Habitat preference of extant African bovids based on astragalus morphology: operationalizing ecomorphology for palaeoenvironmental reconstruction

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 35, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 3016-3027

  Plummer, Thomas W ^a   Bishop, Laura C ^b   Hertel, Fritz ^c  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Astragalus; Bovidae; Ecomorphology; Palaeoenvironmental reconstruction; Taphonomy

Indexed keywords

CATTLE; ECOMORPHOLOGY; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; HABITAT SELECTION; HOMINID; PALEOENVIRONMENT; TAPHONOMY;

BOVIDAE;

EID: 49649098956     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2008.06.015     Document Type: Article

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