McKinley, V. & A. Burke. 2000. A new control sample for season of death estimates for Equus caballus from dental thin-sections. Archaeozoologia XI: 33-42.

Abstract: A new control sample has been collected for estimations of season-of-death of equids. This sample has been drawn from a single population of feral Equus caballus from Sable Island, Nova Scotia. Analysis of cementum growth and its relevance to an individual's seasonal physiological growth cycle is presented here. Previous control samples were drawn from a number of different populations. The Sable Island sample allows us to assess the impact on inter-populational variation on earlier analyses and to refine the interpretative aspect of future work.

Alas, this paper provides an inaccurate account of Sable Island's habitat and climate, e.g. on page 36: "There is very little vegetation on the island, other than marine grass and some plants surrounding the freshwater ponds."; and on page 38: "...climate of Sable Island is unfavourable, relative to most "temperate" zones...", and "...severe climactic conditions of Sable Island are significantly different from other regions of similar latitude...".