Using traditional biometrical data to distinguish West Palearctic wild boar and domestic pigs in the archaeological record: New methods and standards

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-8

  Evin, Allowen ^a,b   Cucchi, Thomas ^a,b   Escarguel, Gilles ^c   Owen, Joseph ^a   Larson, Greger ^d   Strand Vidarsdottir, Una ^d   Dobney, Keith ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^d DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Archaeology; Cut off; Domestication; Error risk; Molar size; Sus scrofa

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; BIOMETRY; DETECTION METHOD; DOMESTICATION; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; NEOLITHIC; PALEARCTIC REGION; PALEONTOLOGY; PIG; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; SKELETAL REMAINS; TOOTH; WILD POPULATION; ZOOLOGY;

ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

SUIDAE; SUS SCROFA; SUS SCROFA DOMESTICA;

EID: 84891462330     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2013.11.033     Document Type: Article

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