The faunal assemblages and taphonomic signatures of five striped hyaena (hyaena hyaena syriaca) dens in the desert of eastern Jordan

Levant

Volumn 37, Issue , 2005, Pages 221-234

  Kuhn, Brian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Archaeology; Archaeozoology; Bone collecting; Faunal assemblage; Hyaena; Taphonomy

Indexed keywords

EID: 57849087877     PISSN: 00758914     EISSN: 17563801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/lev.2005.37.1.221     Document Type: Review

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