Journal article
Key to Arvicoline (Microtine rodents) and Arvicoline-like lower first molars recovered from late Wisconsinan and Holocene archaeological and palaeontological sites in eastern North America
Journal of archaeological science, Vol.29(1), pp.23-31
2002
DOI: 10.1006/jasc.2001.0680
Abstract
Identification of Arvicoline (Microtine) rodent molars from archaeological and palaeontological sites is especially desirable because they are conspicuous, frequently recovered in quantity, often contemporaneous with occupation, good palaeoenvironmental indicators, and morphologically distinct. In many cases, the rodent taxa themselves comprised a portion of the archaeological resource base. However, inter- and intra-site comparisons are valid only when consistent, standardized taxonomic criteria have been applied. Therefore, qualitative and quantitative methods are presented to differentiate the lower first molars (m1s) of ten Arvicoline genera (and their component species where possible) that resided east of the Rocky Mountains from the early Holocene to the present. Upper second and third molars (M2 and M3) are used in specific identification within Microtus.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Key to Arvicoline (Microtine rodents) and Arvicoline-like lower first molars recovered from late Wisconsinan and Holocene archaeological and palaeontological sites in eastern North America
- Creators
- Holmes A Semken - University of IowaSteven C Wallace - University of Iowa
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Journal of archaeological science, Vol.29(1), pp.23-31
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- DOI
- 10.1006/jasc.2001.0680
- ISSN
- 0305-4403
- eISSN
- 1095-9238
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 2002
- Academic Unit
- Earth and Environmental Sciences
- Record Identifier
- 9984516060302771
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