One bone, two bones, wet bones, dry bones: Transport potentials under experimental conditions

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 26, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1369-1375

  Coard, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Articulated bones; Flume experiments; Taphonomy

Indexed keywords

TAPHONOMY; TRANSPORT PROCESS;

EID: 0032778157     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jasc.1999.0438     Document Type: Article

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