Testing Analogical Taphonomic Signatures In Bone Breaking: A Comparison Between Hammerstone-Broken Equid And Bovid Bones

Archaeometry

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 996-1011

  De Juana, S ^a   Dominguez Rodrigo M ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Equid bone fragmentation; Hammerstone bone breakage; Microstriations; Notch; Percussion marks; Pits; Striae fields

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; BONE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FRAGMENTATION; HORSE; TAPHONOMY;

ANIMALIA; BOVIDAE; EQUIDAE;

EID: 80052521688     PISSN: 0003813X     EISSN: 14754754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4754.2010.00576.x     Document Type: Article

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