Initial diversity in sheep and goat management in Neolithic south-western Asia

Levant

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 219-235

  Arbuckle, Benjamin S ^a   Atici, Levent ^b  

^a The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal domestication; Goats; Management; Neolithic; Sheep; Young male culling

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889607319     PISSN: 00758914     EISSN: 17563801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/0075891413Z.00000000026     Document Type: Article

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