Morphometry of a Pre-Hispanic Dog from Northwestern Argentina (AD 800–1200)

Abstract

A detailed morphometric description of a dog skull from the pre-Hispanic archaeological site La Isla de Tilcara (northwestern Argentina, ca AD 800–1200) is presented. The resulting data were compared with those of dog skulls from other South American archaeological sites to establish dog morphotype. The examined skull belonged to a small, long-snouted dog, similar to the smallest morphotypes from the central Andes. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.