Differences between NISP and MNE in cutmark analysis of highly fragmented faunal assemblages

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-12

  Otárola Castillo, Erik ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bone fragmentation; Butchery; Cutmarks; Multivariate statistics; Simulation; Taphonomy

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; BONE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FAUNA; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; FRAGMENTATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TAPHONOMY; ZOOLOGY;

EID: 70350755578     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2009.08.005     Document Type: Article

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