Dear Carina,
Assigning modern breed labels to medieval individuals is problematic and in
this context you should find the following paper useful:
Smith, C. 1998. ‘Dogs, cats and horses in the Scottish medieval town’ Proc
Soc Antiq Scot, 128: 859-85.
Best,
Aleks Pluskowski
On May 16 2005, Info wrote:
> Dear all,
>
> I have just come across the partial skeleton of a large dog from a
> medieval site in Cambridgeshire. I would like to identify it to breed
> if possible and was wondering if anyone could recommend any references
> that use bone measurements to identify dog breeds.
>
> Any suggestions are greatly appreciated,
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Carina Phillips
>
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