Dear colleague,
you will find good osteological criteria for amphibians in :
Bailon S., 1999. Differenciation osteologique des anoures (amphibia, anura)
de France. Fiches d'osteologie animale pour l'archeologie, serie C, varia.
Antibes: Centre de Recherches archeologiques du CNRS, APDCA.
You will also find good indications on bone accumulations of amphibians in :
Bailon S., Quelques exemples de laconsommation d'amb=phibiens a travers le
temps. In : J. Desse et F. Audoin-Rouzeau eds., Exploitation des animaux
sauvages a travers le temps. Antibes: APDCA.
and
Bailon S., 1997. La grenouille rousse (rana temporaria) : une source de
nourriture pour les habitants de Chalain 3. In : P. Petrequin, dir.,
Littoraux neolithiques de Clairvaux-les lacs et de Chalain (Jura), III,
Chalain station 3, 3200-2900 av. J;-C., vol. 2, pp. 711-716.
You can also contact directly Salvador Bailon : [log in to unmask],
who is one of the rare specialists in Europe for these questions.
Sincerely
At 19:07 16/08/2001 +0200, vous avez écrit:
>Dear All,
>
>I'm working on the animal bones from a medieval farm in southern Sweden.
>The assemblage contains more than 37 000 bones from Bufonidae
>and Ranidae. They were found in various contexts such as the farm yard,
>floors, wall trenches, post holes and cultural debris layers.
>The bones were deposited in contexts that were in use throughout the
>habitation
>of the farm.
>
>I would be interested to learn about similar finds and references as well
>as any literature on how to differentiate the toad and frog species.
>
>Best wishes
>Britt-Marie
>
>Britt-Marie Hägerman, Osteolog
>Malmö Kulturmiljö/Malmö Heritage
>Kultur Malmö/The City of Malmö
>Box 406
>SE-201 24 Malmö, Sweden
>Tel: 0046240-750 60, Fax: 040-34 44 72
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>http://www.museer.malmo.se/kulturmiljo
>
>
Jean-Denis VIGNE, Dr HDR
Directeur adjoint de l'ESA 8045
DR CNRS, ESA 8045 "Archéozoologie et Histoire des Sociétés"
Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle
Laboratoire d'Anatomie comparée
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