Identifying the geochemical taphonomy of the osteological material from Katsambas rockshelter

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 116-123

  Iliopoulos, George ^a   Galanidou, Nena ^a   Pergantis, Spiros A ^a   Vamvakaki, Vicky ^a   Chaniotakis, Nikos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Bone; Crystallinity; Diagenesis; Katsambas; Rare earth elements; Redox

Indexed keywords

BONE; CRYSTALLINITY; DIAGENESIS; GEOCHEMISTRY; NEOLITHIC; OSTEOLOGY; PROVENANCE; TAPHONOMY;

CRETE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 70350757524     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2009.09.021     Document Type: Article

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