Hi Jacqui, the following may interest you as it has good descriptions,
methods, references etc for sheep v goat v gazelle, but maybe not yet out? -
can contact authors if they dont contact you first! Sheila
Sites with Holocene dung deposits in the Eastern Desert of Egypt: visited by
herders?
Veerle Linseele*,a, Elena Marinovaa, Wim Van Neerb,c, Pierre Vermeerschd
Journal of Arid Environments
SH-D ArchaeoZoology
http://www.shd-archzoo.co.uk
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From: "Jacqui Mulville" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Monday, June 08, 2009 12:52 PM
Subject: [ZOOARCH] Goat poo!
Hello,
There is alleged Neolithic goat dung at a site in Scotland, rather than
sheep dung, does anyone know of a dung expert?
The material is burnt and therefore the mucous membrane, used by modern
biologists for DNA projects on hard to catch animals, is absent. I have
some photos I can send to anyone who thinks they can help. In the UK
Neolithic goats are rare so any IDs would be interesting.
Yours
Jacqui Mulville (PhD)
Zooarch Listowner,
Senior Lecturer in Bioarchaeology,
School of History and Archaeology
Cardiff University
Humanities Building
Colum Drive
Cardiff
CF10 3EU
http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/hisar/people/archaeology/jm1/
Tel: + 44 (0) 29 2087 4247
Fax: + 44 (0) 29 2087 4929
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