Blind test evaluation of accuracy in the identification and quantification of digestion corrosion damage on leporid bones

• Published in: Quaternary international Vol. 330; pp. 150 - 155
• Main Authors: Lloveras, Lluís, Moreno-García, Marta, Nadal, Jordi, Thomas, Richard
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: 30.04.2014
• Subjects: bones; corrosion; digestion; hares; predators; rabbits

The recording of digestion corrosion damage on the surface of archaeological skeletal remains is an important variable to take into account in taphonomic analyses. Different kinds of predators produce digestion damage of variable intensity. Consequently, digestion is one of the most distinctive feat...