The Earliest Record of House Sparrows (Passer domesticus) in Northern Europe

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 183-190

  Ericson, Per G P ^a   Tyrberg, Tommy ^b   Kjellberg, Anna Stina ^c,f   Jonsson, Leif ^d   Ullén, Inga ^e  

^a SWEDISH MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Sweden)

^b Museum of National Antiquities ^*  (Sweden)

^c Museum of National Antiquities   (Sweden)

^d Ctrl Bd Natl Antiquities K   (Sweden)

^e Ctrl Bd Natl Antiquities S   (Sweden)

^f NONE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Archaeozoology; Biogeography; Bronze Age; Commensalism; Passer domesticus; Sweden

Indexed keywords

BRONZE AGE; HORSE; HOUSE SPARROW;

EUROPE, (NORTH);

EQUUS CABALLUS; PASSER DOMESTICUS;

EID: 0031474172     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jasc.1996.0102     Document Type: Article

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