An understanding of the structural complexity of mineralised tissues is fundamental for
exploration into the field of diagenesis. Here we review aspects of current and past research …

Microbial alteration is an important pathway for bone degradation. Organisms involved in
bioerosion of bone, mainly bacteria, fungi and cyanobacteria, create different types of …

The Archaeology of Human Bones provides an up to date account of the analysis of human
skeletal remains from archaeological sites, introducing students to the anatomy of bones …

The origin and evolution of hominin mortuary practices are topics of intense interest and
debate,–. Human burials dated to the Middle Stone Age (MSA) are exceedingly rare in Africa …

The present work focus the study of cortical bone samples of different origins (human and
animal) subjected to different calcination temperatures (600, 900 and 1200° C) with regard …

Animal ecologists can observe the present and reconstruct the last one or two centuries from
historical sources, but the study of animal bones adds valuable insight into the peoples and …

As part of an EU funded project to investigate the factors influencing bone preservation in
the archaeological record, more than 250 bones from 41 archaeological sites in five …

Recent success in the amplification of ancient DNA (aDNA) from fossil humans has led to
calls for further tests to be carried out on similar material. However, there has been little …

The physical survival of bone is integral to any kind of palaeopathological study. Not only
must the skeleton survive in the burial environment or tomb, it must retain sufficient strength …

Despite the enormous potential of analyses of ancient DNA for phylogeographic studies of
past populations, the impact these analyses, most of which are performed with fossil …