Feeding the scavengers. Actualistic taphonomy in the Jordan Valley, Israel

International Journal of Osteoarchaeology

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 407-425

  Lotan, E ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Bone density; Bone weathering; Jordan Valley, Israel; Pre burial bone disappearance; Scavenging; Taphonomy

Indexed keywords

EID: 0039849407     PISSN: 1047482X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1099-1212(200011/12)10:6<407::AID-OA530>3.0.CO;2-D     Document Type: Article

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