Selective gnawing on bones by porcupines and other rodents: A case study of the Tianyuan cave, a site with human fossils newly discovered near Zhoukoudian (Choukoutien);Rongements sélectifs des os par les porcs-épics et autres rongeurs : cas de la grotte Tianyuan, un site avec des restes humains fossiles récemment découvert près de Zhoukoudian (Choukoutien)

Anthropologie

Volumn 112, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 353-369

  Tong, Hao Wen ^a   Zhang, Shuangquan ^a   Chen, Fuyou ^a   Li, Qing ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Cave occupation; Porcupine; Provenance determination; Selective gnawing; Small rodents; Tianyuan cave; Zhoukoudian

Indexed keywords

BONE; CAVE; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; PROVENANCE; RODENT; SKULL; TAXONOMY; TOOTH;

ASIA; BEIJING [CHINA]; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TIANYUAN CAVE; ZHOUKOUDIAN;

RODENTIA;

EID: 47749116837     PISSN: 00035521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anthro.2008.04.006     Document Type: Article

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