Preservation of Bird Bones: Erosion Versus Digestion by Owls

International Journal of Osteoarchaeology

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 372-387

  Bocheński, Zbigniew M ^a   Tomek, Teresa ^a  

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

Author keywords

Bird bones; Digestion; Erosion; Taphonomy; Weathering

Indexed keywords

EID: 0039899716     PISSN: 1047482X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1212(199707/08)7:4<372::AID-OA355>3.0.CO;2-W     Document Type: Article

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