Experimental examination of animal trampling effects on artifact movement in dry and water saturated substrates: A test case from South India

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 37, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 3010-3021

  Eren, Metin I ^a   Durant, Adam ^b   Neudorf, Christina ^c   Haslam, Michael ^d   Shipton, Ceri ^e   Bora, Janardhana ^f   Korisettar, Ravi ^f   Petraglia, Michael ^d  

^a SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^e MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^f KARNATAK UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Artifact movement; Experimental archaeology; Formation theory; Goats; Hoof prints; India; Trampling; Water buffalo

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; ARTIFACT; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GOAT; LIMESTONE; PALEOLITHIC; TRAMPLING;

INDIA;

ANIMALIA; BUBALUS; CAPRA HIRCUS;

EID: 77957244882     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2010.06.024     Document Type: Article

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