Dear all,

 

The publication below contains a lot of measurements on cattle (15 more or less complete individuals, dated to the 4^th century BC). I will send a pdf to Fabio, Haskel and Salima. If others want this too, just send me a note.

 

 

Linseele, V., Van Neer, W., Willems, H., Vanthuyne, B. (2017), An unusual cattle burial at Dayr al-Barshā (Middle Egypt). In Mashkour, M., Beech, M., Archaeozoology of the Near East 9. Oxbow books, Oxford, 353-377.

 

Best wishes,

 

Veerle

 

 

 

Actually, some 18 years ago A. Laudien did her PhD on the osteometry of Ancient Egyptian cattle (A. Laudien 2000. Osteometrische Untersuchungen zum “altägyptischen Langhornrind”. Unpubl. Thesis, Munich). Unfortunately, we do not have a pdf of this yet. But I will ask if it is possible to scan it.

 

As Sheila says, Boessneck and Angela almost always published the metrics. Unfortunately almost nothing is available as pdf. Here you can find their bibliography: https://www.palaeo.vetmed.uni-muenchen.de/download/publ_pal.pdf

 

Important sites where they worked are: Maadi, Merimde, Tuna el-Gebel, Umm el-Qaab, Elephantine, Tell el-Dab’a … among others. Then there is also the publication on the ox mummy in Munich (prob. From Saqqara):  Boessneck J. & von den Driesch A., 1987. Zoologisch-haustierkundliche Befunde an der Rindermumie. In: J. Boessneck  (Hrsg.), Die Münchner Ochsenmumie. Hildesheimer Ägyptologische Beiträge 25, 55-71. Hildesheim: Gerstenberg.

 

Veerle published an osteometric study on African aurochs, which is probably of interest here: Linseele, V. (2004). Size and size change of the African aurochs. Journal of African Archaeology 2(2), 165-185. (available here: https://www.academia.edu/3613916/Linseele_V._2004_._Size_and_size_change_of_the_African_aurochs._Journal_of_African_Archaeology_2_2_165-185)

 

All the very best,

 

Nadja

 

Institut für Paläoanatomie, Domestikationsforschung und Geschichte der Tiermedizin

München

 

http://www.palaeo.vetmed.uni-muenchen.de/personen/mitarbeiter/nadja_poellath/index.html

http://www.archaeobiocenter.uni-muenchen.de/personen/mitglieder/poellath/index.html

 

 

 

What about this one on researchgate - not a biblio collection but does concern cattle osteometry, 'The Wadi Khashab ceremonial complex — a manifestation of cattle keepers in the Eastern Desert of Egypt before the end of the fifth millennium BC'
likewise what about all those sites Boessneck and VDD did? they always have lots of metrics. If you want a synthesis I think you have to make it ;)
S.

SH-D ArchaeoZoology

http://www.shd-archzoo.co.uk

ditto

Salima Ikram

Distinguished University Professor
Egyptology Unit Head
American University in Cairo
2074 Prince Alwaleed (HUSS)
Dept. of Sociology, Egyptology and Anthropology
AUC Avenue, PO Box 74
Tagammu 5, New Cairo 11835, Egypt
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Ph: 02 2615-1840

 

On 5 Dec 2018, at 21:05, Haskel Greenfield <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

 

Hi. If you get anything, I would appreciate it too.
Best
Haskel

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Subject: [ZOOARCH] Pdfs on cattle from ancient egypt

Dear all,

I am looking for bibliographies of works that report measures of bones of cattle and in general all domestic animals of ancient Egypt.

Does anyone could send me the followings pdfs? thanks

Fabio

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