A chronology of bone marrow and bone grease exploitation at the Mitchell prehistoric Indian village

Plains Anthropologist

Volumn 55, Issue 215, 2010, Pages 215-223

  Karr, Landon P ^a   Outram, Alan K ^a   Adrien Hannus, L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b AUGUSTANA COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bone fat; Bone fracture; Bone grease; Bone marrow; Fragmentation

Indexed keywords

EID: 82055199394     PISSN: 00320447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/pan.2010.019     Document Type: Article

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