The taphonomy of cooked bone: Characterizing boiling and its physico-chemical effects

Archaeometry

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 485-494

  Roberts, S J ^a   Smith, C I ^a   Millard, A ^b   Collins, M J ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Boiling; Bone; Collagen; Crystallinity; Diagenesis; Porosity

Indexed keywords

BONE; COLLAGEN; CRYSTALLINITY; DIAGENESIS; POROSITY; TAPHONOMY;

EID: 0036668908     PISSN: 0003813X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1475-4754.t01-1-00080     Document Type: Article

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