A critical overview of archaeological animal bone studies

World Archaeology

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 5-19

  O'Connor T P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Animal bones; Diagenesis; Sampling; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARCHEOLOGY; BONE; CLASSIFICATION; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DIET; HISTOLOGY; HISTORY; METHODOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; REVIEW; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

ANIMALS; ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; ARCHAEOLOGY; BONE AND BONES; DIET; HISTORY, ANCIENT; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 5844354961     PISSN: 00438243     EISSN: 14701375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00438243.1996.9980328     Document Type: Article

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