Fragmentation and preservation of bird bones in food remains of the Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos

Archaeofauna

Volumn 8, Issue , 1999, Pages 31-39

  Bocheński, Zbigniew M ^a   Huhtala, Kauko ^b   Sulkava, Seppo ^c   Tornberg, Risto ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF SYSTEMATICS AND EVOLUTION OF ANIMALS   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^c NONE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Aquila chrysaetos; Bird bones; Food remains; Taphonomy

Indexed keywords

EID: 0009806238     PISSN: 11326891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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