Taphonomic modifications produced by modern brown bears (Ursus arctos)

International Journal of Osteoarchaeology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 13-33

  Saladie P ^a   Huguet, R ^a   Diez C ^b   Rodriguez Hidalgo A ^a,c   Carbonell, E ^a,d  

^a INSTITUT CATALÀ DE PALEOECOLOGIA HUMANA I EVOLUCIÓ SOCIAL   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BURGOS   (Spain)

^c Equipo Primeros Pobladores de Extremadura Casa de la Cultura Rodríguez Moñino ^*  (Spain)

^d INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY AND PALEOANTHROPOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Actualism; Breakage; Brown bear; Taphonomy; Tooth marks

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872958706     PISSN: 1047482X     EISSN: 10991212     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/oa.1237     Document Type: Article

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