The domestic chicken (Gallus gallus) in sub-Saharan Africa: A background to its introduction and its osteological differentiation from indigenous fowls (Numidinae and Francolinus sp.)
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The zooarchaeological record demonstrates that chickens were present in West African Mande-speaking territory prior to their arrival in the northern Sahel.
“The zooarchaeological record, however, demonstrates that chickens were present in West African Mande-speaking territory prior to their arrival in the northern Sahel (66, 67) (SI Appendix, Table S2).”
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“Still, the scanty records from archaeology and history, together with the osteological similarities between HGF and the francolin species or even domestic chicken (MacDonald 1992), make hypotheses about the domestication of HGF await testing.”
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- Authors
- MacDonald, K. C.
- Corresponding author
- MacDonald, Kevin C.
- ORCID
- MacDonald, Kevin C.
- Venue
- Journal of Archaeological Science
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 1992-05
- Volume
- 19
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 303-318
- ISSN
- 0305-4403 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W1969365765
- Cited by
- 121
- References
- 16
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 1.27
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of Archaeological Science (publishedVersion)
- UCL Discovery (University College London) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Paleontology › Archaeology and ancient environmental studies
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Animal Science and Zoology › Livestock and Poultry Management
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Archeology › Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies
- Keywords
- chickens, Gallus gallus, guinea fowl, osteometry, zooarchaeology, animal introduction, cultural contact, prehistoric birds, West Africa, sub-Saharan Africa
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