A point scale in the study of excavated osseus remains of the domestic sheep (Ovis ammon f. aries)

Helena Przespolewska; Henryk Kobryń

Vol 62, No 3 (2003)

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Submitted: 2012-02-06

Published online: 2003-06-09

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A point scale in the study of excavated osseus remains of the domestic sheep (Ovis ammon f. aries)

Helena Przespolewska, Henryk Kobryń

Folia Morphol 2003;62(3):187-189.

Vol 62, No 3 (2003)

ORIGINAL ARTICLES

Submitted: 2012-02-06

Published online: 2003-06-09

Abstract

On the basis of the standard measurements of 1277 long appendicular bones of the domestic sheep, a universal point scale has been elaborated. The bones examined were obtained from European, Asian and African archaeological sites dating from 4500 BC to 1500 AD. A comparative analysis of the metapodial bones of the domestic sheep from Central Europe (Poland, Germany and Hungary) has been undertaken, using this scale.