A look from the inside: MicroCT analysis of burned bones

Ethnobiology Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 258-266

  Boschin, Francesco ^a   Zanolli, Clément ^b   Bernardini, Federico ^b,c   Princivalle, Francesco ^d   Tuniz, Claudio ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^b ABDUS SALAM INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS   (Italy)

^c MUSEO STORICO DELLA FISICA E CENTRO STUDI E RICERCHE ENRICO FERMI   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Burned bones; MicroCT imaging; Taphonomy; Zooarchaeology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84954568662     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21598126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14237/ebl.6.2.2015.365     Document Type: Article

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