"So bigge as bigge may be": Tracking size and shape change in domestic livestock in London (AD 1220-1900)

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 3309-3325

  Thomas, Richard ^a   Holmes, Matilda ^a   Morris, James ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b MUSEUM OF LONDON ARCHAEOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Breeding; Domestic livestock; London; Medieval; Post medieval

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; BODY SHAPE; BODY SIZE; BREEDING; COMMERCIALIZATION; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; LIVESTOCK; MEDIEVAL;

ENGLAND; LONDON [ENGLAND]; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMALIA; BOS; OVIS ARIES; SUIDAE;

EID: 84878369689     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2013.02.032     Document Type: Article

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