Wild Boar or Domestic Pigs? Response to Evin et al

World Archaeology

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 835-840

  Rowley Conwy, Peter ^a   Zeder, Melinda ^b  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

ancient DNA; domestic pig; geometric morphometrics; Mesolithic; Rosenhof; Wild boar

Indexed keywords

DNA; MESOLITHIC; MORPHOMETRY; PIG;

SUS SCROFA; SUS SCROFA DOMESTICA;

EID: 84908572893     PISSN: 00438243     EISSN: 14701375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00438243.2014.953712     Document Type: Article

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