Hydrodynamic sorting in a coastal marine skeletal assemblage

International Journal of Osteoarchaeology

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 259-278

  Stojanowski, Christopher M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hydrodynamic sorting; Marine taphonomy; Skeletal variability

Indexed keywords

EID: 0040670179     PISSN: 1047482X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/oa.620     Document Type: Article

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