New archaeozoological evidence for the introduction of the guinea pig to Europe

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1020-1024

  Pigière, Fabienne ^a   van Neer, Wim ^a,b   Ansieau, Cécile ^c   Denis, Marceline ^d  

^a ROYAL BELGIAN INSTITUTE OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c Service Public de Wallonie   (Belgium)

^d Recherches et Prospections Archéologiques en Wallonie asbl   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Archaeozoology; Cavia; Domestication; Post medieval times; Social classes; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; CLASS; DOMESTICATION; ICONOGRAPHY; INTRODUCED SPECIES; MORPHOLOGY; RODENT; SKELETAL REMAINS; ZOOLOGY;

BELGIUM; ENGLAND; HAINAUT; MONS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMALIA; CAVIA;

EID: 84856407678     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2011.11.021     Document Type: Article

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