Age-Frequency Profiles in Micromammals: A Methodological Epiphenomenon?

• Main Authors: Morales, Arturo, Rodríguez, Jesús
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Universidad Autónoma de Madrid 2010
• Subjects: Arqueozoología; Perfiles de frecuencia de cohortes; Mortandad; Rata negra; Rattus rattus; Portugal; Edad Media; Archaeozoology; Age-frequency profile; Mortality; Black rat; Middle Ages; Rata
• Online Access: https://revistas.uam.es/archaeofauna/article/view/6580

Using an archaeological black rat (Rattus rattus) assemblage from a medieval site in Portugal, three age-estimation criteria have been applied in an effort to highlight their influence on the mortality profiles produced. These analyses evidenced different techniques producing different results both...