Testing the impact of environmental zone on experimental taphonomic faunal models

Environmental Archaeology

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 113-123

  Fillios, Melanie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Archaeology; Australia; Ecology; Faunal analysis; Taphonomy

Indexed keywords

EID: 80655125097     PISSN: 14614103     EISSN: 17496314     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/174963111X13110803260895     Document Type: Article

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