Hadza bone assemblages and hyena attrition: An ethnographic example of the influence of cooking and mode of discard on the intensity of scavenger ravaging

Journal of Anthropological Archaeology

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 1995, Pages 288-314

  Lupo, Karen D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

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EID: 0001098659     PISSN: 02784165     EISSN: 10902686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jaar.1995.1015     Document Type: Article

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