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Correct identification is crucial to the interpretation of how and why animal bone assemblages accumulate in archaeological and paleontological sites, but just as important is the interpretation placed on the identifications.
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Fernández-Jalvo, Y., Andrews, P. (2016). Why Taphonomy?. In: Atlas of Taphonomic Identifications. Vertebrate Paleobiology and Paleoanthropology. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-7432-1_11
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