Ancient breeds of domestic fowl (Gallus gallus f. domestica) distinguished on the basis of traditional observations combined with mixture analysis

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 32, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1587-1597

  De Cupere, Bea ^a   Van Neer, Wim ^a,c   Monchot, Hervé ^b,d   Rijmenants, Elina ^a   Udrescu, Mircea ^a   Waelkens, Marc ^c  

^a ROYAL BELGIAN INSTITUTE OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (Belgium)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^d MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

Author keywords

Archaeozoology; Breeds; Chicken; Domestic fowl; Gallus gallus; Medullary bone; Mixture analysis; Spur

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; BONE; PALEOECOLOGY; ZOOLOGY;

GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 25144454392     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2005.04.015     Document Type: Article

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