Hello Nicholas,
There is a good publication on the differences between pheasant and
domestic fowl written and illustrated by Katrin Erbersdobler
(1968), "Vergleichend morphologische untersuchungen an Einzelknochen des
postcranialen Skeletts in Mitteleuropa vorkommender mittelgrosser
Hühnervögel", 93 pp. This is a Ph D dissertation from Boessneck's
institute in Münich. It treats most of the appendicular bones and the
sternum and synsacrum. It is now out of print, but there must be some
british colleauge that has a copy. I know that many of the very good
theses on bird bones published by the Münich department are vaugely known
by colleauges in the english-speaking countries, and as most volumes are
out of print one could hope that there could be produced PDF-versions and
made available on the internet. These theses should not be too a great
problem for those with little experience with the german language. All
bones that are discussed are illustrated and the anatomical nomenclature
is international (latin).
Leif Jonsson
Laboratory ocf Archaeological Science (ANL)
Department of Archaeology
Gothenburg University
On Tue, 21 Oct 2003 07:10:33 -0400, Nicholas Bateson
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>Hullo all!
>
>I am trying to pin down the differences between Pheasant (Phasianus
>colchicus) and Domestic Fowl (Gallus gallus) as shown on the bones that
>survive. I have the Cohen/Serjeantson bird bone manual and the article by
>Percy Lowe in the Ibis for April 1933. Does anyone have relevant
>experience or know of any other useful references?
>
>Also are the species cross-fertile, and if so are their offspring
fertile?
>Any relevant information would be much appreciated.
>
>As background to the enquiry, this work is part of an attempt to identify
>dietary and other social changes in South London relating to the onset of
>the Industrial Revolution.
>
>Nicholas Bateson
>Birkbeck Environmental Archaeology Group
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