Faunal Dispersal, Reconcentration, and Gnawing Damage to Bone in Terrestrial Environments

Manual of Forensic Taphonomy

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 201-248

  Pokines, James T ^a,b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1201/b15424-13     Document Type: Chapter

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