Black fish bones in waterlogged deposits: The case of the Neolithic lake settlement of Dispilio, Greece

Archaeofauna

Volumn 22, Issue , 2013, Pages 51-74

  Elizabeth, Stathopoulou ^a   Tatiana, Theodoropoulou ^b   Nellie, Phoca Cosmetatou ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b American School of Classical Studies at Athens   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Burning; Diagenesis; EDXA; Greece; IR spectroscopy; Lacustrine sediments; Neolithic; Optical microscopy; Oxide staining; SEM

Indexed keywords

EID: 84890363313     PISSN: 11326891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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