Sykes, N. J. and Simmons, R. (2007). Sexing cattle horn-cores. Internat J Osteoarchaeol 17 (5). Vol 17(5), pp. 514-523.
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Sexing cattle horn-cores | ||||
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problems and progress | ||||
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Internat J Osteoarchaeol 17 (5) | ||||
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International Journal of Osteoarchaeology | ||||
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17 (5) | ||||
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514 - 523 | ||||
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It has long been recognised that cattle horn-cores are sexually dimorphic, and many methods have been developed using archaeological material for differentiating between specimens belonging to cows, bulls and oxen. Whilst these techniques have been adopted widely by zooarchaeologists, in particular those studying medieval and post-medieval tannery and horn-working assemblages, they are highly subjective and their reliability has never been tested using material from cattle of known sex. The paper presents the results of a study of nineteenth- and twentieth-century cattle horn-cores, from animals of known age, sex and breed, which were examined and measured in order to test the validity of traditional horn-core sexing techniques. Previously claimed traits of sexual variation are refuted, and a new metrical threshold for separating the males and females of `medium-horned' and `long-horned' types is presented. | ||||
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2007 | ||||
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27 Aug 2008 |
