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Author : Raymond Edwin Chaplin
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1971
Category : Animal remains (Archaeology)
ISBN : UOM:39015081103809
Author : Raymond E. Chaplin
Publisher : Academic Press
Page : 179 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 1971-01-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0127851143
Author : Richard G. Klein,Kathryn Cruz-Uribe
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 279 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 1984-10-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780226439587
In growing numbers, archeologists are specializing in the analysis of excavated animal bones as clues to the environment and behavior of ancient peoples. This pathbreaking work provides a detailed discussion of the outstanding issues and methods of bone studies that will interest zooarcheologists as well as paleontologists who focus on reconstructing ecologies from bones. Because large samples of bones from archeological sites require tedious and time-consuming analysis, the authors also offer a set of computer programs that will greatly simplify the bone specialist's job. After setting forth the interpretive framework that governs their use of numbers in faunal analysis, Richard G. Klein and Kathryn Cruz-Uribe survey various measures of taxonomic abundance, review methods for estimating the sex and age composition of a fossil species sample, and then give examples to show how these measures and sex/age profiles can provide useful information about the past. In the second part of their book, the authors present the computer programs used to calculate and analyze each numerical measure or count discussed in the earlier chapters. These elegant and original programs, written in BASIC, can easily be used by anyone with a microcomputer or with access to large mainframe computers.
Author : Terence Patrick O'Connor,Terry O'Connor (Archaeologist)
Publisher : Texas A&M University Press
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Nature
ISBN : 1603440844
The author provides a focused overview of the field, emphasizing how bones are used to study past human-animal interactions.
Author : Angela von den Driesch
Publisher : Peabody Museum Press
Page : 150 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1976
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780873659505
Von den Driesch's handbook is the standard tool used by faunal analysts working on animal and bird assemblages from around the world. Developed for the instruction of students working on osteoarchaeological theses at the University of Munich, the guide has standardized how animal bones recovered from prehistoric and early historic sites are measured.
Author : Sharyn Jones O'Day,Wim Van Neer,Anton Ervynck
Publisher :
Page : 350 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2003-12-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781782979135
This book is the first in a series of volumes which form the published proceedings of the 9th meeting of the International Council of Archaeozoology (ICAZ), held in Durham in 2002. The 35 papers present a series of case studies from around the world. They stretch beyond the standard zooarchaeological topics of economy and ecology, and consider how zooarchaeological research can contribute to our understanding of human behaviour and social systems. The volume is divided into two parts. Part 1, Beyond Calories, focuses on the zooarchaeology of ritual and religion. Contributors discuss ways to approach questions of ritual and religion through the faunal record, and consider how material culture depicting and/or associated with animals can provides clues about ideology, religious practices and the role of animals within spiritual systems. Part 2, Equations for Inequality, looks at questions of identity, status and other forms of social differentiation in former human societies. Contributors discuss how differences in food consumption, nutrition, and food procurement strategies can be related to various forms of social differentiation among individuals and groups.
Author : Simon J. M. Davis
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 227 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Animal remains (Archaeology)
ISBN : 9780415151481
From Stone Age mammoth-hunters to Roman black rats, this book explains how fossils found on archaeological sites help to unravel some of the mysteries which surround our ancestors.
Author : Terry O'Connor
Publisher : The History Press
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2004-01-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780752495224
Animal bones are one of the most abundant types of evidence found in archaeological sites dating from pre-historic times to the Middle Ages, and they can reveal a startling amount about the economy and way of life of people in the past. This is a fascinating introduction for anyone seeking to understand how these bones can shed light on our knowledge of the past, as well as the complex relationship between human and animals. Written by one of the most respected experts in this field, and published for the first time in paperback, this book will be essential reading for archaeologists, or indeed anyone intrigued by the recreation of long lost worlds from the most insignificant-seeming fragments of animal bones.
Author : Stanley John Olsen
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 1971
Category : Animal remains (Archaeology)
ISBN : STANFORD:36105033517967
Author : Deborah Ruscillo
Publisher : Oxbow Books
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2015-06-30
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781785700439
This volume in the ICAZ series deals with the technical advances made over the last twenty years in the field of ageing and sexing animal bones. The analysis of ancient DNA holds great possibilities for sexing certain faunal assemblages (though by no means all), which is an urgent issue in the study of hunting and animal husbandry. It can be assumed that our forebears used more subtle taxonomic criteria than we do today, and it is important therefore that we are able to recognise traits that will allow for more accurate classification in terms of calendar age or sex. The eighteen papers in this book examine the state of research for various techniques of age/sex determination and assess potential future development.
