Preliminary osteometrical analysis of metapodium and acropodium bones of fallow deer (Dama dama L.) from the Brijuni Islands, Croatia.

摘要: TRBOJEVIC VUKICEVIC, T., I. ALIC, A. SLAVICA, M. POLETTO, S. KUŽIR: Preliminary osteometrical analysis of metapodium and acropodium bones fallow deer (Dama dama L.) from the Brijuni Islands (Croatia). Vet. arhiv 82, 75-88, 2012. ABSTRACT The purpose this study was to measure length width proportions metapodial phalanges (Croatia) correlate those values with body mass. included 28 168 seven individual known age, sex weight. descriptive statistics for obtained measurements show that variability coeffi cient is less than 10% bone values, greater measurements. Comparison all mass shows a negative correlation. After excluding measurement three juvenile individuals, correlation becomes highly positive. Width better Osteometrical studies are invaluable as only these data derived recent populations can be compared ancient animal in interdisciplinary archaeo-zoological investigations.