Measurements of a group of adult female Shetland sheep skeletons from a single flock: A baseline for zooarchaeologists

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 593-612

  Davis, Simon J M ^a  

^a ENGLISH HERITAGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Correlation; Measurements; PCA; Sheep bones; Variation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0006011987     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jasc.1996.0056     Document Type: Article

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