An Experimental Approach to Archaeomorphometrics

Contents

Abstract ;

Introduction ;
Global Synthesis ;
The Sri Lankan Synthesis ;

Species Description ;
Cervus unicolor (Artiodactyl: Cervidae) ;
Sus scrofa (Artiodactyl: Suidae) ;
Muntiacus muntjak (Artiodactyl: Cervidae) ;
Axis axis (Artiodactyl: Cervidae) ;
Axis porcinus (Artiodactyl: Cervidae) ;
Moschiola meminna (Artiodactyl: Tragulidae) ;
Bubalus Bubalis (Artiodactyl: Bovidae) ;

Methodology of the study ;
General description of terminology used ;
Description of the metacarpals ;
Description of the metatarsals ;

Results ;
Results of metacarpals ;
Principal component analysis: BP, DP, BM, BL, BS, GL, BD1, BC, BD2 ;
Factor analysis: BP, DP, BM, BL, BS, GL, BD1, BC, BD2 ;
Item analysis of BP, DP, BM, BL, BS, GL, BD1, BC, BD2 ;
Descriptive statistics: BP, DP, BM, BL, BS, GL, BD1, BC, BD2 ;
Principal component analysis: BP, DP, BM, BL, BS, GL, BD1, BC, BD2 ;
Discriminant analysis: species versus BP, DP, BM, BL, BS, GL, BD1, BC, BD2 ;
Factor analysis: BP, DP, BM, BL, BS, GL, BD1, BC, BD2 ;
Item analysis of BP, DP, BM, BL, BS, GL, BD1, BC, BD2 ;

Interpretation of the Results ;

Appendix 1: Primary data set of bone measurements ;
Appendix 2: Bone terminology ;
Appendix 3: Summary report for BP, DP, BM, BL, BS, GL, BD1, BC, BD2 ;
Appendix 4: Exclusion of Sus scrofa ;
References

About the Author

Kalangi Rodrigo studies at the Department of Archaeology, University of Ruhuna, Sri Lanka as a final year Undergraduate. Her focus is on Zooarchaeology and Ecological Perspectives on Sri Lankan Prehistoric Studies. ;

Kelum Manamendra-Arachchi is a faunal specialist and herpetologist currently affiliated with the Postgraduate Institute of Archaeological Research, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka. He has been working in Sri Lankan Prehistoric excavations since the 1990s identifying faunal materials.