Cattle 'breed' variation and improvement in roman italy: Connecting the zooarchaeological and ancient textual evidence

World Archaeology

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 55-73

  MacKinnon, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINNIPEG   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biometry; Breeds; Cattle; Livestock improvements; Roman Italy; Zooarchaeology

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL CHANGE; BIOMETRY; BREEDING; CATTLE; DATA SET; EXPORT; IMPORT; LIVESTOCK FARMING;

ITALY;

BOS;

EID: 77951200358     PISSN: 00438243     EISSN: 14701375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00438240903429730     Document Type: Article

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