Work- and age-related changes in an Iron Age horse skeleton from Danebury hillfort, Hampshire

Archaeofauna

Volumn 16, Issue , 2007, Pages 97-108

  Bendrey, Robin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Danebury; Horse; Iron age; Palaeopathology; Riding; Traction

Indexed keywords

EID: 60949180149     PISSN: 11326891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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