Hello Jessica!
I have a though about the occipital perforations in cattle. Could it be that
it is due to draught use of cattle? Maybee a rope that was attach to the
horns made that impact on the occipitale?
Best regards,
Ylva Telldahl
>From: "J.J.Davies" <[log in to unmask]>
>Reply-To: Zooarchaeology is the analysis of Animal remains from
> archaeological sites <[log in to unmask]>
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Occipital perforations in cattle
>Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2002 11:25:35 -0000
>
>Just a quick question. It struck me that the only time I have seen
>occipital perforations in cattle (as reported by Dobney, Brothwell et
>al in the International Journal of Osteoarchaeology) is in horned
>individuals and never in non-horned breeds. Has anyone got any
>information to corroborate / refute this observation?
>
>**********************************************************
>Jessica J. Davies BSc. MSc. AIFA
>Department of Archaeology and Prehistory
>Northgate House
>West Street
>Sheffield
>S1 4ET
>
>tel:0114 22 22 903
>e-mail:<[log in to unmask]>
>**********************************************************
>
>Research interests: Animal Palaeopathology, Archaeozoology
_________________________________________________________________
Chatta med vänner online, prova MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.se
|