Integrating taphonomy into the practice of zooarchaeology in China

Quaternary International

Volumn 211, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 86-90

  Lam, Y M ^a   Brunson, Katherine ^b   Meadow, Richard ^b   Yuan, Jing ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CHINESE ACADEMY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; ARCHAEOLOGY; BONE; FAUNA; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; FUTURE PROSPECT; INTEGRATED APPROACH; NEOLITHIC; PALEOLITHIC; PRESERVATION; SKELETAL REMAINS; TAPHONOMY; ZOOLOGY;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; SHANXI;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 71549171431     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2009.01.014     Document Type: Article

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