The estimation of size in sardines (Sardina pilchardus) from amphorae in a wreck at Randello,Sicily |
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| Authors: | Alwyne Wheeler Alison Locker |
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| Institution: | 1. Department of Zoology, British Museum (Natural History), London SW7 5BD UK;2. Ancients Monuments Laboratory, Department of the Environment, Fortress House, 23 Savile Row, London WIX 2HE UK;3. Institute of Archaeology, 31-4 Gordon Square, London WC1 UK |
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| Abstract: | Large quantities of sardine (Sardina pilchardus) bones from amphorae in a wreck at Randello, Sicily, were examined. Methods of estimation of size of the fish represented using the lower jaw bone (dentary) and the gill cover (operculum) by comparison with those of modern fish are given. Both methods give comparable results; from dentaries 108–171 mm and from opercular bones 116–176 mm total length. |
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| Keywords: | Sardines size estimation from dentary perculum roman wreck amphorae sicily |
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