Developmental Osteology of Cross-bred Red Junglefowl (Gallus gallus L. 1758) and the Implications for Ageing Chickens from Archaeological Sites
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4663133 |
|---|---|
| Authors | R Thomas (0000-0003-3511-5628, School of Archaeology and Ancient History University of Leicester Leicester UK), Richard M Thomas (0000-0003-1207-793X, University of Leicester, corresponding author), Peta Sadler, J Cooper (0000-0002-2243-1966, Bird Group Department of Life Sciences, The Natural History Museum Tring Hertfordshire UK), Joanne H Cooper (0009-0002-3357-0774, Natural History Museum) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 26 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 176-188 |
| Publication date | 2016-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal of Osteoarchaeology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1047-482X • E-ISSN: 1099-1212 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/oa.2417 |
| OpenAlex | W1518070337 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 4 |
We document the developmental osteology of a captive population of cross-bred red junglefowl (Gallus gallus L. 1758) that were slaughtered at known ages from 6 days old until they reached maturity and explore the relationships that exist between bone size, maturity, body weight and sex. In doing so, we contribute to the body of knowledge concerning developmental osteology in domestic fowl, which has previously focussed upon 'improved' breeds. Comparison with archaeological material demonstrates that regression equations developed from the study population to determine age from bone length measurements are unreliable, even when samples with similar mean size for adult birds are compared. However, greater understanding of the maturity of domestic fowl more 'primitive' than most comparative material available for study is used to assist in the assignation of three age classes-chick, immature and adult-and thus facilitate more nuanced analyses of age-at-death patterns in faunal assemblages. Copyright (c) 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd
Biology · Fowl · Osteology · Population · Zoology · Animal Nutrition and Physiology · Demography · Morphological variations and asymmetry · Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology · Ecology
| Unique citing works | 4 |
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| Citations per year | 0,44 |
| Citation span | 2017 - 2021 (5) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |