A cautionary note on the use of captive carnivores to model wild predator behavior: A comparison of bone modification patterns on long bones by captive and wild lions

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1903-1910

  Gidna, Agness ^a,b   Yravedra, José ^c   Domínguez Rodrigo, Manuel ^a,c  

^a Museo de los Origenes   (Spain)

^b National Museum of Tanzania   (Tanzania)

^c UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Analogy; Bone modifications; Captive predators; Carnivores; Tooth marks

Indexed keywords

ANALOG MODEL; BONE; CARNIVORE; FELID; PREDATOR; TOOTH;

ARUSHA [TANZANIA]; TANZANIA; TARANGIRE NATIONAL PARK;

EID: 84872443465     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2012.11.023     Document Type: Article

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