What is adequate evidence for mass procurement of ungulates in zooarchaeology?

Quaternary International

Volumn 297, Issue , 2013, Pages 167-175

  Lubinski, Patrick M ^a  

^a CENTRAL WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; BONE; MASS MORTALITY; UNGULATE;

ANIMALIA; UNGULATA;

EID: 84892439048     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2012.12.030     Document Type: Article

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