Institut Català de Paleoecologia Humana i Evolució Social (IPHES-CERCA), Zona Educacional 4, Campus Sescelades URV (Edifici W3), 43007, Tarragona, Spain.
Departament d'Història i Història de l'Art, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Avinguda de Catalunya 35, 43002, Tarragona, Spain.
Sci Rep. 2022 May 4;12(1):7112. doi: 10.1038/s41598-022-10473-9.
Taphonomical analysis allows us to understand the processes that underlie site formation, as well as provide insights into the modification and composition of studied fossil materials. Taphonomy has become crucial to many scientific fields, providing conceptual advances through a renewal of models, protocols, and paradigms. In these studies, trans-disciplinary approaches (geology, palaeontology, biology, ecology, archaeology) have been developed using a wide array of methodologies. In addition, experimental work on modern assemblages, focusing on specific geological and biological processes (‘actualism’), are used to make referential data and proxies. This Collection contributes to the field’s methodological development, while gathering research articles investigating Quaternary period bone assemblages, with special interest in the Pleistocene.
埋藏学分析使我们能够了解导致遗址形成的过程，并深入了解所研究化石材料的变化和组成。埋藏学已成为许多科学领域的关键，通过更新模型、协议和范例为科学概念的发展提供了帮助。在这些研究中，跨学科方法（地质学、古生物学、生物学、生态学、考古学）已经得到了发展，同时使用了广泛的方法。此外，针对特定地质和生物过程（“现实主义”）的现代组合的实验工作也被用来提供参考数据和替代物。本专题集为该领域的方法学发展做出了贡献，同时汇集了研究第四纪时期骨骼组合的研究文章，特别关注更新世时期。
