Diagenesis of bones from Eland's Bay Cave

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 535-542

  Sillen, Andrew ^a   Parkington, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Apatite; Bone; Crystallinity; Diagenesis; Eland's Bay Cave; Infrared spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; ARCHAEOLOGY; BONE; CRYSTALLINITY; DIAGENESIS; HOLOCENE; SPLITTING FACTOR;

SOUTH AFRICA, CAPE PROVINCE, ELAND'S BAY CAVE;

EID: 0030475905     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jasc.1996.0050     Document Type: Article

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