Wiktionary
taphonomic
a. 1 Of or pertaining to taphonomy. 2 Caused by factors affecting an organism's remains after death.
Usage examples of "taphonomic".
They are more plausibly explained by noncultural taphonomic processes, including carnivore breakage, rodent gnawing, trampling, and modification by river ice.
In their study of taphonomic processes in the late nineteenth century, geologists used careful field observation to identify noncultural mechanisms that modified stone to make them appear to have been modified by humans.
I had no idea why it should be pierced a third time, and tiredly realized that I needed to stop doing taphonomic studies of the bulletin board.