Dental microwear study of pigs from the classical site of Sagalassos (SW Turkey) as an aid for the reconstruction of husbandry practices in ancient times

Environmental Archaeology

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 137-154

  Vanpoucke, Sofie ^a   Mainland, Ingrid ^b   De Cupere, Bea ^a   Waelkens, Marc ^c  

^a ROYAL BELGIAN INSTITUTE OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Early Byzantine; Husbandry practices; Microwear; Pig; Roman; Sagalassos; Turkey

Indexed keywords

EID: 73949112839     PISSN: 14614103     EISSN: 17496314     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/146141009X12481709928328     Document Type: Article

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