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The Relative Value of Fragmentary Mammalian Remains

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

S. J. Olsen
S. J. Olsen*
Affiliation:
Florida Geological Survey, Tallahassee, Fla.
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Abstract

The diagnostic value of animal remains from archaeological sites is discussed in the following order of importance of the various osteological elements which can be used for interpreting the fauna they represent: teeth, skull fragments, articular ends of limb bones, foot bones, portions of the pectoral and pelvic girdles, and vertebrae.

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Facts and Comments
Information
American Antiquity , Volume 26 , Issue 4 , April 1961 , pp. 538 - 540
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for American Archaeology 1961

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