Shell fragmentation as a tool for quantification and identification of taphonomic processes in archaeomalacological analysis: The case of the cantabrian region (northern spain)

Archaeometry

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 614-630

  Gutierrez Zugasti F I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Archaeomalacology; Fragmentation; Mesolithic; Molluscs; Neolithic; Northern spain; Palaeolithic; Shell midden; Taphonomy

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; FRAGMENTATION; MESOLITHIC; MIDDEN; MOLLUSC; NEOLITHIC; PALEOLITHIC; SHELL; TAPHONOMY;

CANTABRIA; SPAIN;

MOLLUSCA;

EID: 79955369640     PISSN: 0003813X     EISSN: 14754754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4754.2010.00561.x     Document Type: Article

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