How do you kill 86 mammoths? Taphonomic investigations of mammoth megasites

Quaternary International

Volumn 359-360, Issue , 2015, Pages 38-46

  Shipman, Pat ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Age profiles; Dogs; Hunting; Mammoths; Taphonomy; Wolves

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; CANID; HUNTING; MAMMOTH; TAPHONOMY;

EURASIA;

CANIDAE; CANIS FAMILIARIS; LOXODONTA AFRICANA;

EID: 84923547983     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2014.04.048     Document Type: Article

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