Karyn Wesselingh a écrit :
> Hi all,
>
> this is my first ever post to this list and I ask you to excuse my
> strange request.
>
> I am a vet and part time zooarchaeologist living in Sydney, Australia.
> I only recently completed an MSc at Sheffield and returned to
> Australia last year. I am looking at some bones from a 5th Millenium
> BC site in Iran - the first assemblage I have looked since my return.
> I have a number of small mammals - rodents and small carnivores I think.
>
> There is virtually no reference material in this country for species
> outside the usual - sheep/cow/pig/horse. I do have access to a rat and
> fox but that is about it. I am trying to find a publication that has
> illustrations of other small mammals (and gazelle if possible) - I
> have a copy of Schmids book - but I was wondering if Gilberts
> Mammalian Osteology would be useful - however I cannot find anything
> that lists what mammals are included and if it is just north American.
> I realise that illustrations are no where near as good as a bone but
> seems that is my best option short of emigrating!!!
>
> Thanks in advance
>
> Karyn Wesselingh
>
>
>
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Maybe this reference will help you
Harrison, D. L. & P. J. J. Bates. 1991. The mammals of Arabia. Harrison
Zoological Museum Publications.
I am also very interested in what kind of rodent spectrum you will find
in your 5th millenium BC iranian collection, because I work on the
causes and consequences of commensal rodents appearence in neolithic
societies. But before any interpretations, you should process a
taphonomical analyses in order to know if this accumulation is
anthropic or natural.
Please let me know about your results
--
Dr Thomas Cucchi
Honorary research fellow
Durham University
Dept Archaeology
South road
DURHAM
DH1 3LE
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