Derivation and application of a food utility index (FUI) for European wild boar (Sus scrofa L.)

Environmental Archaeology

Volumn 7, Issue , 2002, Pages 77-87

  Rowley Conwy, Peter ^a   Halstead, Paul ^b   Collins, Patricia ^b  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Boar; Butchery; Food utility index; Fui; Ringkloster; Skeletal element frequency

Indexed keywords

EID: 55449134947     PISSN: 14614103     EISSN: 17496314     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/env.2002.7.1.77     Document Type: Article

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