Taphonomy at two contiguous coastal rockshelters in Panama: Preliminary observations focusing on fishing and curing fish

Quaternary International

Volumn 180, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 90-106

  Carvajal Contreras, Diana Rocío ^a   Cooke, Richard ^b   Jiménez, Máximo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; COASTAL ZONE; FISHING; HUMAN ACTIVITY; SKELETAL REMAINS; TAPHONOMY;

CENTRAL AMERICA; PANAMA [CENTRAL AMERICA];

ANIMALIA; CRUSTACEA; MOLLUSCA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 41949131051     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2007.08.027     Document Type: Article

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