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
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>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.
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>Cheers
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>Alan
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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?
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>Thank you
>Fiona
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