Hello Annelise!
You find discussions about histological differences in chapter 5 in
Cuijpers diss "The Application of Bone Histology for Species identification
in Archaeology(2009).
Best regards,
Ylva
On Fri, 3 May 2013 17:28:07 +0200, Annelise Binois
<[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Hello Zooarchers,
>
> A lot has been said on the subject of the castration of livestock and
its
> effect on bone size and morphology, but I was wondering if any of you
had
> actually identified castrated animals in zooarchaeological material, or
> knew
> of publications which had? I am particularly interested in sheep, but
any
> archaeological evidence of any castrated domesticate would be of
interest
> to
> me.
>
> Thanks in advance for your help!
>
> All the best
>
> Annelise
|