Author : April M. Beisaw
Publisher : Texas A&M University Press
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2013-11-21
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781623490263
Offering a field-tested analytic method for identifying faunal remains, along with helpful references, images, and examples of the most commonly encountered North American species, Identifying and Interpreting Animal Bones: A Manual provides an important new reference for students, avocational archaeologists, and even naturalists and wildlife enthusiasts. Using the basic principles outlined here, the bones of any vertebrate animal, including humans, can be identified and their relevance to common research questions can be better understood. Because the interpretation of archaeological sites depends heavily on the analysis of surrounding materials—soils, artifacts, and floral and faunal remains—it is important that non-human remains be correctly distinguished from human bones, that distinctions between domesticated and wild or feral animals be made correctly, and that evidence of the reasons for faunal remains in the site be recognized. But the ability to identify and analyze animal bones is a skill that is not easy to learn from a traditional textbook. In Identifying and Interpreting Animal Bones, veteran archaeologist and educator April Beisaw guides readers through the stages of identification and analysis with sample images and data, also illustrating how specialists make analytical decisions that allow for the identification of the smallest fragments of bone. Extensive additional illustrative material, from the author’s own collected assemblages and from those in the Archaeological Analytical Research Facility at Binghamton University in New York, are also available in the book’s online supplement. There, readers can view and interact with images to further understanding of the principles explained in the text.
Author : Angela von den Driesch
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 137 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 1976
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:481200088
Author : April M. Beisaw
Publisher : Texas A&M University Press
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2013-10-16
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781623490829
Offering a field-tested analytic method for identifying faunal remains, along with helpful references, images, and examples of the most commonly encountered North American species, Identifying and Interpreting Animal Bones: A Manual provides an important new reference for students, avocational archaeologists, and even naturalists and wildlife enthusiasts. Using the basic principles outlined here, the bones of any vertebrate animal, including humans, can be identified and their relevance to common research questions can be better understood. Because the interpretation of archaeological sites depends heavily on the analysis of surrounding materials—soils, artifacts, and floral and faunal remains—it is important that non-human remains be correctly distinguished from human bones, that distinctions between domesticated and wild or feral animals be made correctly, and that evidence of the reasons for faunal remains in the site be recognized. But the ability to identify and analyze animal bones is a skill that is not easy to learn from a traditional textbook. In Identifying and Interpreting Animal Bones, veteran archaeologist and educator April Beisaw guides readers through the stages of identification and analysis with sample images and data, also illustrating how specialists make analytical decisions that allow for the identification of the smallest fragments of bone. Extensive additional illustrative material, from the author’s own collected assemblages and from those in the Archaeological Analytical Research Facility at Binghamton University in New York, are also available in the book’s online supplement. There, readers can view and interact with images to further understanding of the principles explained in the text.
Author : Polydora Baker,Fay Worley
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2019-06
Category : Animal remains (Archaeology)
ISBN : 1848025556
This handbook provides advice on best practice for the recovery, publication and archiving of animal bones and teeth from Holocene archaeological sites (ie from approximately the last 10,000 years). It has been written for local authority archaeology advisors, consultants, museum curators, project managers, excavators and zooarchaeologists, with the aim of ensuring that approaches are suitable and cost-effective.
Author : Terence Patrick O'Connor,Terry O'Connor
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 206 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Animal remains (Archaeology)
ISBN : 0750935243
Animal bones are one of the most abundant types of evidence found in archaeological sites dating from pre-historic times to the Middle Ages, and they can reveal a startling amount about the economy and way of life of people in the past. This is a fascinating introduction for anyone seeking to understand how these bones can shed light on our knowledge of the past, as well as the complex relationship between human and animals. Written by one of the most respected experts in this field, and published for the first time in paperback, this book will be essential reading for archaeologists, or indeed anyone intrigued by the recreation of long lost worlds from the most insignificant-seeming fragments of animal bones.
