Wild or domestic? Biometric variation in the cat Felis silvestris schreber

International Journal of Osteoarchaeology

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 581-595

  O'Connor, T P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Domestic cat; Felis silvestris; Medieval Europe; Size index scaling; Wildcat

Indexed keywords

EID: 38349192536     PISSN: 1047482X     EISSN: 10991212     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/oa.913     Document Type: Article

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