Dear Alex,
you should contact Laszlo Bartosiewicz ([log in to unmask]), Alice
Choyke ([log in to unmask]) or Luminita Bejenaru ([log in to unmask]) for
references on Avar period bone material. There are lots of, in
particular for horses.
Best
Christian
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Am 16.07.2008 um 14:05 schrieb Alexandru Gudea:
> Dear colleagues,
> Some weeks ago a bag of horse bones came in my possesion from a
> fellow archaeologist who dug an early avar grave somewhere near
> Alba Iulia, Romania (north west).
> As Mr.Rustoiu (the archaeologist) told me, there is no similar
> study made either on the human or horse skeleton, so I am almost
> blind in interpreting in a larger context the results of the horse
> bones.
> The bone representation seems to be typical- only leg extremities
> and teeth- and the only thing that I am able now to do for him is
> to use the measurements for the recalculation of the height and the
> slenderness indices.
> My request would be adressed to those who know about similar
> analyses- maybe references/reprints, etc (Hungary, Bulgary?) and
> any suggestions and advices would be more than usefull!
> Thanks in advance,
> Alex
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> dr. Gudea Alexandru
> Facultatea de Medicina Veterinara Cluj Napoca
> str. Manastur nr 3
> Dep. Anatomie Comparata
> 400372 Cluj Napoca
> Romania
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