A conceptual model for freshwater mussel (family: Unionidae) remain preservation in zooarchaeological assemblages

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 164-173

  Wolverton, Steve ^a   Randklev, Charles R ^b   Kennedy, James H ^b  

^a Department of Geography   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Freshwater mussels; Morphometry; Shell preservation; Shell taphonomy; Zooarchealogy

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; BIOGEOGRAPHY; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; HOLOCENE; MICROSTRUCTURE; MOLLUSC; MORPHOMETRY; NUMERICAL MODEL; PALEONTOLOGY; PRESERVATION; SHELLFISH; TAPHONOMY; ZOOLOGY;

NORTH AMERICA; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

UNIONIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 70350786288     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2009.09.028     Document Type: Article

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