Resumen de Post-depositional chages in Natufian and Aurignacian Faunal Bones form Hayonim cave
Significant differences have been shown to exist in the trace-element composition of Hayonim Natufian and Aurignacian bones.
The studies reported here were designed to further characterize these bones in order to more fully understand the degree and nature of post-depositional forces acting upon them.
Natufian and Aurignacian faunal bones from Hayonim were found to differ in the preservation of histology, and density configurations, but not in calcium/phosphate ratios. Taken together, the results indicate that post-depositional changes in these bones are not the result of simple uptake of carbonate from ground-water, but of a complex process of dissolution and recrystallization on a microscopic scale.
