Testing heterogeneity in faunal assemblages from archaeological sites. Tumbling and trampling experiments at the early-Middle Pleistocene site of Gesher Benot Ya'aqov (Israel)

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 37, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 3170-3190

  Gaudzinski Windheuser, Sabine ^a,b   Kindler, Lutz ^a,b   Rabinovich, Rivka ^c   Goren Inbar, Naama ^c  

^a Forschungsbereich Altsteinzeit   (Germany)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Biostratonomy; Bone surface modifications; Lacustrine shoreline environment; Striations; Taphonomy; Trampling; Tumbling

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; BONE; CHRONOLOGY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FAUNA; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; HETEROGENEITY; HOMINID; LACUSTRINE ENVIRONMENT; PLEISTOCENE; TAPHONOMY;

GESHER BENOT YA'AQOV; ISRAEL; NORTHERN DISTRICT;

EID: 77957229565     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2010.07.018     Document Type: Article

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