‘Science is measurement'; ABMAP, a database of domestic animal bone measurements
Serjeantson, Dale (2005) ‘Science is measurement'; ABMAP, a database of domestic animal bone measurements. Environmental Archaeology, 10, (1), 95-103.
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Description/Abstract
A database of animal bone measurements, the Animal Bone Metrical Archive Project (ABMAP), is now available on the Web at http://ads.ahds.ac.uk/catalogue/specColl/abmap. The measurements can be downloaded and imported into a spreadsheet. They are of bones of domestic animals from the Neolithic to the 19 th century AD from assemblages in England, most from southern England. An example is given of the retrieval of measurements of cattle metacarpals and their application in a scatter diagram. The database is a resource for zooarchaeologists and others concerned with research into prehistoric and early historic domestic livestock and animal husbandry.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| ISSN: | 1461-4103 (print) |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | zooarchaeology, bone measurements, southern britain, prehistoric, historic |
| Related URLs: | http://www.envarch.net/publica...l10-1.html |
| Subjects: | C Auxiliary Sciences of History > CC Archaeology Q Science > QL Zoology Z Bibliography. Library Science. Information Resources > ZA Information resources > ZA4450 Databases |
| Divisions: | University Structure - Pre August 2011 > School of Humanities > Archaeology |
| ePrint ID: | 43307 |
| Deposited On: | 23 Jan 2007 |
| Last Modified: | 20 Dec 2010 16:22 |
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