Exploring eastern Mediterranean Iron Age coastal connections through sheep astragali using geometric morphometrics

2024/05/23 by Louise Le Meillour · 1 voice
Arts and Humanities · Earth and Planetary Sciences · #Archaeology and ancient environmental studies #Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies #Maritime and Coastal Archaeology

paper · doi:10.24072/pci.archaeo.100457

openalex publication_date 2024/05/23 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2025/11/06

Abstract

A recommendation of: Sierra A. Harding, Angelos Hadjikoumis, Shyama Vermeersch, Nimrod Marom The contribution of Mediterranean connectivity to morphological variability in Iron Age sheep of the Eastern Mediterranean https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.12.24.521859

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