OSTEOMETRICAL ASSESSMENT OF WITHERS HEIGHT AND SEX DETERMINATION OF BYZANTINE CATTLE FROM METACARPALS (THE THEODOSIUS HARBOUR AREA, ISTANBUL)

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dc.authoridOnar, Vedat/0000-0002-8359-243X
dc.authoridSaritas, Ozlem/0009-0009-8830-3981
dc.authoridPAZVANT, GULSUN/0000-0001-5986-3992
dc.contributor.authorInce, Nazan Gezer
dc.contributor.authorPazvant, Gulsun
dc.contributor.authorSaritas, Ozlem
dc.contributor.authorKahvecioglu, K. Oya
dc.contributor.authorÖztürk, Muhsin
dc.contributor.authorOnar, Vedat
dc.date.accessioned2025-03-26T17:34:43Z
dc.date.available2025-03-26T17:34:43Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.departmentİstanbul Esenyurt Üniversitesi
dc.description.abstractIn this research, a total of 186 metacarpal and 275 metatarsal bones were used from the 4739 bovine bones which were collected from the Yenikapi Metro and Marmaray excavation of the port of Theodosius in Istanbul. The bovine bones were investigated by radiocarbon (14C) dating, and the cattle bones between Early Byzantine (4th-7th centuries) to Late Byzantine (15th century). A total of 16 osteometric measurements were taken from each metapodial. When the withers height was estimated according to the Matolcsi multipliers without regard to the gender differences of the metapodial bones, it was observed that they varied between 120.97 and 123.52 cm on average. The presence of individuals with withers heights ranging from 103.45 to 148.10 cm suggests the existence of improved cattle breeding to obtain larger animals as well as steer cattle. The wide interval scale of the withers heights seen in the Byzantine cattle suggests that Roman animal breeding was still an influence in this period. However, the presence of small-size cattle in the port area of Theodosius also suggests the presence of smaller, local individuals.
dc.description.sponsorshipScientific Research Projects Coordination Unit of Istanbul University [BEK-2017-24748]
dc.description.sponsorshipThe authors of this study offer their grateful thanks to Mrs. Zeynep Kiziltan, the Director of Istanbul Archaeological Museums for her contributions by expertise and knowledge at every stage of Yenikapi project works. The assistance of vice directors Mr. Rahmi Asal, Ms. Tugce Akbaytogan, Archaeologist Mr. Sirri Comlekci, Archaeologist Mr. Mehmet Ali Polat, Archaeologist Mr. Emre Oncu is also greatly acknowledged. This work was supported by Scientific Research Projects Coordination Unit of Istanbul University (Project numbers: BEK-2017-24748)
dc.identifier.doi10.5281/zenodo.1069522
dc.identifier.endpage60
dc.identifier.issn1108-9628
dc.identifier.issn2241-8121
dc.identifier.issue1
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85047111052
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ1
dc.identifier.startpage49
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1069522
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14704/846
dc.identifier.volume18
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000429818100005
dc.identifier.wosqualityN/A
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Science
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopus
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherUniv Agean, Dept Mediterranean Stud
dc.relation.ispartofMediterranean Archaeology & Archaeometry
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanı
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess
dc.snmzKA_WOS_20250326
dc.subjectWithers height; Cattle; Metacarpal; Metatarsal; Theodosius harbour; Byzantine period
dc.titleOSTEOMETRICAL ASSESSMENT OF WITHERS HEIGHT AND SEX DETERMINATION OF BYZANTINE CATTLE FROM METACARPALS (THE THEODOSIUS HARBOUR AREA, ISTANBUL)
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