Butchery and kill sites

Encyclopedia of Archaeology

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 948-953

  Domínguez Rodrigo, Manuel ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Butchery; Cut marks; Elephants; Kill sites; Mass kills; Megafauna; Percussion marks; Single kills; Taphonomy

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955268267     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-012373962-9.00043-1     Document Type: Chapter

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