What kind of data are in the back dirt? An experiment on the influence of screen size on optimal data recovery

Archaeofauna

Volumn 13, Issue , 2004, Pages 109-129

  Quitmyer, Irvy R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Caribbean; Differential sample recovery; Faunal sampling; Southeastern United States; Zooarchaeology

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645056119     PISSN: 11326891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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