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Earliest archaeological evidence of the Ancon mutation in sheep from Leicester, UK
Author(s) -
Louisa Gidney
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
international journal of osteoarchaeology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.738
H-Index - 60
eISSN - 1099-1212
pISSN - 1047-482X
DOI - 10.1002/oa.872
Subject(s) - excavation , archaeology , history , geography
The excavation of a 16th century archaeological site in Leicester, UK, produced sheep bones exhibiting the characteristic deformation of the Ancon dwarf but predating the earliest historical record of this mutation by some 200 years. Copyright © 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.