The body size of wild boar during the Mesolithic in southern Scandinavia

Acta Theriologica

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 113-130

  Magnell, Ola ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Body size; Mesolithic; Osteometry; Sus scrofa

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; MESOLITHIC; OSTEOLOGY; PALEOECOLOGY; PIG;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

CAPREOLUS CAPREOLUS; CERVIDAE; CERVUS ELAPHUS; SUS SCROFA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 1842766383     PISSN: 00017051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03192513     Document Type: Article

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