> Fiona, you might want to look at Tor Holmes' unpublished Ph.D.
dissertation which deals with skeletal variability in Mustela erminea
and related Mustela. Obtain from the Univ. Kansas at Lawrence; the date
is 1986 I think. -- Deb Bennett
>
>
> Sorry folks - typo:
> Mystery pelvis is GL=38.7mm and LAR=5.5mm (NOT 4.2). (my reference sample
> stoat is a male, 302g with measurements of 33.5mm and
> 4.2mm).
>
>
> Alan - I know what you mean - I scaled the drawings in Lawrence and Brown
> and came out at ~35mm for stoat and ~43mm for polecat and ferret so I am
> in between.
>
> Thanks
> Fiona
>
>>________________________________
>> From: "Pipe, Alan" <[log in to unmask]>
>>To: fiona beglane <[log in to unmask]>
>>Sent: Wednesday, April 4, 2012 3:49 PM
>>Subject: RE: [ZOOARCH] Stoat?
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>>Afternoon
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>>GL 38.7 mm is very similar to the scale drawing for stoat
> pelvis in Lawrence & Brown 1973; polecat looks to be 45
> mm+.
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>>Just a thought.
>>
>>Cheers
>>
>>Alan
>>
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>>________________________________
>> From: Analysis of animal remains from
> archaeological sites [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of fiona
> beglane
>>Sent: 04 April 2012 15:42
>>To: [log in to unmask]
>>Subject: [ZOOARCH] Stoat?
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>>Folks
>>I
> have a pelvis GL=38.7mm and LAR=4.2mm. This looks too large to be stoat
> (my reference sample is a male, 302g with measurements of 33.5mm and
> 4.2mm). I don't have polecat or ferret in my collection as they are not
> archaeologically present in Ireland. Does anyone have any comparable
> measurements they could share or any thoughts on the subject?
>>
>>Thank you
>>Fiona
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