Applying dynamics and comparing life tables for Pleistocene Equidae in anthropic (Bau de l'Aubesier, Combe-Grenal) and carnivore (Fouvent) contexts with modern feral horse populations (Akagera, Pryor Mountain)

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 176-184

  Fernandez, Philippe ^a   Guadelli, Jean Luc ^b   Fosse, Philippe ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ BORDEAUX 1   (France)

^c Maison de la Recherche   (France)

Author keywords

Archaeological and actual contexts; Horse mortality; Life tables; Middle Palaeolithic

Indexed keywords

LIFE TABLE; MORTALITY; PLEISTOCENE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; WESTERN EUROPE;

EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS;

EID: 30544441929     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2005.07.005     Document Type: Article

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