Bird Remains from Two Sites on the Red Sea Coast and some Observations on Medullary Bone

International Journal of Osteoarchaeology

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 488-496

  Lentacker, A N ^a   Van Neer, Wim ^a  

^a ROYAL MUSEUM FOR CENTRAL AFRICA   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Archaeozoology; Birds; Egypt; Medullary bone; Red Sea coast; Roman period

Indexed keywords

EID: 0006436544     PISSN: 1047482X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1212(199612)6:5<488::AID-OA301>3.0.CO;2-W     Document Type: Article

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