Tooth marks and human consumption: ethnoarchaeological mastication research among foragers of the Central African Republic

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 34, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1629-1640

  Landt, Matthew J ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bofi foragers; Central African Republic; Ethnoarchaeology; Mastication; Small mammals; Taphonomy

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ARCHAEOLOGY; BONE; CARNIVORE; FAUNA; MAMMAL; SKELETON; TAPHONOMY; TOOTH;

AFRICA; CENTRAL AFRICA; CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 34547125960     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2006.12.001     Document Type: Article

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