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The History of Taphonomy and the Importance of Taphonomic Researchin Paleoanthropology

TAFONOMİNİN TARİHÇESİ ve TAFONOMİK ARAŞTIRMALARIN PALEOANTROPOLOJİDEKİ ÖNEMİ

Merve GÜMRÜKÇÜ
Pages
83–92
Publication Date
2022-10-12
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Taphonomy has been an essential discipline especially to reveal behaviors and feeding strategies of hominins.

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Objective & Hypothesis:Since the 19th century,taphonomy has been an important part of the research among paleoanthropologists and archaeologists for understanding the structure and accumulation of fossil remains.
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Since the 19th century,taphonomy has been an important part of the research among paleoanthropologists and archaeologists for understanding the structure and accumulation of fossil remains. Revealing the taphonomic history of the fossils obtained from the excavation sites has a great significance to understand whether these fossil accumulations were created by hominins or by natural events, such as fluvial transport and carnivore activities. These studies provide important clues about the paleoecology of these sites. Taphonomy has been an essential discipline especially to reveal behaviors and feeding strategies of hominins.

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Tafonomi 19. Yüzyıldan bu yana fosil kalıntıların yapısını ve birikimini anlamak içinpaleoantropologların ve arkeologların araştırmalarının önemli bir parçası halinegelmiştir. Kazı alanlarından elde edilen fosillerin tafonomik tarihini açığaçıkarmak, o fosil birikimlerin homininler tarafından mı yoksa doğa olayları (flüvyaltaşınma, etçil aktıvitesi, vb.) tarafından mı oluşturulduğunu anlamak için büyüköneme sahiptir. Bu araştırmalar, bu alanların paleoekolojisi hakkında önemliipuçları sağlamaktadır. Tafonomi, özellikle homininlerin beslenme stratejilerini vedavranış biçimlerini ortaya çıkarmada asli bir disiplin haline gelmiştir.

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GÜMRÜKÇÜ, M. (2022). The History of Taphonomy and the Importance of Taphonomic Researchin Paleoanthropology. Antropoloji, Cilt: 0 - Sayı: 35, 83–92. https://ajindex.com/articles/447528

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