Dear Yiru, this paper might be useful Helmer, Daniel & Rocheteau, Michel (1994): Atlas du Squelette appendiculaire des principaux Genres Holocènes de petits Ruminnts du Nord de la Méditerranée et du Proche-Orient (Capra, Ovis, Rupicapra, Capreolus, Gazella), Fiches d'Ostéologie Animale pour l'Archéologie Série B: Mammiferes 4, Antibes Bes Christian -- KNOCHENARBEIT Hans Christian Küchelmann Diplom-Biologe Konsul-Smidt-Straße 30, D-28217 Bremen, Germany tel: +49 - 421 - 61 99 177 fax: +49 - 421 - 37 83 540 mail: [log in to unmask] web: http://www.knochenarbeit.de web: http://www.knochenarbeit-shop.de Am 09.11.2012 um 23:01 schrieb Katherine M. Moore: > 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. >> > > > > Zooarchaeology Laboratory > University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology > 3260 South Street > Philadelphia, PA 19104 USA