Estimation of shoulder height from long bone measurements on dogs unearthed from the Van-Yoncatepe early iron age necropolis in Eastern Anatolia

Revue de Medecine Veterinaire

Volumn 156, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 53-60

  Onar, V ^a   Belli, O ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Anatolia; early Iron Age; Long bone; Measurement; Shoulder height dog; Van Yoncatepe

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARCHEOLOGY; ARTICLE; BREEDING; DOG; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FEMALE; LONG BONE; NONHUMAN; POSTHUMOUS CARE; SHOULDER; SOCIETY;

EID: 13844262973     PISSN: 00351555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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