Osteometric and statistical results of Simple Variable Combinations, Mennerich's indices 1 and 3, and iSizes Boxplots of Fennoscandian domestic reindeer, Norwegian wild mountain reindeer, and Finnish forest reindeer.
Our study explores the osteometric separation between modern castrated and male and female domestic reindeer (Rangifer tarandus tarandus), male and female wild mountain reindeer (Rangifer tarandus tarandus), and male and female wild forest reindeer (Rangifer tarandus fennicus), based on postcranial skeletal measurements.
In this repository, one can find all scatterplot results of our Simple Variable Combinations and Mennerich's (1968) indices 1 and 3, as well as our isometric size (iSize) boxplot results for complete and partial bones.
Article title: Osteometric distinctions between domestic reindeer (Rangifer tarandus tarandus), wild mountain reindeer (R.t.t.), wild forest reindeer (R.t. fennicus), and the identification of castrated reindeer bones: Biometric explorations and archaeological methods Journal name: Journal of Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences Authors: Mathilde van den Berg¹, Henri Wallen² ¹Mathilde.vandenberg@oulu.fi (Corresponding author) Archaeology, History, Culture and Communication Studies, Faculty of Humanities, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland Orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8087-7552 ²Henri.wallen@ulapland.fi Arctic Centre, University of Lapland, Rovaniemi, Finland. Orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8584-8398
Definitions and explanations of the variables (measurements) can be found in Table 2 and Fig. 3 till 9 of Van den Berg et al. (2023).
Van den Berg, M., Wallen, H., & Salmi, A. K. (2023). The osteometric identification of castrated reindeer (Rangifer tarandus) and the significance of castration in tracing human-animal relationships in the North. Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences, 15(1), 3.