Life History of a Fossil: An Introduction to Taphonomy and Paleoecology - Hardcover

Shipman, Pat

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9780674530850: Life History of a Fossil: An Introduction to Taphonomy and Paleoecology
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0674530853 ISBN 13: 9780674530850
Publisher: Harvard University Press, 1981

Synopsis

Pat Shipman sets forth the taphonomic methods of analyzing how animal remains are acted upon and altered, both by biological and by geographic phenomena, in their passage from the biosphere of bones and carcass into the lithosphere of fossils. She explains the role of disease, predation, accidents, postmortem destruction, and transport in the life history of a fossil, and provides an introduction to the relevant geological concepts and to faunal analysis.

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About the Author

Pat Shipman is Professor of Anthropology at Pennsylvania State University. She is a Fellow of the Royal Geographic Society and the American Association for the Advancement of Science. She has won numerous awards and honors for her writing, including the 1997 Rhône-Poulenc Prize for The Wisdom of the Bones (coauthored with Alan Walker) and the Phi Beta Kappa Prize for Science for Taking Wing, which was also a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Award and a New York Times Notable Book of the Year in 1998.

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Publisher
Harvard University Press
Publication date
1981
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0674530853
ISBN 13 
9780674530850
Binding
Hardcover
Edition number
1
Number of pages
222
Rating
  • 3.62 out of 5 stars
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