Was the dog locally domesticated in the danube gorges? Morphometric study of dog cranial remains from four mesolithic-early neolithic archaeological sites by comparison with contemporary wolves

International Journal of Osteoarchaeology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 1-30

  Dimitrijevic V ^a   Vukovic S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Balkans; Dog; Domestication; Mesolithic; Wolf

Indexed keywords

EID: 84922953601     PISSN: 1047482X     EISSN: 10991212     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/oa.2260     Document Type: Article

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