A guide to the measurement of animal bones from archaeological sites : as developed by the Institut fur Palaeoanatomie, Domestikationsforschung und Geschichte der Tiermedizin of the University of Munich /
by Angela von den Driesch.
- Cambridge, Mass. : Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University, 1976.
- ix, 136 p. : ill. ; 29 cm.
- Peabody Museum bulletin ; 1. .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 131-136)
Part One : Introductory Statements -- Introduction -- What should be measured -- Measurements and Measuring Instruments -- The Taking of Measurements -- Part Two : Measurement of the Mammalian Skeleton -- General -- Skull -- Cranium -- Mandible -- Postcranial Skeleton -- Atlas -- Axis -- Sacrum -- Remaining Vertebrae -- Scapula -- Humerus -- Radius and Ulna -- Pelvis -- Femur and Patella -- Tibia, Fibula, and Os Malleolare -- Carpal and Tarsal Bones -- Metapodials -- Phalanx 1 -- Phalanx 2 -- Phalanx 3 -- Part Three : Measurement of the Bird Skeleton -- General -- Skull -- Cranium -- Mandible -- Postcranial Skeleton -- Sternum -- Coracoid -- Scapula -- Humerus -- Radius and Ulna -- Carpometacarpus -- Phalanx 1 anterior of the second Digit -- Pelvis -- Femur -- Tibiotarsus -- Tarsometatarsus.
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Bone implements, Prehistoric. Mammals. Bones. Archaeology--Methodology. Animal remains (Archaeology)