Dear Yiru: I think I studied the post-cranials of that same gazelle at
MGU in preparation for my own work in Turkmenistan! I have some
drawings: life scale but not measured if you would be interested
seeing them.
best,
Kate Moore
Quoting Adam Allentuck <[log in to unmask]>:
>
> Dear Yiru,
>
> A. Legge (in Legge and Rowley-Conwy 1987: 90) describes his visit to
> the Moscow State University Museum of Zoology, where he examined G.
> subgutturosa skulls collected from Turkmenistan.
>
> Legge, A. J., and P. A. Rowley-Conwy. 1987. Gazelle Killing in Stone
> Age Syria. Scientific American 257:88-95.
>
> Cheers,
> Adam
>
>
> Date: Fri, 9 Nov 2012 12:23:16 +0000
> From: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: [ZOOARCH] Comparative bone collections of Asian gazelle
> (Procapra), Tahr (Hemitragus), serow (Capricornis), goral
> (Nemorhaedus), bharal (Pseudois)
> To: [log in to unmask]
>
> Dear all, I am currently doing a zooarchaeological study on the
> faunal remains from Neolithic period of western part of China, and
> will concentration on the early domestication/introduction of sheep
> and goats. I find it's quite hard to separate the Ovis and Capra
> from some wild species of subfamily Caprinae, which also ranged in
> my research area in Neolithic China. Does anyone know where can I
> go to see the comparative bone collections (I hope I could see not
> only the skull, but also the postcranial bones) of these animals? Or
> does anyone know any reference regarding the osteology of these
> animals? Any other advices are very welcome!:)
> Thanks very much!:) Best,Yiru
> --
> Yiru Wang ???
> PhD in Archaeology, 2011Darwin College
> Cambridge, CB3 9EU, UK.
>
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University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
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