- ABMAP
ABMAP, also known as the Animal Bone Metrical Archive Project, consists of a collection of metric data on the main domestic animals recorded at the
University of Southampton , together with the data from some other sources, in particular theMuseum of London Archaeology Services (MoLAS). Whilst the data is primarily fromEngland , it is applicable to a wider geographical area. Stored in a neutral archival format, it is freely available for teaching, learning and research.History of the Project
In the 1990s
English Heritage funded a project at the University of Southampton to collect and synthesize metrical data recorded over the past twenty years. The main aim was to assemble the data and ensure that it was kept in a format in which it would be maintained and made accessible.The Database
The project aimed to collect measurements of the main domestic species found on archaeological sites in England. The database included approximately 25,000 bones, predominantly of
cattle andsheep , but also ofpig ,horse ,dog ,goat ,domestic fowl , andgoose . Thedata set is organized byspecies ,anatomical element , period, andsite type.Sources
Serjeantson, D. (2005). 'Science is Measurement'; ABMAP, a Database of Domestic Animal Bone Measurements. "Environmental Archaeology" 10 (1): 97-103
External links
* [http://ads.ahds.ac.uk/catalogue/specColl/abmap ABMAP]
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