Julie,
See the conclusions of this paper on Upper Paleolithic mammoths bones and
their use as fuel:
http://www.cq.rm.cnr.it/elephants2001/pdf/448_454.pdf
This paper on Paleolithic burnt bone horizons from Hohle Fels Cave also
argues for the intensive use of bone as fuel:
http://www.urgeschichte.uni-tuebingen.de/fileadmin/downloads/Conard/Schiegl_et_al_Geoarch03.pdf
Hope this helps.
Sincerely,
Barry W. Baker
Forensic Scientist - Morphology
Morphology Section
U.S. National Fish & Wildlife Forensics Laboratory
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Ashland, Oregon 97520-1310
USA
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Adjunct Professor of Anthropology
Department of Sociology and Anthropology
Southern Oregon University
Ashland, Oregon
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