Drew, I. M., Perkins, D. R J. and Daly, P. (1971). Prehistoric domestication of animals: effects on bone structure. Science 171. Vol 171, pp. 280-282.
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Prehistoric domestication of animals: effects on bone structure | |||||
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Science 171 | |||||
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Science | |||||
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171 | |||||
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280 - 282 | |||||
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Studies of bone sections under the petrological microscope, and also X-ray diffractometer studies, reveal differences in the internal structure of the bones of wild and domesticated animals, which may be seen long before the morphological changes which occur when domestication becomes long established. Bone samples of three genera from two similar 7th/6th millennium Anatolian sites, Erbaba and Suberde, were compared, after determination on archaeological grounds that the animals from the former were domesticated, and from the latter, wild. Specimens of ruminants from Zawi Chemi Shanidar were also investigated. Standard petrographic thin sections showed, between crossed polars, consistent differences of structure in the two groups. The interference colours indicated the orientation of the apatite crystals that form a main constituent of bone, and these were differently aligned in the wild and domestic samples. X-ray diffractometer studies confirmed these observations and bone slices showed structural, though not mineralogical differences. Lastly, magnification showed shape differences in the lacunae (inter-cell spaces) and trabeculae (bridging tissue) of the two groups. Post-mortem changes due to differential burial environment were ruled out. B W | |||||
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1971 | |||||
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05 Dec 2008 |
