Truth in the bones: Resolving the identity of the founding elite thoroughbred racehorses

Archaeometry

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 916-925

  Bower, M A ^a   Campana, M G ^a   Nisbet, R E R ^b   Weller, R ^c   Whitten, M ^c,g   Edwards, C J ^d,h   Stock, F ^d   Barrett, E ^a   O'Connell, T C ^a   Hill, E W ^e   Wilson, A M ^c   Howe, C J ^a   Barker, G ^a   Binns, M ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^d TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^e UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^f Equine Analysis Systems Inc   (United States)

^g MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

^h UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ancient DNA; Horse evolution; Mitochondrial DNA; Multidisciplinary; Museology; Thoroughbred horses

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPE; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; MUSEUM; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; SKELETON; STABLE ISOTOPE;

CONGIOPODIDAE; EQUIDAE;

EID: 84866269274     PISSN: 0003813X     EISSN: 14754754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4754.2012.00666.x     Document Type: Article

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