Hi Zooarch,
Does anyone know if similar databases of animal bone measurements exist for
other European or Middle Eastern countries?
Thanks,
Peter Popkin
At 14:05 06/10/03 +0100, [log in to unmask] wrote:
>Zooarchaeologists and other researchers will like to know that a database of
>animal bone measurements of animal bones from Britain is now available on the
>Web. The Animal Bone Metrical Archive (ABMAP) is a compilation of measurements
>from bone assemblages from excavations in England recorded over the past 20
>years. The site can be accessed at
>http://ads.ahds.ac.uk/catalogue/specColl/abmap
>
>The database contains measurements of domestic animals (cattle, sheep, goat,
>sheep/gopat, pig, horse, dog, domestic fowl and goose). Just under 25,000
>measured bones, giving approximately 60,000 measurements, are included. Most
>are of cattle and sheep, as might be expected, but there are reasonable
>numbers
>from the other species, especially from later periods. The assemblages cover
>the time span of the Neolithic to the 19th century AD. There are also details
>of sites and references to published reports, where these exist.
>
>The query button in the website allows the user to select species, element,
>measurement, period and/or date, site and other details. The data can then be
>downloaded and imported into a spreadsheet such as Excel. The use by
>zooarchaeologists of the Guide to the Measurement of Animal Bones from
>Archaeological Sites by Angela von den Driesch in 1976 has meant that records
>from different assemblages are compatible.
>
>The project was funded by English Heritage.
>
>Dale Serjeantson
>School of Humanities (Archaeology)
>University of Southampton
>Southampton SO17 1BJ, UK
Peter R. W. Popkin
Institute of Archaeology
University College London
31-34 Gordon Square
London, England
WC1H 0PY
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