Distinguishing sheep and goats using dental morphology and stable carbon isotopes in C4 grassland environments

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Early Neolithic diet and animal husbandry: stable isotope evidence from three Linearbandkeramik (LBK) sites in Central Germany (2011, background): “…instance cluster between 6.4 and 7.9‰ in δ 15 N and around the mean of -20.4 ±0.3‰ (1σ) in δ 13 C, suggesting that these animals fed on a very similar diet, as on a similar kind of pasture, although sheep are grazers, whereas goats are habitual mixed feeders (Balasse and Ambrose, 2005; Vera, 2000).”
Collagen fingerprinting of archaeological bone and teeth remains from Domuztepe, South Eastern Turkey (2011, unknown): “Other methods of differentiation have focussed on dietary signatures such as stable carbon isotopes (Balasse and Ambrose 2005) and tooth wear (Grant 1982; Grine et al. 1987), but due to influences in dietary response cannot be considered objective approaches.”
Domesticating Animals in Africa: Implications of Genetic and Archaeological Findings (2011, result): “This task is greatly facilitated by more recent publications that permit more reliable distinctions than previously (cf. Balasse and Ambrose 2005; Zeder and Pilaar 2010; Helmer 2000; Halstead et al. 2002).”