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DOI	10.1002/oa.2877
	Morphological and metric criteria for identifying postcranial skeletal remains of modern and archaeological Caprinae and Antilopinae in the northeast Tibetan Plateau and adjacent areas
	Wang, Yiru; Peters, Joris; Barker, Graeme
通讯作者	Wang, YR (通讯作者)
发表日期	2020
ISSN	1047-482X
EISSN	1099-1212
起始页码	492
结束页码	506
卷号	30 期号:4
英文摘要	Osseous remains of medium-sized Caprinae and Antilopinae are often found in late Quaternary archaeological sites in the northeast Tibetan Plateau and adjacent areas, but their accurate taxonomic identification poses considerable problems to zooarchaeologists. Building on previous osteomorphological studies and a statistically significant number of modern comparatives, this study presents diagnostic morphological features and metric data of selected skeletal elements, enabling taxonomic classification of six medium-sized wild bovid genera widely distributed across the region, that is, Blue sheep (Pseudois nayaur), Argali (Ovis ammon), Serow (Capricornis sp.), Goral (Naemorhedus sp.) and two genera of Antilopinae (Gazella, Procapra), as well as domestic sheep (O. aries) and goats (Capra hircus). A blind test showed that using these anatomical criteria on modern specimens allowed separating unequivocally all taxa in the case of the distal humerus, but a lesser degree of confidence in the case of the distal metapodials. Applying these criteria to archaeological specimens from the prehistoric northeast Tibetan Plateau, we conclude that distal humeri can be confidently assigned taxonomically by applying a stepwise approach, whereas in distal metacarpals and metatarsals, the probabilistic approach is proving more promising for classifying specimens correctly.
关键词	GEOMETRIC MORPHOMETRIC METHODS SHETLAND SHEEP MANDIBULAR TEETH GOATS CAPRA OVIS AGE DISTINCTIONS CASTRATION MANDIBLES BONES
英文关键词	comparative osteomorphology; Osteometry; Tibetan plateau; Caprinae
语种	英语
WOS研究方向	Anthropology ; Archaeology
WOS类目	Anthropology ; Archaeology
WOS记录号	WOS:000537307200001
来源期刊	INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF OSTEOARCHAEOLOGY
来源机构	中国科学院青藏高原研究所
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/259914
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Wang, Yiru,Peters, Joris,Barker, Graeme. Morphological and metric criteria for identifying postcranial skeletal remains of modern and archaeological Caprinae and Antilopinae in the northeast Tibetan Plateau and adjacent areas[J]. 中国科学院青藏高原研究所,2020,30(4).
APA	Wang, Yiru,Peters, Joris,&Barker, Graeme.(2020).Morphological and metric criteria for identifying postcranial skeletal remains of modern and archaeological Caprinae and Antilopinae in the northeast Tibetan Plateau and adjacent areas.INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF OSTEOARCHAEOLOGY,30(4).
MLA	Wang, Yiru,et al."Morphological and metric criteria for identifying postcranial skeletal remains of modern and archaeological Caprinae and Antilopinae in the northeast Tibetan Plateau and adjacent areas".INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF OSTEOARCHAEOLOGY 30.4(2020).