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6 avril 2020
- doi: 10.4000/books.momeditions.8527
- isbn: 9782356680679
- eisbn: 9782356681768
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chameau dromadaire archéologie épigraphie papyrologie iconographie Égypte Proche-Orient péninsule Arabique Asie centrale camel dromedary archaeology epigraphy papirology iconography Egypt Middle East Arabian Peninsula Central Asia Archaeology History HIS000000 SOC003000 HB HDSujets proches
Hybridisation Hybridism Animals, Domestication of Gases--Diffusion Liquids--Diffusion Camelus Arabian camel Camelus dromedarius Dromedary One-humped camel Two-humped camel Camel, Bactrian Camelus ferus Camelus bactrianus Archeology archeology broadcasting Camelus bactrianus chameau de BactrianeCiter ce document
Rémi Berthon et al., « Domestication, diffusion and hybridization of the Bactrian camel », MOM Éditions, ID : 10.4000/books.momeditions.8527
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The two‑humped camel, which the Greeks and Romans called the Bactrian camel, is a mystery, when it comes to its zooarchaeological record. The archaeological evidence for its pre‑domestication biogeography, domestication centre, diffusion, and finally its hybridization with the dromedary is extremely scarce. This situation is in great contrast with the ubiquity of its iconographic representations from Scythia to China to Persia since the Bronze Age. In this chapter we discuss the state of curr...