Fragmentation of Bird Bones in Food Remains of Imperial Eagles (Aquila heliaca)

International Journal of Osteoarchaeology

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 165-171

  Bocheński, Zbigniew M ^a   Korovin, Vadim A ^b   Nekrasov, Alexei E ^c   Tomek, Teresa ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF SYSTEMATICS AND EVOLUTION OF ANIMALS   (Poland)

^b URAL FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^c INSTITUTE OF PLANT AND ANIMAL ECOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Aquila heliaca; Bird bones; Food remains; Taphonomy

Indexed keywords

EID: 0039306418     PISSN: 1047482X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1099-1212(199703)7:2<165::aid-oa332>3.0.co;2-4     Document Type: Article

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