Walking the cod: an investigation into the relative robustness of cod, Gadus morhua, skeletal elements
A simple experiment is described which details what happens to the bones of cod when they are walked on by a man. The pattern of fragmentation for various elements is illustrated and an index of robustness proposed for those elements in a cod skeleton most frequently recovered from archaeological si...
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University of York
1999-12-01
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| Series: | Internet Archaeology |
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| Online Access: | http://intarch.ac.uk/journal/issue7/jones_index.html |