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This leading textbook introduces students and practitioners to the identification and analysis of animal remains at archaeology sites. The authors use global examples from the Pleistocene era into the present to explain how zooarchaeology allows us to form insights about relationships among people and their natural and social environments, especially site-formation processes, economic strategies, domestication, and paleoenvironments. This new edition reflects the significant technological developments in zooarchaeology that have occurred in the past two decades, notably ancient DNA, proteomics, and isotope geochemistry. Substantially revised to reflect these trends, the volume also highlights novel applications, current issues in the field, the growth of international zooarchaeology, and the increased role of interdisciplinary collaborations. In view of the growing importance of legacy collections, voucher specimens, and access to research materials, it also includes a substantially revised chapter that addresses management of zooarchaeological collections and curation of data.
Contents
List of figures; List of tables; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1. Zooarchaeology; 2. Zooarchaeological history and theory; 3. Basic Biology; 4. Ecology; 5. Collections, curation, and dissemination; 6. Disposal of faunal remains and sample recovery; 7. Gathering primary data; 8. Secondary data; 9. Humans as predators: subsistence and other uses of animals; 10. Domestication; 11. Evidence for former environmental conditions; 12. Zooarchaeology in the twenty-first century; Appendix 1. Taxonomic list; Appendix 2. Anatomical drawings; