What makes bones shiny? Investigating trampling as a cause of bone abrasion

Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 163-173

  Madgwick, Richard ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Abrasion; Multivariate statistics; Regression; Site formation; Taphonomy; Trampling

Indexed keywords

EID: 84901192826     PISSN: 18669557     EISSN: 18669565     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12520-013-0165-0     Document Type: Article

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