For skulls this is useful:
Bergquist, H. 1957. Skeletal finds of Black Rat from the Early Middle Ages. Archaleology of Lund 1: 98-103.
Auli Tourunen
Faunal remains specialist
Headland Archaeology Ltd
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From: David Dyer <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Wednesday, April 11, 2007 6:07 pm
Subject: [ZOOARCH] Rattus
> Hi Zooarch'ers:
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> Does anyone have a reference to a reliable method to distinguish
> skulls or
> mandibles of Rattus rattus from Rattus norvegicus (other than the
> work by
> Armitage et al. in the London Archaeologist 1984, as mentioned by
> Reitz and
> Wing in "Zooarchaeology")? I have some modern Rattus material from
> near the
> coast of southern California and I assume it could be either
> species. Thanks
> in advance for any help!
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> Dave
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> David Dyer, Curator
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> Philip L. Wright Zoological Museum
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> Division of Biological Sciences
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> University of Montana
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> Missoula, MT 59812
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