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An osteometrical method for sexing cattle bones: the metacarpals from 17th cent...
Davis, Simon J. M.; Albarella, Umberto; Detry, Cleia; Ginja, Catarina; Götherström, Anders; Pires, Ana Elisabete; Sendim, Alfredo; Svensson, Emma M.Measurements taken on 47 complete and 44 distal fragments of cattle metacarpals from 17th century AD Carnide, Lisbon, separate into two groups. Comparison with 21 ancient DNA sexed specimens and modern specimens of known sex (seven Barrosã cows and a Barrosã bull), indicates that the Carnide metacarpals probably belonged to both cows and bulls/oxen. We use the 47 complete metacarpals as a “sexed reference sampl...
Evidencia de mejoras de ovino y vacuno durante época andalusí y cristiana en Po...
Davis, Simon; Svensson, Emma; Albarella, Umberto; Detry, Cleia; Götherström, Anders; Pires, Ana Elisabete; Ginja, CatarinaEl presente estudio sobre la variación osteométrica de los restos de oveja y vacuno recuperados de yacimientos arqueológicos del sur de Portugal —región que fue controlada por los musulmanes— revela que durante el período andalusí se produjo un incremento en la talla de la oveja, seguido tras la reconquista por un subsiguiente aumento del tamaño del vacuno. El análisis de ADN antiguo de un conjunto de metacarpo...
Molecular and osteometric sexing of cattle metacarpals: a case study from 15th ...
Davis, Simon; Svensson, Emma; Albarella, Umberto; Detry, Cleia; Götherström, Anders; Pires, Ana Elisabete; Ginja, CatarinaIn the course of a zooarchaeological survey of Holocene sites in southern Portugal, a substantial size increase of cattle bones was noted following the Christian reconquista of the 11the13th centuries AD. A size increase in the course of time within a lineage of domestic livestock is usually considered to represent animal improvement. However several other factors including sex may influence the average size of...
Pigs of the “Far West”: the biometry of Sus from archaeological sites in Portugal
Albarella, Umberto; Davis, Simon; Detry, Cleia; Rowley-Conwy, PeterThe main purpose of this study is to outline the osteometric variation of Sus from the Neolithic to the present day in Portugal.We start by focussing upon two important Chalcolithic sites —Zambujal and Leceia— with their abundant collections of suid bones and teeth. Although it is difficult to clearly assign individual specimens as wild or domestic Sus, the general patterns of distribution of measurements sugge...