[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989) › v1.c6.s2.t2.10 # An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v1.c6.s2.t2.10 An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v1.c6.s2.t2.10 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c6.s2.t2.10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c6.s2.t2.10) The sheep had been domesticated with the aid of the dog before agriculture was fully developed. The original centre of domestication was the Aralo-Caspian and Turkestan region. Sheep-rearing thence spread first to Iran and later to Iraq. The most notable skeletal changes that have occurred with domestication are a convexity of the nasals (possibly connected with a shortening of the jaws), shortening of the facial bones and decrease in the size but increase in the degree of wrinkling of the horns. - [Previous: v1.c6.s2.t2.9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c6.s2.t2.9) - [Next: v1.c6.s3.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c6.s3.1) - [Up: v1.c6.s2.t2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c6.s2.t2) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c6.s2.t2.10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c6.s2.t2.10) · Pramāṇa