Ciao Jacqui!
I just identified one of the first caudal Tursiops truncatus vertebrae
coming from bronze age contest in the SE Italy.
It could be usefull for your purpose.
Ciao again Gianni Siracusano
P.S. There is a horse-butcher in the market near home, and sometime I feed
my children when they were younger with horse-flesh (I can't remember why,
but it was a doctor advice)
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jacqui Mulville" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2001 1:26 PM
Subject: cetacean DNA
> Hello again,
>
> I am about to start a pilot project (no pun intended) on
> cetacean DNA (whales, dolphin and porpoise).
>
> As part of the next stage I will be looking for material
> from cetacea that date to the medieval or earlier contexts
> from the UK/NW europe (not sure about NE USA yet). Later
> material is also of use but, as some museums contain
> material dating to 18th century onwards, I am less
> concerned about finding archaeological material of that
> date.
>
> I am interested in all sites, although I do already know a
> lot about material in scottish assemblages, I probably do
> not know it all.
>
> Part of this project seeks to identify the impact that
> modern whaling had on the genetic diveristy of hunted
> species. We are particuarly interested in right whales,
> minke whales, pilot whales, sperm whales,fin whales and
> killer whales although to be honest the identified remains
> of any species (large or small) would be of use.
>
> Another part of this project involves developing better
> criteria for cetacean identification. So any relatively
> complete materail, eg. vertebra, which has not yet been
> identified may also be of interest in the longer term. Also
> any reference to metrical/morphological identification
> criteria would be gratefully recieved.
>
> Thanks
>
> jacqui
>
>
>
> ----------------------
> Jacqui Mulville,
> EH Regional Science Advisor (E. Mids)
> Oxford University Museum,
> Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PW
> Tel: 01865-272996 Fax: 01865-272970
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