Method, conservation management (Other Keyword)

DOCUMENT Citation Only Canan Cakirlar. Francis Koolstra. Christian Kuchelmann. Salima Ikram.

Remains of marine turtles occur regularly in the archaeological record. They provide insights into ancient subsistence and community practices. They also contain crucial information that can be used to create baselines for conservation. Their explanatory power is increased when the species exploited are identified. Here we describe an osteomorphological method which allows us to analyze fragmented postcranial elements of common Cheloniidae (Caretta Caretta and Chelonia mydas) to species and...