Applications of Reflectance Transformation Imaging (RTI) to the study of bone surface modifications

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 53, Issue , 2015, Pages 536-549

  Newman, Sarah E ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bone surface modifications; Bone tools; El Zotz; Imaging; Maya; RTI

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; ARTIFACT; BONE; PHOTOGRAPHY; SKELETON; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TOOL USE;

GUATEMALA [CENTRAL AMERICA];

EID: 84914812002     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2014.11.019     Document Type: Article

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