Experimentally derived extraction rates for marrow: implications for body part exploitation strategies of Plio-Pleistocene hominid scavengers

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 657-675

  Lupo, Karen D ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BONE MARROW; HOMINID; SCAVENGING;

EID: 0031660775     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jasc.1997.0261     Document Type: Article

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