The long and winding road: Identifying pig domestication through molar size and shape

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 735-743

  Evin, Allowen ^a,b   Cucchi, Thomas ^a,b   Cardini, Andrea ^c,d,e   Strand Vidarsdottir, Una ^f   Larson, Greger ^f   Dobney, Keith ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^f DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Classification; Geometric morphometrics; Predictive discriminant analysis; Randomization; Sus scrofa; Teeth; Zooarchaeology

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; BODY SIZE; DENTITION; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; DOMESTICATION; HUNTER-GATHERER; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; MORPHOMETRY; PALEARCTIC REGION; PALEONTOLOGY; PIG; PREHISTORIC; RECONSTRUCTION;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; SUIDAE; SUS SCROFA; SUS SCROFA DOMESTICA;

EID: 84867907430     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2012.08.005     Document Type: Article

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