Taphonomic studies with wild brown bears (Ursus arctos) in the mountains of northern Spain

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 1389-1396

  Sala, Nohemi ^a   Arsuaga, Juan Luis ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

Author keywords

Actualism; Carnivore modification; Taphonomy; Ursus arctos behavior

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; BEAR; CARNIVORE; FRACTURE; PALEONTOLOGY; TAPHONOMY;

CANTABRIAN MOUNTAINS; SPAIN;

EID: 84885474407     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2012.10.018     Document Type: Article

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