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Terry:
Does that formula relate specifically to horses or can it also be used for other equids?
Ed Maher
From: Terry O'Connor <[log in to unmask]>
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Subject: Re: [ZOOARCH] horse formula...
Date: Mon, 22 Aug 2005 16:04:43 +0100
>Hi Charlie, and other horse measurers,
>
>The famous Von den Driesch & Boessneck paper on withers height
>reconstruction IS in German, but the tables and illustrations are
>readily understood in any language. From their Table 3, which gives the
>reconstruction factors derived by Kiesewalter in the 1880s, the
>following may be what you need:
>Femur 3.51 x gross lateral length (GLl)
>Tibia 4.36 x Lateral length
>Metatarsus 5.33 x Lateral length
>
>Terry
>
>***********************************
>Prof Terry O'Connor
>Department of Archaeology
>University of York
>Kings Manor
>York YO1 7EP
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>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Analysis of animal remains from archaeological sites
>[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Charlie Stokes
>Sent: 22 August 2005 15:58
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>Subject: [ZOOARCH] horse formula...
>
>
>Can anybody help with a formula for calculating
>withers height for horses? (I've got most of the back
>end).
>
>I know Von den Dreisch gives one, but I don't have
>access to the article, nor do I read German!
>
>Thanks in advance,
>
>Charlie
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