Abstract
Identification of petrosal bones to taxon is important due to the exceptionally well preserved quantity of endogenous DNA found in them. Here we present practical descriptive criteria to allow reliable differentiation of the petrosal bones of some of the most common domestic and wild mammalian taxa of the Old World. This should simplify the identification and documentation of the bone during initial sorting for analysis and help separately curate specimens for taxon-specific ancient DNA studies.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 15-21 |
| Number of pages | 7 |
| Journal | Bioarchaeology of the Near East |
| Volume | 13 |
| State | Published - 2019 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:is study was financially supported by the European Research Council under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation program (grant agreement # 648427) and the Israel Science Foundation (grant # 340-14).
Publisher Copyright:
© 2019, University of Warsaw. All rights reserved.
Keywords
- Animal anatomy
- Cranium
- Petrous
- Zooarchaeology
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Archaeology
- Anthropology
- Archaeology