Disentangling long bones of foxes (Vulpes vulpes and Alopex lagopus) from arctic archaeological sites

• Published in: Journal of Archaeological Science
• Main Authors: Monchot, Hervé, Gendron, Daniel
• Other Authors: Histoire naturelle de l'Homme préhistorique (HNHP), Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (MNHN)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Perpignan Via Domitia (UPVD)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2010
• Subjects: [SHS.ARCHEO]Humanities and Social Sciences/Archaeology and Prehistory; Arctic; Hudson; Hudson Strait; Nunavik; Salluit; Alopex lagopus; Arctic Fox
• Online Access: https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-03227105; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2009.11.009

International audience To discern the presence of two anatomically close species within an archaeological assemblage is always a problem for the analyst. A particularly interesting case is the distinction between the red fox (Vulpes vulpes) and the arctic fox (Alopex lagopus), which is often determi...