The role of canids in ritual and domestic contexts: New ancient DNA insights from complex hunter-gatherer sites in prehistoric Central California

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 2176-2189

  Byrd, Brian F ^a   Cornellas, Anna ^b   Eerkens, Jelmer W ^c   Rosenthal, Jeffrey S ^a   Carpenter, Tim R ^e   Leventhal, Alan ^d   Leonard, Jennifer A ^b  

^a Far Western Anthropological Research Group   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Archaeometrics   (United States)

Author keywords

Ancient DNA; Canid interments; Dogs; Hunter gatherers; Ritual; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; ARCHAEOLOGY; CANID; CULTURAL HISTORY; DNA; DOMESTICATION; HUNTER-GATHERER; MORPHOLOGY; PREHISTORIC; STABLE ISOTOPE;

CALIFORNIA; SACRAMENTO DELTA; SAN FRANCISCO BAY; UNITED STATES;

CANIDAE; CANIS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CANIS LATRANS;

EID: 84873817808     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2012.12.020     Document Type: Article

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