Fish remains in cave deposits; how did they get there?

Cave and Karst Science

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 117-120

  Russ, Hannah ^a   Jones, Andrew K G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b YORK ARCHAEOLOGICAL TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEAR; CANID; CAVE DEPOSIT; FISH; FLOODING; MUSTELID; RAPTOR; SKELETAL REMAINS; TAPHONOMY;

ANIMALIA; AVES; BUBO BUBO; CANIDAE; LUTRINAE; STRIGIFORMES; URSUS ARCTOS;

EID: 84855484857     PISSN: 1356191X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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