[Bonetools] more taphonomy
H10459bar at helka.iif.hu
H10459bar at helka.iif.hu
Sat Nov 10 10:48:22 CET 2007
Dear All,
Should anyone have a chance to discuss this with real conservetors,
just a reminder that even more than usewear may be obliterated:
The use of organic solvents in the same substances is often a coup
de grace to perspectives of radiocarbon dating as well.
I also regard all such phenomena part of the taphonomic process (it
is "life" after death, after all), and messing up the 14C signal by
"secondary" (=modern) human action leads to results analogous
with complete fossilisation, when no collagene survives for
radiocarbon dating.
Spread the word, not the shellack: Laszlo
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