Fine Mesh Screening of Midden Material and the Recovery of Fish Bone: The Development of Flotation and Deflocculation Techniques for an Efficient and Effective Procedure

Geoarchaeology - An International Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 21-41

  Ross, Anne ^a   Duffy, Ryan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; BONE; EXCAVATION; LABORATORY METHOD; SIEVING; SOIL SCIENCE; SORTING;

AUSTRALIA; BONIN ISLANDS; CHICHIJIMA; HONSHU; JAPAN; KANTO; MORETON BAY; QUEENSLAND; TOKYO [KANTO];

EID: 0007655056     PISSN: 08836353     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6548(200001)15:1<21::AID-GEA2>3.0.CO;2-L     Document Type: Article

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