First evidence of Equus asinus L. in the Chalcolithic disputes the Phoenicians as the first to introduce donkeys into the Iberian Peninsula

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 40, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 4483-4490

  Cardoso, João L ^a   Vilstrup, Julia T ^b   Eisenmann, Véra ^c   Orlando, Ludovic ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDADE ABERTA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

Author keywords

Chalcolithic; Equus asinus; Iberian Peninsula

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; EXTINCTION; HOLOCENE; MORPHOLOGY; NEW RECORD; PLEISTOCENE; RADIOCARBON DATING; TOOTH; UNGULATE;

IBERIAN PENINSULA; PORTUGAL;

EQUIDAE; EQUUS; EQUUS ASINUS; EQUUS CABALLUS;

EID: 84881256128     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2013.07.010     Document Type: Article

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