I f the animal is unusually large it may be a castrated male - epiphyseal
fusion tends to be delayed in castrates (partly depending on age at
castration) so they tend to be larger for the same "fusion age"
Julie Hamilton
Research Laboratory for Archaeology and the History of Art
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Good morning
The part of a cattle torso has been found in a Roman ritual pit from
Avenches (CH). The epiphysis of the thoracic vertebras and the parts of
the atlas are not fused, though the animal is quite large. Does anybody
have an idea how old the animal was when it was sacrified?
Thanks for any advice
Sabine
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Dr. Sabine Deschler-Erb
Institut für Prähistorische und Naturwissenschaftliche
Archäologie (IPNA)
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CH - 4055 Basel
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