The paper on Japanese hoofprints has been published under the following
refernce :
INOUE M. & SAKAGUCHI H., 1997.- Estimating the wither height of ancient
Japanese horse from hoof prints. Anthropizoologica, 25-26: 119-130. (Proc.
7th ICAZ Conf., Constance, 1994).
Jean-Denis VIGNE
Dr HDR, Directeur de l'Unité
ESA 8045, Archéozoologie et Histoire des Sociétés
CNRS - Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle
55 rue Buffon, F-75005 Paris, France
tel : 33 (0)1 40 79 33 10
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From: J.Mulville <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Wednesday, March 06, 2002 11:19 AM
Subject: Japanese hoofprints
> Dear Zooarch,
>
> Does anyone else remember a paper given by two chaps at a conference about
a
> whole series of horse hoofprints found in mud? They statistically
analysed
> them and came to conclusions about the age structure of the animals that
> made them.
>
> I distinctly remember the paper - but not the location nor of course the
> authors - does anyone else? Of course I may have just read the paper and
> mixed it up with the presentation, both of which were definately japanese
as
> I remember being impressed with the overtly ritual interpretation of space
> use within houses (of interest to us folk who have the 'corner of death',
> full of animal and human burials, in their BA hebridean roundhouses).
>
> We have a series of cattle hoofprints outside our roundhouse, and I know
> there are hoofprints aplenty in the Severn esturary. I thought the
> hoofprints analysis might be of use/interest.
>
> Any other hoofprint analysis work would also be of interest.
>
>
> jacqui
>
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