Expanding ecomorphological methods: Geometric morphometric analysis of Cervidae post-crania

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1172-1182

  Curran, Sabrina C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervidae; Ecomorphology; Geometric morphometrics; Habitat reconstruction; Post crania

Indexed keywords

CRANIUM; DEER; ECOMORPHOLOGY; GEOMETRY; MORPHOMETRY; PALEOECOLOGY; PLEISTOCENE; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

CERVIDAE; CRANIA;

EID: 84856404937     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2011.12.028     Document Type: Article

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