First evidence of Equus asinus L. in the Chalcolithic disputes the Phoenicians as the first to introduce donkeys into the Iberian Peninsula

Two equid species have been documented in the Pleistocene of the Iberian Peninsula, the horse Equus caballus, and the Eurasian hemione Equus hydruntinus. While the former survived the HoloceneePleistocene until now, the timing for the extinction of the latter is unclear. Scarce, fragmented archaeolo...

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Main Author: Cardoso, João Luís (author)
Other Authors: Vilstrup, Julia T. (author), Eisenmann, Véra (author), Orlando, Ludovic (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2013
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10400.2/2602
Country:Portugal
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