Hyrax and hare bones from modern South African eagle roosts and the detection of eagle involvement in fossil bone assemblages

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 135-147

  Cruz Uribe, Kathryn ^a   Klein, Richard G ^b  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Eagles; Hares; Hyraxes; Later Stone Age; Middle Stone Age; Skeletal part representation

Indexed keywords

EAGLE; HARE; HYRAX; MESOLITHIC; NEOLITHIC;

SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0031810061     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jasc.1997.0239     Document Type: Article

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