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Where the snags are : looking into bird bones |
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| Author: | Wertz, Krzysztof1; Tornberg, Risto2; Huhtala, Kauko2; |
| Organizations: |
1Institute of Systematics and Evolution of Animals, Polish Academy of Sciences, Krakow, Poland 2Ecology and Genetics Research Unit, Faculty of Science, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland 3Institute of Archaeology, University of Wrocław, Wrocław, Poland
4Faculty of Geology, University of Warsaw, Warszawa, Poland
5Faculty of Archaeology, University of Warsaw, Warszawa, Poland |
| Format: | article |
| Version: | accepted version |
| Access: | open |
| Online Access: | PDF Full Text (PDF, 1.1 MB) |
| Persistent link: | http://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi-fe2021102552152 |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
John Wiley & Sons,
2021
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| Publish Date: | 2022-03-01 |
| Description: |
AbstractA study of bird remains from the Koziarnia Cave (Poland) revealed the presence of nearly a dozen bony shreds (snags) projecting from the natural canals in bones; the snags were made of a material that accumulated during the Late Pleistocene. This paper describes this phenomenon and determines the most probable agent responsible for its occurrence by utilizing observations of snag microstructure, taphonomic analysis of bird assemblages from Koziarnia Cave, and surveys of collected bird remains (modern and fossilized). The presence of snag may be a good qualitative indicator of an agent responsible for the accumulation of bird bones at archeological sites and could be useful in future taphonomic studies. see all
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| Series: |
International journal of osteoarchaeology |
| ISSN: | 1047-482X |
| ISSN-E: | 1099-1212 |
| ISSN-L: | 1047-482X |
| Volume: | 31 |
| Issue: | 4 |
| Pages: | 663 - 669 |
| DOI: | 10.1002/oa.2976 |
| OADOI: | https://oadoi.org/10.1002/oa.2976 |
| Type of Publication: |
A1 Journal article – refereed |
| Field of Science: |
1181 Ecology, evolutionary biology |
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| Funding: |
National Science Centre, Poland. Grant Number: 2016/22/E/HS3/00486. |
| Copyright information: |
© 2021 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Wertz, K, Tornberg, R, Huhtala, K, Diakowski, M, Kotowski, J, Kot, M. Where the snags are: Looking into bird bones. Int J Osteoarchaeol. 2021; 31: 663– 669, which has been published in final form at https://doi.org/10.1002/oa.2976. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Self-Archiving. |