Application of allometry to zooarchaeology

American Antiquity

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 1987, Pages 304-317

  Reitz, Elizabeth J ^a   Quitmyer, Irvy R ^b   Hale, H Stephen ^b   Scudder, Sylvia J ^b   Wing, Elizabeth S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

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EID: 0000552829     PISSN: 00027316     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/281782     Document Type: Article

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