Modifications on the bovid bone assemblage from Dunefield Midden, South Africa: Stage one of a multivariate taphonomic analysis

Azania

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 238-275

  Stewart, Brian A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

bone modifications; bovids; Dunefield Midden; Later Stone Age; multivariate; refitting

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959195538     PISSN: 0067270X     EISSN: 19455534     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0067270X.2010.491951     Document Type: Review

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