New insights into pig taxonomy, domestication and human dispersal in Island South East Asia: Molar shape analysis of Sus remains from Niah Caves, Sarawak

International Journal of Osteoarchaeology

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 508-530

  Cucchi, Thomas ^a,b   Fujita, M ^a   Dobney, K ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

Author keywords

Elliptic Fourier transform; Geometric morphometrics; Island South East Asia; Neolithic; Teeth; Zooarchaeology

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349639859     PISSN: 1047482X     EISSN: 10991212     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/oa.974     Document Type: Article

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