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Badenhorst, Shaw
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Magoma, Munyadziwa
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2020-03-12T07:08:43Z |
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2019-04 |
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Very little data exist on shoulder heights of cattle from archaeological contexts in eastern, central and southern Africa, in no small part due to the virtual absence of complete long bones. We report on complete metapodia of cattle from Mutokolwe, a Late Iron Age site in South Africa that was occupied by Venda-speakers. The shoulder height of cattle from Mutokolwe ranges between 106.90 and 129.49 cm indicating the presence of a small breed of cattle. We present shoulder heights for a number of cattle breeds from eastern, central and southern Africa to show that indigenous, unimproved cattle from this region are often small in stature, well within the range for that recorded at Mutokolwe. Dwarf cattle have previously been reported from Nyanga in eastern Zimbabwe dating from the Late Iron Age. The size of cattle at Nyanga, although small, is within the range of other indigenous cattle from the subcontinent. |
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Anthropology and Archaeology |
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2020-04-01 |
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hj2020 |
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The National Research Foundation (NRF), the Department of Arts and Culture and the South African National Parks (SANParks). |
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http://www.elsevier.com/locate/jasrep |
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Badenhorst, S. & Magoma, M. 2019, 'The size of indigenous Venda cattle during the Late Iron Age in South Africa', Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, vol. 24, pp. 231-235. |
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2352-409X |
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10.1016/j.jasrep.2019.01.013 |
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http://hdl.handle.net/2263/73728 |
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en |
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Elsevier |
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© 2019 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. Notice : this is the author’s version of a work that was accepted for publication in Journal of Archaeological Science : Reports. Changes resulting from the publishing process, such as peer review, editing, corrections, structural formatting, and other quality control mechanisms may not be reflected in this document. A definitive version was subsequently published in Journal of Archaeological Science : Reports, vol. 24, pp. 231-235, 2019. doi : 10.1016/j.jasrep.2019.01.013. |
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Cattle |
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Dwarf |
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Zebu |
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Sanga |
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Bos taurus |
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Iron Age |
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Mutokolwe |
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Nyanga |
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K2 |
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Shoulder (withers) height |
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The size of indigenous Venda cattle during the Late Iron Age in South Africa |
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Postprint Article |
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