Age at death in cattle: Methods, older cattle and known-age reference material

Environmental Archaeology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 11-28

  Jones, Gillian G ^a   Sadler, Peta ^a  

^a NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Age at death; Cattle; Herd structure; Known age reference material; Mortality profiles

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863497158     PISSN: 14614103     EISSN: 17496314     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/1461410312Z.0000000002     Document Type: Article

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