Taphonomy Definition

tə-fŏnə-mē
noun
The study of the events and processes, such as burial in sediment, transportation, and decomposition, that affect the remains of an organism after it dies.
American Heritage
The branch of paleontology that deals with the process of fossilization.
Webster's New World

Origin of Taphonomy

  • From Ancient Greek τάϕος (taÏ•os, “grave") +"Ž -nomy.

    From Wiktionary

  • Greek taphē grave –nomy

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Taphonomy Sentence Examples

  • If collagen loss materially influences the physical properties of the bone, then temperature may have a dominant role to play in bone taphonomy.

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

  • Plant taphonomy and post-depositional alterations are recorded for each unit in the Access database and are presented in Table 4 in this report.

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TTATAP

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YMYOMY

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