Fish bone diagenesis in different soils

Archaeofauna

Volumn 5, Issue , 1996, Pages 79-91

  Nicholson, Rebecca A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

C N ratios; Cooking; Diagenesis; Fish bone; Quantification; Soil pH

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002003454     PISSN: 11326891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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