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Bone Weathering

Bone Weathering is a taphonomic process in which the original organic and inorganic components of exposed bone are progressively separated or destroyed by physical and chemical agents, producing characteristic surface modifications that accumulate through time prior to burial.

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Taphonomic and ecologic information from bone weathering

Anna K. Behrensmeyer · Paleobiology · 1978 · 2.8K citations · Full text

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Differential Burning, Recrystallization, and Fragmentation of Archaeological Bone

Mary C. Stiner, Steven L. Kuhn, Stephen Weiner et al. · Journal of Archaeological Science · 1995 · 970 citations

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Bone surface modifications in zooarchaeology

John W. Fisher · Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory · 1995 · 709 citations

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Mineralogical and compositional changes in bones exposed on soil surfaces in Amboseli National Park, Kenya: diagenetic mechanisms and the role of sediment pore fluids

Clive N. Trueman, Anna K. Behrensmeyer, Noreen Tuross et al. · Journal of Archaeological Science · 2004 · 418 citations

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Characterisation of microbial attack on archaeological bone

M.M.E. Jans, Christina M. Nielsen-Marsh, Colin Smith et al. · Journal of Archaeological Science · 2003 · 371 citations

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  1. RH
    R.E.M. Hedges

    Oxford Archaeology, United Kingdom

    4 publications · 445 citations

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  2. AK
    Anna K. Behrensmeyer

    Smithsonian Institution, United States

    3 publications · 3.3K citations

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  3. CM
    Christina M. Nielsen-Marsh

    Newcastle University, United Kingdom

    3 publications · 468 citations

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  4. MJ
    M.M.E. Jans

    Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Netherlands

    3 publications · 470 citations

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  5. KH
    Kurt Heinrichs

    RWTH Aachen University, Germany

    3 publications · 108 citations

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  1. Smithsonian Institution

    Washington, United States

    6 h-index

    14 publications

    2.1K citations

  2. Oxford Archaeology

    Oxford, United Kingdom

    3 h-index

    6 publications

    782 citations

  3. RWTH Aachen University

    Aachen, Germany

    3 h-index

    6 publications

    188 citations

  4. University of Nevada, Reno

    Reno, United States

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    160 citations

  5. Universidad Complutense de Madrid

    Madrid, Spain

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    244 citations

  6. Geophysical Laboratory

    Washington, United States

    3 h-index

    7 publications

    822 citations

  7. Universitat Rovira i Virgili

    Tarragona, Spain

    3 h-index

    10 publications

    307 citations

  8. University of Tübingen

    Tübingen, Germany

    3 h-index

    6 publications

    177 citations

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  1. Journal of Archaeological Science

    23 publications · 4.1K citations

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  2. International Journal of Osteoarchaeology

    5 publications · 213 citations

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  3. Journal of Archaeological Science Reports

    5 publications · 139 citations

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  5. Forensic Science International

    4 publications · 202 citations

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