@article{bb69156675ff4bb0809a8d3291ce5a0d,
title = "Fragmentation in zooarchaeological assemblages: The role of equifinal, random processes",
abstract = "Bone fragment-size distributions from three archaeological sites were examined in relation to a general model of mechanical fragmentation. The results show a close fit between archaeological bone size distributions and the model for all sites and skeletal elements, regardless of bone marrow content, shape, and recovery/recording procedures. The results suggest that the role played by general equifinal fragmentation processes in archaeological bone assemblage formation may be important, and deserves further study.",
keywords = "Fragmentation, Zooarchaeology",
author = "Nimrod Marom",
note = "Funding Information: I wish to thank Yosef Garfinkel (Hebrew University), Omry Barzilai, Nimrod Getzov and Ron Lavi (Israel Antiquities Authority), Nava Panitz-Cohen (Hebrew University) and Robert Mullins (Azusa Pacific University) for permission to use data from their excavation in this study. Analysis of SHG faunal remains was funded by a generous scholarship from the Israeli Council for Higher Education. Guy Bar-Oz, Reuven Yeshurun and Shimon Marom have contributed many useful comments on this manuscript, although the views represented therein are solely my own. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2016 Elsevier Ltd.",
year = "2016",
month = aug,
day = "1",
doi = "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jasrep.2016.05.044",
language = "American English",
volume = "8",
pages = "11--14",
journal = "Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports",
issn = "2352-409X",
publisher = "Elsevier B.V.",
}