Early Neolithic pig domestication at Jiahu, Henan Province, China: Clues from molar shape analyses using geometric morphometric approaches

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 11-22

  Cucchi, T ^a,b   Hulme Beaman, A ^c   Yuan, J ^d   Dobney, K ^b  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^c DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d CHINESE ACADEMY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Domestication; Geometric morphometrics; Morphology; Sliding semilandmarks; Sus scrofa; Teeth; Zooarchaeology

Indexed keywords

DENTITION; DOMESTICATION; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; LIVESTOCK FARMING; MORPHOLOGY; MORPHOMETRY; NEOLITHIC; PHENOTYPE; PIG; TOOTH;

CHINA; HENAN; JIAHU; YELLOW RIVER;

SUIDAE; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 78049286754     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2010.07.024     Document Type: Article

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