First occurrence of the house mouse (Mus musculus domesticus Schwarz &amp; Schwarz, 1943) in the Western Mediterranean: a zooarchaeological revision of subfossil occurrences

Cucchi, Thomas; Vigne, Jean-Denis; Auffray, Jean‐Christophe

doi:10.1111/j.1095-8312.2005.00445.x

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First occurrence of the house mouse (Mus musculus domesticus Schwarz & Schwarz, 1943) in the Western Mediterranean: a zooarchaeological revision of subfossil occurrences

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Authors:

Thomas Cucchi

Jean-Denis Vigne

Jean‐Christophe Auffray

Abstract

This paper provides a critical analysis of archaeological small mammal collections in the Mediterranean area, from the Late Glacial to the first centuries AD, to validate the presence/absence of the house mouse through zooarchaeological criteria. The results have been synthesized through a diachroni...

Subject

Mediterranean climate

Subfossil

Mediterranean Basin

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