Differentiating between bone fragments from horses and cattle: A histological identification method for archaeology

Environmental Archaeology

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 165-179

  Cuijpers, Saddha ^a   Lauwerier, Roel C G M ^b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b National Service for Archaeology Cultural Landscape and Built Heritage (RACM)   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Archaeology; Bone microstructure; Cattle; Histology; Horse; Species identification

Indexed keywords

EID: 62949236024     PISSN: 14614103     EISSN: 17496314     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/174963108X343281     Document Type: Article

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