taphonomy

Preposition: of

assemblage: The condition of individual specimens can be exploited to aid in establishing the taphonomy of the assemblage.

Adjective modifier

vertebrate: Main research interests: Plio-Pleistocene fossil assemblages and faunal analysis, Vertebrate taphonomy, Human evolution and the archeology of the earliest humans.

Noun used with modifier

• bone: If collagen loss materially influences the physical properties of the bone, then temperature may have a dominant role to play in bone taphonomy.
• plant: Plant taphonomy and post-depositional alterations are recorded for each unit in the Access database and are presented in Table 4 in this report.