Detecting the seasonal slaughtering of domestic mammals: Inferences from the detailed recording of tooth eruption and wear

Environmental Archaeology

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 153-169

  Ervynck, Anton ^a  

^a Flemish Heritage Institute   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Domestic mammals; Seasonality slaughtering patterns; Tooth development; Zooarchaeology

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750575675     PISSN: 14614103     EISSN: 17496314     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/env.2005.10.2.153     Document Type: Article

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