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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Andrew K.G. Jones
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of York 1999-12-01
Series:Internet Archaeology
Subjects:
Cod
Online Access:http://intarch.ac.uk/journal/issue7/jones_index.html