ZooMS: Making eggshell visible in the archaeological record

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1797-1804

  Stewart, John R M ^a   Allen, Richard B ^a   Jones, Andrew K G ^b   Penkman, Kirsty E H ^a   Collins, Matthew J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b YORK ARCHAEOLOGICAL TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biomolecular archaeology; Birds; Eggshell; Museum egg collections

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; ARCHAEOLOGY; BIRD; EGGSHELL; MUSEUM; TAXONOMY;

AVES;

EID: 84871980169     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2012.11.007     Document Type: Article

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