Estimating the body weight of dogs unearthed from the Van-Yoncatepe necropolis in Eastern Anatolia

Turkish Journal of Veterinary and Animal Sciences

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 495-498

  Onar, Vedat ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Body weight; Bone measurements; Dog; Early Iron Age; Van Yoncatepe

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; FEMUR; HUMERUS; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; POSTHUMOUS CARE; SKELETON;

CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 19444376409     PISSN: 13000128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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