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Differential Bone Destruction: Some Comments

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

Richard W. Casteel
Richard W. Casteel*
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Department of Anthropology, University of California, Davis
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Abstract

The role of scavengers, especially dogs, with reference to archaeological faunal remains is not always clear. While distortion admittedly results from the activities of these animals, total destruction of all such evidence is questioned. Emphasis is placed upon fish remains in the examples and both ethnographic and archaeological data are used. It is argued that a more thorough knowledge of the nature of the food items themselves will greatly aid in assessing both their potential archaeological visibility and the information they may yield.

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American Antiquity , Volume 36 , Issue 4 , October 1971 , pp. 466 - 469
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Copyright © The Society for American Archaeology 1971

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