On the paramount importance of adequate comparative collections and recovery techniques in the identification and interpretation of vertebrate archaeofaunas: A reply to Vale & Gargett (2002)

Archaeofauna

Volumn 13, Issue , 2004, Pages 173-182

  Wake, Thomas A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Comparative collections; Morphology; Neotropics; Zooarchaeology

Indexed keywords

EID: 37249072791     PISSN: 11326891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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