Do digestive processes leave diagnostic traces on fish bones?

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 957-971

  Butler, Virginia L ^a   Schroeder, Roy A ^a  

^a PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bone modification; Digestive processes; Gila bicolor; Scat bone; Taphonomy

Indexed keywords

EID: 0007016410     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jasc.1997.0725     Document Type: Article

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