Was it the deer or the fox?

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 38, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 2767-2774

  Cáceres, Isabel ^a,b   Esteban Nadal, Montserrat ^a,b   Bennàsar, Maria ^a,b   Fernández Jalvo, Yolanda ^c  

^a UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

^b INSTITUT CATALÀ DE PALEOECOLOGIA HUMANA I EVOLUCIÓ SOCIAL   (Spain)

^c MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

Author keywords

Actualism; Carnivores; Herbivores; Osteophagia; Taphonomy; Toothmarks

Indexed keywords

BONE; CARNIVORE; HERBIVORE; MORPHOLOGY; PALEONTOLOGY; TAPHONOMY; TOOTH;

CERVIDAE;

EID: 80051799414     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2011.06.020     Document Type: Article

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