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At 2:36 PM -0500 12/17/08, Zeder, Melinda wrote: >Ok Zooarchers - You've been so helpful on the >topic of draught/draft cattle. Here's another >question. > >Can anyone give me some references to >publications that address the topic of >domestication of > >1. guinea pigs I hope people working in the Andes will have better information; my impression is that the timing of guinea pig domestication remains murky. Here are a couple of articles on other aspects: Spotorno, Angel E., J. C. Marín, G. Manríquez, J. P. Valladares, E. Rico, and C. Rivas 2006 Ancient and modern steps during the domestication of guinea pigs (Cavia porcellus L.). Journal of Zoology 270(1):57-62. Rosenfeld, Silvana A. 2008 Delicious guinea pigs: Seasonality studies and the use of fat in the pre-Columbian Andean diet. Quaternary International 180(1):127-134. There are some fascinating articles on guinea pig sacrifice, though, and two whole books on their symbolic roles in the contemporary Andes. > >2. yaks > All I know of for yaks are these: Olsen, Stanley J. 1990 Fossil ancestry of the yak, its cultural significance and domestication in Tibet. Proceedings of the Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences 142:73-100. Guo, Songchang, Peter Savolainen, Jianping Su, Qian Zhang, Delin Qi, Jie Zhou, Yang Zhong, Xinquan Zhao, and Jianquan Liu 2006 Origin of mitochondrial DNA diversity of domestic yaks. BMC Evolutionary Biology 6:73. All the best, Rissa -- Nerissa Russell Department of Anthropology Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853 USA (607) 255-6790 fax (607) 255-3747