Disentangling long bones of foxes (Vulpes vulpes and Alopex lagopus) from arctic archaeological sites

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 799-806

  Monchot, Hervé ^a,b   Gendron, Daniel ^a  

^a Institut Culturel Avataq   (Canada)

^b MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; BODY SIZE; BONE; CANID; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; SKELETON;

CANADA; NUNAVUT; QIKIRTAQ ISLAND; TAYARA;

ALOPEX LAGOPUS; CANIDAE; VULPES; VULPES VULPES;

EID: 77949539555     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2009.11.009     Document Type: Article

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