Preservation of anthropogenic materials under different geochemical processes: A mineralogical approach

Quaternary International

Volumn 214, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 63-69

  Karkanas, Panagiotis ^a  

^a Ephoreia of Palaeoanthropology Speleology of Southern Greece   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; BONE; GEOCHEMISTRY; MINERALOGY; PRESERVATION;

EID: 76749131195     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2009.10.017     Document Type: Article

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