Gazelle bone fat processing in the Levantine Epipalaeolithic

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 223-239

  Munro, Natalie D ^a   Bar Oz, Guy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

Bone processing; Bone survivorship; Epipalaeolithic; Gazelle; Grease; Intensification; Levant; Marrow; Taphonomy

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; BONE; HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY; LIVESTOCK; PALEOLITHIC; PROCESSING; TAPHONOMY;

EID: 11244302694     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2004.08.007     Document Type: Article

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