Post-burial fragmentation of microvertebrate skeletons

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1093-1100

  Smoke, Naomi D ^a   Stahl, Peter W ^b  

^a Hezel Associates LLC   (United States)

^b BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Microvertebrates; Owl predation; Site formation; Taphonomy; Zooarchaeology

Indexed keywords

EID: 3042691902     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2004.01.005     Document Type: Article

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