New evidence for the date of introduction of the house mouse, Mus musculus domesticus Schwartz & Schwartz, and the field mouse, Apodemus sylvaticus (L.), to Shetland

Environmental Archaeology

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 143-151

  Nicholson, Rebecca A ^a   Barber, Pauline ^b   Bond, Julie M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b University of Bradford ^*  (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Colonisation; Mice; Scottish Islands; Viking period

Indexed keywords

EID: 58149273864     PISSN: 14614103     EISSN: 17496314     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/env.2005.10.2.143     Document Type: Article

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