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See also the following: CASTEEL. R.W. 1978. Faunal assemblages and the "weigemethode" or weight method. Journal of Field Archaeology 5:71-77. Cheers, Chris On Wed, Dec 18, 2013 at 7:45 PM, Pajx <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Hi Anna > I agree with Simon. I know it was standard policy in zooarch to weigh > bones, but it is of very dubious use exactly because of the issues Simon > has explained. You're better off looking at methods using bone size to body > size. Review some of the morphometric and geometric morphometric lit. > There's also a fair amount in the human bioarch/forensics lit. Sorry I > can't be more helpful, but bone weights vary immensely and are not reliable. > > PJ Cross > Human Osteo/Ppath and zooarch > Univ of Bradford > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Anna Goldfield <[log in to unmask]> > To: ZOOARCH <[log in to unmask]> > Sent: Mon, Dec 9, 2013 8:07 pm > Subject: [ZOOARCH] Fwd: Modern vs. Prehistoric reindeer body size > > > > > Hello all, > > I'm looking for sources on body mass estimates for Paleolithic reindeer (*Rangifer > tarandus*). For modern specimens, I've got measurements of between 159 > and 182kg for an adult male, but have reason to believe that Paleolithic > individuals were larger. I have yet to find any sources with actual > estimates. > > Any thoughts or recommendations would be greatly appreciated! > > Thanks, > > > Anna Goldfield > PhD Student, Boston University Dept. of Archaeology > > > > > -- > ---------------------------- > > Anna Goldfield > PhD Student, Boston University Dept. of Archaeology > > -- Christyann Darwent, Ph.D., Associate Professor Editor, *Arctic Anthropology*Chair - Evolutionary Anthropology Department of Anthropology University of California, Davis, CA 95616-8522 ph: 530-574-5827; fax: 530-752-8885 http://anthropology.ucdavis.edu/people/walrus http://uwpress.wisc.edu/journals/journals/aa.html "There may be more than one way to skin a cat, but you only get one try per cat"