Data for: A Probabilistic Model for Distinguishing between Sheep and Goat Postcranial Remains

The R script contains a script for the analyses and visualizations in Wolfhagen and Price (2017). Allows users to reformat the two CSV data files and calculate posterior probabilities that specimens are goats with additional SOM from Wolfhagen and Price (2017).

The two .CSV files contain trait states for sheep/goat specimens from the Iron Age size of 'Ain Dara (Syria) and Middle Bronze Age site of Tell Sakhariya (Iraq). Traits are those published in Zeder, M. A., & Lapham, H. A. (2010). Assessing the reliability of criteria used to identify postcranial bones in sheep, Ovis, and goats, Capra. Journal of Archaeological Science, 37(11), 2887-2905, doi:10.1016/j.jas.2010.06.032.

Each assemblage was originally analyzed and reported in other reports:
'Ain Dara: analyzed by Carol Frey and Curtis Marean, published in Frey, C. J., & Marean, C. W. (1999). Mammal Remains. In E. C. Stone, & P. E. Zimansky (Eds.), The Iron Age Settlement of 'Ain Dara, Syria: Survey and Surroundings (pp. 123-137, BAR International Series, Vol. 786). Oxford: Archaeopress. ISBN: 1841711039

Tell Sakhariya: analyzed by Katheryn Twiss, published in Twiss, K. C. (in press). Animals of the Sealands: ceremonial activities in the southern Mesopotamian "Dark Age". Iraq.

The columns for each site record the following:
Record: ID number assigned to the specimen by the original analysts.
Site: name of the archaeological site
Anatomy: code for the element of each specimen. The following codes are used: ASTR - Astragalus, CALC - Calcaneus, HUM - distal humerus, MP - metapodial, MT - metatarsal, MC - metacarpal, PH1 - first phalanx, PH2 - second phalanx, RADD - distal radius, RADP - proximal radius, TIB - distal tibia.
Original ID: original identification made by the original analyst. The following codes are used: Capra - Capra hircus, Ovis - Ovis aries, O/C - indeterminate Ovis aries/Capra hircus, Bovid/Cervid - indeterminate bovid or cervid.
C1, C2, C3, C4: trait states for specimen, based on the traits in Zeder and Lapham (2010) for different elements. The following codes are used: CAPRA - Capra hircus morphology, OVIS - Ovis aries morphology, O/C or C/O: indeterminate morphology between the two states, <NA> - insufficiently preserved to determine morphological state.

该 R 脚本包含了对 Wolfhagen 和 Price (2017) 所著文献中分析和可视化的脚本。允许用户重新格式化两个 CSV 数据文件，并计算后验概率，以确定样本是否为具有额外 SOM 的山羊（Wolfhagen 和 Price, 2017）。这两个 .CSV 文件包含来自叙利亚阿因达拉（Iron Age）的阿因达拉（'Ain Dara）和伊拉克苏克哈利亚（Tell Sakhariya）的中青铜时代遗址的绵羊/山羊样本的性状状态。这些性状与 Zeder, M. A. 和 Lapham, H. A. 在 (2010) 发表的论文《评估用于识别绵羊 Ovis 和山羊 Capra 的后颅骨的标准的可靠性》中所述相符，该论文发表于《考古科学杂志》（Journal of Archaeological Science），第 37 卷第 11 期，页码 2887-2905，DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2010.06.032。每个集合最初的分析和报告在其他报告中完成：'Ain Dara：由 Carol Frey 和 Curtis Marean 分析，发表在 Frey, C. J. 和 Marean, C. W. (1999) 的著作《哺乳动物遗骸》中，该书是 E. C. Stone 和 P. E. Zimansky 编写的《叙利亚阿因达拉的铁器时代定居点：调查与周边地区》（The Iron Age Settlement of 'Ain Dara, Syria: Survey and Surroundings）的一部分，由 BAR 国际系列出版，卷号 786。牛津：Archaeopress。ISBN: 1841711039。Tell Sakhariya：由 Katheryn Twiss 分析，发表在 Twiss, K. C. (in press) 的著作《Sealands 的动物：南美索不达米亚“黑暗时代”的仪式活动》中。每个遗址的列记录以下内容：记录：原始分析师分配给样本的 ID 号码。遗址：考古遗址的名称。解剖：每个样本元素代码。以下代码被使用：ASTR - 髁骨，CALC - 跟骨，HUM - 远端肱骨，MP - 距骨，MT - 跟骨，MC - 手掌骨，PH1 - 第一指节，PH2 - 第二指节，RADD - 远端桡骨，RADP - 近端桡骨，TIB - 远端胫骨。原始 ID：原始分析师所做的原始识别。以下代码被使用：Capra - 羊驼 Capra hircus，Ovis - 绵羊 Ovis aries，O/C - 不确定的 Ovis aries/Capra hircus，Bovid/Cervid - 不确定的牛科动物或鹿科动物。C1, C2, C3, C4：样本的性状状态，基于 Zeder 和 Lapham (2010) 对不同元素的性状描述。以下代码被使用：CAPRA - 羊驼 Capra hircus 的形态，OVIS - 绵羊 Ovis aries 的形态，O/C 或 C/O：两种状态之间的不确定形态，<NA> - 保存不足，无法确定形态状态。