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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD TAPHONOMY

From Greek taphos grave + -nomy.
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PRONUNCIATION OF TAPHONOMY

taphonomy  [təˈfɒnəmɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF TAPHONOMY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Taphonomy is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES TAPHONOMY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

taphonomy

Taphonomy

Taphonomy is the study of decaying organisms over time and how they become fossilized. The term taphonomy was introduced to paleontology in 1940 by Russian scientist Ivan Efremov to describe the study of the transition of remains, parts, or products of organisms, from the biosphere, to the lithosphere, i.e. the creation of fossil assemblages.

Definition of taphonomy in the English dictionary

The definition of taphonomy in the dictionary is the study of the processes affecting an organism after death that result in its fossilization.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH TAPHONOMY


aeronomy
ɛəˈrɒnəmɪ
agronomy
əˈɡrɒnəmɪ
antinomy
ænˈtɪnəmɪ
archaeoastronomy
ˌɑːkɪəʊəˈstrɒnəmɪ
astronomy
əˈstrɒnəmɪ
autonomy
ɔːˈtɒnəmɪ
bionomy
baɪˈɒnəmɪ
chemotaxonomy
ˌkiːməʊtækˈsɒnəmɪ
craniognomy
ˌkreɪnɪˈɒnəmɪ
Deuteronomy
ˌdjuːtəˈrɒnəmɪ
economy
ɪˈkɒnəmɪ
enemy
ˈɛnəmɪ
folksonomy
fəʊkˈsɒnəmɪ
frenemy
ˈfrɛnəmɪ
gastronomy
ɡæsˈtrɒnəmɪ
heteronomy
ˌhɛtərˈɒnəmɪ
isonomy
aɪˈsɒnəmɪ
physiognomy
ˌfɪzɪˈɒnəmɪ
plutonomy
pluːˈtɒnəmɪ
taxonomy
tækˈsɒnəmɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE TAPHONOMY

tapetal
tapeti
tapetum
tapeworm
taphephobia
taphephobic
taphole
taphonomic
taphonomical
taphonomist
taphouse
taphrogenesis
tapioca
tapir
tapiroid
tapis
taplash
tapotement
tappable
tapped

WORDS THAT END LIKE TAPHONOMY

anomy
black economy
cash economy
command economy
false economy
free-enterprise economy
free-market economy
infrared astronomy
knowledge economy
market economy
mixed economy
molecular gastronomy
new economy
planned economy
political economy
principle of economy
radio astronomy
service economy
subsistence economy
the principle of economy
X-ray astronomy

Synonyms and antonyms of taphonomy in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «taphonomy» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF TAPHONOMY

Find out the translation of taphonomy to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of taphonomy from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «taphonomy» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

埋藏学
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

tafonomía
570 millions of speakers

English

taphonomy
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

taphonomy
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

taphonomy
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

тафономия
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

tafonomia
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

taphonomy
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

taphonomie
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Taphonomi
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

taphonomy
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

化石化
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

taphonomy
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Taphonomi
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

taphonomy
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

taphonomy
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

टॅपमोनी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

taphonomisi
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

tafonomia
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

taphonomy
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

тафономія
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

taphonomy
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

ταφονομία
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

tafonomie
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

taphonomy
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

taphonomy
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of taphonomy

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «TAPHONOMY»

The term «taphonomy» is regularly used and occupies the 78.722 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «TAPHONOMY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «taphonomy» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «taphonomy» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about taphonomy

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TAPHONOMY»

