Fossils

Fossils: any evidence of prehistoric life

Freezing: permafrost, preserves skin and other tissues well carbonization replacement recrystallization perimineralization amber traces life assemblage shows evidence of a prehistoric living ecosystem death assemblage shows evidence of a group of fossils who did NOT live together in time/space

Taphonomy: everything btwn death and discovery

scavenging erosion human involvement weather burial decay transport