Neotaphonomic characteristics of vertebrate site formation in underwater caves
Meg M. Walker, Joanne E. Wilkinson, Mathew Stewart, Geraldine Jacobsen, Shwaron Kumar, V. A. Levchenko, Stewart Fallon, Rebecca Esmay, Rachel Wood, Justyna Jolanta Miszkiewicz, Gilbert James Price, Elizabeth H. Reed, Joseph Monks, Julien Louys
This study compares bone preservation in wet and dry underwater cave environments using taphonomic analysis of domesticated animal remains from two sites in South Australia.
PLoS ONE · Jul 15, 2026Peer-reviewedPaleontology