The contributions of animal bones from archaeological sites: The past and future of zooarchaeology

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 56, Issue , 2015, Pages 168-176

  Steele, Teresa E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Archaeozoology; Faunal analysis; Paleozoology

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; BONE; FOSSIL RECORD; PALEONTOLOGY; SKELETON; ZOOLOGY;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84928536016     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2015.02.036     Document Type: Article

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