Breaking bones to obtain marrow: A comparative study between percussion by batting bone on an anvil and hammerstone percussion

Archaeometry

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1085-1104

  Blasco, R ^a   Dominguez Rodrigo M ^b,c   Arilla, M ^d,e   Camaros E ^d,e   Rosell, J ^d,e  

^a Gibraltar Museum   (Gibraltar)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c Museo de los Origenes   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

^e INSTITUT CATALÀ DE PALEOECOLOGIA HUMANA I EVOLUCIÓ SOCIAL   (Spain)

Author keywords

Batting; Bone Breakage; Experimental Series; Hammerstone Percussion; Intentional Damage; Notch Type

Indexed keywords

EID: 84911807538     PISSN: 0003813X     EISSN: 14754754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/arcm.12084     Document Type: Article

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