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Calcaneum (System of measurements for Equus bones and teeth)

samedi 10 octobre 2009 par Véra Eisenmann
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Introduction (Various Tools)

Thursday 2 April 2009 by Véra Eisenmann
This chapter contains the description of useful "tools" such as Simpson’s ratio diagrams, ways of estimating the height at the withers, etc. > continue


Femur (System of measurements for Equus bones and teeth)

samedi 10 octobre 2009 par Véra Eisenmann
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Simpson’ ratio diagrams (Various Tools)

Monday 30 March 2009 by Véra Eisenmann
INTRODUCTION Simpson’s ratio diagrams (Simpson 1941, Large pleistocene felines of North America. American Museum Novitates, 1136, p.1-27, 11 fig., New York) provide rapid and easy comparaisons, both of size and shape, for a single bone or a group of bones. The reference is provided by a (...) > continue


Humerus (System of measurements for Equus bones and teeth)

samedi 10 octobre 2009 par Véra Eisenmann
Humerus, System of measurements > suite


Withers height estimations (Various Tools)

Wednesday 1 April 2009 by Véra Eisenmann
WITHERS HEIGHT The height at the withers of a horse used to be expressed in "hands" (one hand = 4 inches) or in “feet” (one foot = 12 inches), and in "inches". Since one inch = 25,4 millimeters, a horse "21 hands high" or “7 feet high” stands 213, 4 cm at the withers. According to Willoughby (...) > continue


Mandible (System of measurements for Equus bones and teeth)

samedi 10 octobre 2009 par Véra Eisenmann
Mandibles, System of measurements Mandibule, Système de mesures > suite


Variability Size Index (VSI) (Various Tools)

Friday 3 April 2009 by Véra Eisenmann
VARIABILITY SIZE INDEX (VSI) The Variability Size Index (VSI) is one of the size index scaling techniques used by archeozoologists (Uerpmann 1982, 1986; Meadow 1986, 1999). Using this technique, global size comparisons are possible even of samples of various but fragmentary and not numerous (...) > continue


Metapodials (System of measurements for Equus bones and teeth)

samedi 10 octobre 2009 par Véra Eisenmann
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Weight Estimations (Various Tools)

Wednesday 15 April 2009 by Véra Eisenmann
WEIGHT ESTIMATIONS Various attempts are possible, in particular those based on the surface of the upper M1, and on some distal metapodial dimensions. No kind of estimation is really good because species do differ by the relations between their anatomical parts and their weight. This is (...) > continue


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