Discover the use of taphonomy in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to taphonomy and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Forensic Taphonomy: The Postmortem Fate of Human Remains
It applies taphonomic models in modern forensic contexts and uses forensic cases to extend taphonomic theories. Review articles, case reports, and chapters on methodology round out this book's unique approach to forensic science.
William D. Haglund, Marcella H. Sorg, 1996
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Vertebrate Taphonomy
This book is comprehensive in scope, and will serve as an important work of reference for years to come.
R. Lee Lyman, 1994
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Advances in Forensic Taphonomy: Method, Theory, and ...
Topics covered include: Microenvironmental variation and decomposition in different environments Taphonomic interpretation of water deaths Mass graves, mass fatalities and war crimes, archaeological and forensic approaches Updates in ...
William D. Haglund, Marcella H. Sorg, 2001
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Taphonomy: A Process Approach
The first book to review the entire field of taphonomy for advanced students and professionals.
Ronald E. Martin, 1999
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Fossils in the Making: Vertebrate Taphonomy and Paleoecology
One of the first interdisciplinary discussions of taphonomy (the study of how fossil assemblages are formed) and paleoecology (the reconstruction of ancient ecosystems), this volume helped establish these relatively new disciplines.
Anna K. Behrensmeyer, Andrew P. Hill, 1988
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Soil Analysis in Forensic Taphonomy: Chemical and Biological ...
Soil Analysis in Forensic Taphonomy: Chemical and Biological Effects of Buried Human Remains is the first book to concentrate entirely on the telling impact of soil and its components on the postmortem fate of human remains.
Mark Tibbett, David O. Carter, 2008
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Trace Fossils: Biology, Taphonomy and Applications
The new edition of this work includes an appendix listing criteria for the identification of ichnotaxa.
Richard Granville Bromley, 1996
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Biosphere to Lithosphere: New Studies in Vertebrate Taphonomy
This volume is indicative of recent developments in taphonomic studies: hugely diverse research are being explored, many of which would have been totally unforeseeable only a quarter of a century ago.
Terence Patrick O'Connor, 2005
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Taphonomy and interpretation
Some observations on the excavation of dust baths by domestic fowl and their implications for archaeology / Keith Dobney, Allan Hall and Michael Hill -- Arthropod remains as indicators for taphonimic processes : an assemblage from 19th ...
Jacqueline Huntley, Sue Stallibrass, Association for Environmental Archaeology, 2000
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Manual of Forensic Taphonomy
The first comprehensive update of forensic taphonomy in more than ten years, this book considers the overlapping of multiple taphonomic signatures.
James Pokines, Steven A. Symes, 2013

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TAPHONOMY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term taphonomy is used in the context of the following news items.
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Can You Tattoo A Bone?
We call this taphonomy, quite literally the laws of the grave, that govern everything that has happened to a body after death. One of my students asked, as we ... «Forbes, May 15»
2
Petrified Afterlives
Eventually I learned that there's an entire branch of paleontology devoted to such questions. It's called taphonomy – an area of ancient investigation lecturers ... «National Geographic, May 15»
3
Yi qi: Bat-Winged Dinosaur Discovered in China
... and authenticity have been confirmed by multiple lines of evidence including sedimentology, taphonomy and computed tomography data,” the scientists wrote. «Sci-News.com, Apr 15»
4
The Invaders: How Humans and Their Dogs Drove Neanderthals to …
Anthropologist Pat Shipman's main research expertise is in taphonomy, the study of how bodies decompose into skeletal and then fossil remains. In recent years ... «Times Higher Education, Apr 15»
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Forensic science and donating your body to science.
Australia has opened its first Taphonomic Experimental Research Facility near the Blue Mountains in New South Wales. Taphonomy is the nice way to say body ... «ABC Online, Apr 15»
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Sydney will soon be the home of Australia's first farm of …
Sydney will soon be home to the first research facility in the Southern Hemisphere for Taphonomy, or the study of body composition. UTS will establish the ... «Business Insider Australia, Apr 15»
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What lies beneath: Sydney gets the southern hemisphere's first …
Most body farms (official name: forensic taphonomy facilities) are in the US, in “extremely different and distinct” environments to those faced by Australian ... «The Guardian, Jan 15»
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Two-Billion-Year-Old Fossils Reveal Strange and Puzzling Forms
The 2.1 Ga Old Francevillian Biota: Biogenicity, Taphonomy and Biodiversity, PLoS ONE, 9 (6) e99438. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0099438. «Scientific American, Jan 15»
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Deconstructing a Crocodile
These questions fall within the realm of taphonomy – the fate of an organism between death and discovery – but, frustratingly, the afterlives of crocodiles have ... «National Geographic, Jan 15»
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Local 'body farm' to allow Australian researchers to study …
She said the development of the new facility would be extremely useful to many different types of researchers studying Taphonomy - the study of remains from ... «ABC Online, Nov 14»

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