This study addresses the roles of biotic agents in site formation in the B1 strata of Block 2 at Dmanisi, Georgia, using theoretical and analogous frameworks for the interpretation of spatial behaviors of carnivores and hominins. For this study, stone material, faunal remains, and coprolites are analyzed to determine if any spatially distinct behaviors can be identified, located, and attributed to either hominins or carnivores. Faunal, stone, and coprolite assemblages are compared with each other, and lithic, taxonomic, and taphonomic subassemblages are compared with the overall distribution of their parent material. The spatial and taphonomic signatures suggest that hominin activity was only a small part of the contributing factors to site formation, whereas carnivores played a major role in the accumulation of bone.

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佐治亚州达马尼西的考古和古生物学组合的空间格局：第2区块中场地形成和食肉动物-人与人相互作用的分析。

这项研究使用理论和类似框架解释食肉动物和人类素的空间行为，探讨了生物制剂在佐治亚州达马尼西2块B1地层中位点形成中的作用。在本研究中，分析了石材，动物区系残留物和proprolites，以确定是否可以识别，定位并归因于人参或食肉动物的任何空间上不同的行为。将动物，石头和proprolite组合进行相互比较，并将岩性，分类和Thophonomic子组合与其父材质的总体分布进行比较。空间和离子标记表明，人源素活性只是位点形成的一小部分，而食肉动物在骨的积累中起主要作用。