Determinación de la edad del ganado vacuno en restos óseos arqueológicos de acuerdo con la fusión de los huesos largos en el sur de la península Ibérica. Algunas puntualizaciones

Currently, osteometric studies of archaeological faunal bone remains provide essential information for understanding the economy and beliefs of past societies. This, data such as the height at the withers, weight, or the age at death of animals allow us to reflect on issues related to meat consumption, secondary products (milk, hide, manure, etc.), or rituals associated to the corresponding cultures. In a high percentage of animal bone remains recovered, their state of preservation or fragmentation prevents us from obtaining a comprehensive view, which may lead us to errors. The exceptional discovery of complete skeletons, in this case of cattle from different periods, has allowed us in this study to question some of the standard cohorts used in archaeozoological studies due to the fusion, or lack thereof, of certain bones in relation to their complete skeleton.