Structural density of domesticated South American camelid skeletal elements and the archaeological investigation of prehistoric Andean ch'arki

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 26, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1347-1368

  Stahl, Peter W ^a  

^a BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Camelidae; Ch'arki; Photon densitometry; South America; Structural density; Taphonomy; Zooarchaeology

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; DOMESTIC SPECIES; PALEOECOLOGY; PREHISTORIC;

SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 0032806410     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jasc.1998.0389     Document Type: Article

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