A comparative study of analytic techniques for skeletal part profile interpretation at El Mirón Cave (Cantabria, Spain)

Archaeofauna

Volumn 18, Issue , 2009, Pages 79-98

  Arroyo, Ana Belén Marín ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ABCml; ARP; Bone density; El mir n cave; Magdalenian; Skeletal part profiles; Utility index

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861570033     PISSN: 11326891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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