Actualistic research into dynamic impact and its implications for understanding differential bone fragmentation and survivorship

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 39, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 3443-3449

  Karr, Landon P ^a   Outram, Alan K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bone fracture and fragmentation; Bone survivorship; Density mediated attrition; Dynamic impact; Post depositional destruction; Rockfall; Taphonomy

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; BONE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FRAGMENTATION; RESEARCH; ROCKFALL; SURVIVORSHIP; TAPHONOMY;

BOVIDAE;

EID: 84864310686     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2012.05.013     Document Type: Article

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