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Ancient Plumage Colour Genetics Reveal Goose Domestication and Hybridization. [PDF]
Anim GenetABSTRACT In archaeological assemblages, differentiating the European domestic goose and its wild progenitor, the greylag goose (Anser anser), has been challenging due to their similar skeletal morphologies. A short region of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) analysed from ancient DNA (aDNA) has been shown to distinguish wild greylags from domestic geese, but ...
Honka J +7 more
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Journal of Open Archaeology Data, 2018 This paper presents biometric data from a collection of 488 dogs skulls originating from 58 (archaeological) sites in the northern Netherlands dating from the Iron Age to the Medieval Period.
E. E. Scheele, Canan Çakırlar
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Internet Archaeology, 2023 The FeedSax project combined bioarchaeological data with evidence from settlement archaeology to investigate how, when and why the expansion of arable farming occurred between the 8th-13th centuries in England. It has generated and released a vast, multi-
Mark McKerracher +11 more
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The Zooarchaeology of Israelite Religion: Methods and Practice
Religions, 2019 This essay aims to provide a methodological framework for the application of zooarchaeology to the study of Israelite religion for the purpose of providing an overview of this growing subfield for the non-specialist and for inviting further conversation ...
Jonathan S. Greer
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Identification, Classification and Zooarchaeology
Ethnobiology Letters, 2011 Identification of preserved biological materials is often regarded as a skill which has little to do with analysis and interpretation. This paper argues that in zooarchaeological studies―here with particular reference to vertebrate remains―identification
Jonathan C. Driver
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Collagen fingerprinting traces the introduction of caprines to island Eastern Africa
Royal Society Open Science, 2021 The human colonization of eastern Africa's near- and offshore islands was accompanied by the translocation of several domestic, wild and commensal fauna, many of which had long-term impacts on local environments.
Courtney Culley +14 more
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Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2022 For centuries, hunting and herding of large bovids were important for human survival at high altitudes on the Tibetan Plateau. However, little is known about past human relations with iconic plateau animals, such as takins (Budorcas taxicolor Hodgson ...
Zhengwei Zhang +3 more
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Integrating Zooarchaeology and Paleoethnobotany: A Consideration of Issues, Methods, and Cases
Ethnobiology Letters, 2010 Review of Integrating Zooarchaeology and Paleoethnobotany: A Consideration of Issues, Methods, and Cases. Amber M. VanDerwarker and Tanya M. Peres, eds. 2010. Springer, New York. Pp. 317, 13 color illustrations, 13 black-and-white illustrations. $129.00 (
Virginia L. Butler
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Animals, 2023 The first millennium BC saw the expansion of the Western Zhou dynasty in its northwestern frontier, alongside the rise and development of the Qin State in the Longshan Mountain region of northern China.
Tianyu Zong +9 more
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