Taphonomic comparison of bone modifications caused by wild and captive wolves (Canis lupus)

Quaternary International

Volumn 330, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 126-135

  Sala, Nohemi ^a   Arsuaga, Juan Luis ^a   Haynes, Gary ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BONE; CANID; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; FOSSIL RECORD; MORPHOLOGY; SKELETAL REMAINS; TAPHONOMY; TOOTH;

ANIMALIA; CANIDAE; CANIS LUPUS; FELIDAE; UNGULATA; URSIDAE;

EID: 84898823620     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2013.08.017     Document Type: Article

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