RT Journal Article
T1 Put down roots and find the plant!: preliminary results of root etching and its implications
A1 Macho Callejo, Alba
A1 García Morato, Sara
A1 Gutiérrez, Aida
A1 Marín Monfort, María Dolores
A1 Fernández Jalvo, Yolanda
AB Vegetation provides direct information to interpret the environment, ecology, climate and deposit of a site. The identification of the surrounding vegetation from root marks recorded on the surface of skeletal elements is a new source of information of special interest. This article is a preliminary approach to relate root marking (i.e. taphonomic effect) recorded on bone surfaces caused by plants (i.e. taphonomic agent) through an experimental model. Distinguishing the root marks of one type of plant from marks produced by any other type of plant is an investigation that has been neglected in taphonomy. The preliminary results described here represent the starting point of this research field. This is an experimental work that is currently in progress, and further studies will include higher sample sizes and the analysis of different specimens in contact with other plants such as shrubs and trees. Our preliminary results shown here come from three different root plant types (underground, subaerial and aquatic) displaying characteristic differences that reinforce the need of extending this research and the importance of the analysis of this taphonomic modification.
PB Taylor & Francis
SN 0891-2963
YR 2024
FD 2024
LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/118862
UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/118862
LA eng
NO Macho-Callejo, A., García-Morato, S., Gutiérrez, A., Marin-Monfort, D., & Fernández-Jalvo, Y. (2024). Put down roots and find the plant!: Preliminary results of root etching and its implications. Historical Biology, 36(11), 2502-2510
NO Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación
NO Comunidad de Madrid
NO European Union
NO Banco de Santander
NO CONICET
DS Docta Complutense
RD 3 ago 2025