Includes bibliographical references (p. 466-501) and index.
1. What Is Taphonomy? -- 2. The History and Structure of Taphonomy -- 3. Taphonomy in Practice and Theory -- 4. Structure and Quantification of Vertebrate Skeletons -- 5. Vertebrate Mortality, Skeletonization, Disarticulation, and Scattering -- 6. Accumulation and Dispersal of Vertebrate Remains -- 7. Frequencies of Skeletal Parts -- 8. Butchering, Bone Fracturing, and Bone Tools -- 9. Other Biostratinomic Factors -- 10. Burial as a Taphonomic Process -- 11. Diagenesis -- 12. Taphonomy of Fish, Birds, Reptiles, and Amphibians -- 13. Discussion and Conclusions.