243-251.

GERMANY
Tuebingen

Thomas Tütken

Institut für Mineralogie, Petrologie und Geochemie
Wilhelmstrasse 56, 72074 Tuebingen, Germany

Tel:         +49 (0) 7071 / 29-73077

Fax:        +49 7071 2957138
Email:    thomas.tuetken@uni-tuebingen.de

PhD Student: Diagenesis of fossil vertebrate bones

I just started with my Phd so any comments, ideas, contacts to other people working in that areaare warmly welcome. I probably work in three main areas:
1) Experiments on trace element-and isotope uptake in modern bones
2) diagenetic changes in stableisotopes and trace elements in fossil bones
3) sulphur isotopes a possible tool for dietary researchordiagenetic environment?

research interests:

in general isotope geology: tracer analyses of different geological and archaeological materials,stable isotopes and trace elements in bones to distinguish diagenetic or climatic/dietary signals, paleoclimate reconstruction, quaternary geology, marine geology, radiogenic isotopes inprovenance studies

publications

Tütken, T.,  Eisenhauer, A., Wiegand, B.,  Spielhagen,R. and  Hansen, B.T.
"Sr and Nd isotopic composition of Arctic marine sediments: tracers for temporal and spatial variation of sediment provenance associated with the glacier extension of the Barents Icesheet" (inprep.)

Tütken, T.,  Eisenhauer, A., Wiegand, B.,  Spielhagen,R. and  Hansen, B.T.(1999):
"Sr and Nd isotopes as tracers for climate dependent variations of the sediment provenance and transport processes in the Eastern Arctic Ocean, abstract in: J. Conf. Abs. 4, 165, Cambridge Publications

Eisenhauer, A.,Meyer, H., Rachold, V., Tütken, T., Wiegand, B., Hansen, B.T., Spielhagen,R.F.,Lindemann, F. and Kassens, H.: (1999):
"Grain size separation and sediment mixing in Arctic Ocean sediments: evidence from strontium isotope systematic", Chem. Geol. 158, 173-188
 
 

U.S.A. :

Fiorillo :

I am continuing my work on microwear patterns on sauropod teeth in order to study patterns offood use in the Jurassic Morrison Formation. The work has focused mostly on Camarasaurus and Diplodocus. Some of this work willbe appearing soon in Historical Biology. I am beginning astudy of a sauropod bonebed in the Late Cretaceous of West Texas. At this point I have theremains of three half grown sauropods that appear to be Alamosaurus. Joining me on this projectis Dr. Homer Montgomery of the University of Texas-Dallas. And this coming summer I willbegin a study on the paleoecology of Early Devonian vertebrates of the northern Rocky Mountains. My colleague on this project is Dr. Keith Thomson of the New School for Social Research.

Blob, R.W., and Fiorillo, A.R. 1996. The significance of microfossil size and shape distributions infaunal abundance reconstructions: a Late Cretaceous example. Paleobiology 22 (3) : 422-435.

Fiorillo, A.R., and May, C.L. 1996. Preliminary report on the taphonomy and depositional settingof a new dinosaur locality in the Morrison Formation (Brushy Basin Member) of Curecanti National Recreation Area, Colorado. inThe Continental Jurassic, Morales, M. (ed.). Mus. Northern Ariz. Bull. 60:5 55-561.

Fiorillo, A.R., and McCarty, D.K., 1996. Paleopedological evidence for a humid paleoenvironment in the lower part of the Brushy Basin Member, Morrison Formation, ofCurecanti National Recreation Area, Colorado. in The Continental Jurassic, Morales, M. (ed.).Mus. Northern Ariz. Bull. 60: 575-580

Fiorillo, A.R., Harris, R., and May, C.L. 1996. Late Jurassic (Morrison Formation) dinosaur remains from Curecanti National Recreation Area, Colorado. Park Science. 16 (4): 14-15.

Fiorillo, A.R., and Hasiotis, S. 1996. Preliminary report on the first ichnofossils from the Morrison Formation (Upper Jurassic) of Curecanti National Recreation Area, Colorado. G.S.A.,Rocky Mountain Meet., 28 (4) : 7-8.

Fiorillo, A.R. 1996. Further comments on the patterns of microwear and resource partitioning inthe Morrison Formation sauropods Diplodocus and Camarasaurus. J. Vert. Paleo. suppl. 16: 33A.

Laws, R., Hasiotis, S.T., Fiorillo, A.R., Chure, D.J., Breithaupt, B.H., and Horner, J.R. 1996. Thedemise of a Jurassic Morrison dinosaur after death - three cheers for the dermistid beetle. G.S.A.,Annual Meet., 28 (7):A299.

John F. WEHMILLER

Dept. of Geology, Univ. of Delaware, Newark DE 19716 USA

Research interests
Amino acid diagenesis in fossil biominerals; amino acid racemization geochronology;molluskshell structure and diagenesis;
trace element and isotope geochemistry of Pleistocene mollusks.

Chen, Zi-Qiang, C. H. Hobbs III, J. F. Wehmiller, andS. M. Kimball (1995) Late Quaternary Paleochannel Systems on the Continental Shelf, South of the Chesapeake Bay entrance. Journal of Coastal Research11 (3), 605-614.

Mirecki, J. E., J. F. Wehmiller, and A. Skinner (1995) Geochronology of Quaternary Coastal Plain deposits, southeastern Virginia, USA. Journal of Coastal Research 11 (4), 1135-1144.

Leonard F. M. and J. F. Wehmiller. Aminostratigraphy and chronology of marine terraces in the Coquimbo Bay area, Chile, IGCP 367 Guidebook, Nov. 1995.

Wehmiller, J. F. and F. R. Hall (1997) Amino acid racemization geochronological studies of selected Leg 155 samples. In: Proceedings of the Ocean Drilling
Program V155, R. D. Flood, D. J. W. Piper, A. Klaus,and L. C. Peterson (eds.), p.375-378.

Wehmiller, J. F. and G. H. Miller (1998) Amino acid racemization. In: Dating and Earthquakes: Review of Quaternary Geochronology and Its Application to Paleoseismology: U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, NUREG/CR5562, J.M.Sowers, J. S. Noller, and W. R. Lettis, eds.

Wehmiller, J. F. (1998) Stratigraphy and Geochronology of Quaternary Strata, Gomez Pit, Va. In:J. M. Sowers, J. S. Noller, and W. R. Lettis (eds.), Quaternary geochronology: applications in Quaternary geology and paleoseismology: U.S.Nuclear Regulatory Commission, NUREG/CR5562.

more references available at http://www.geology.udel.edu
 

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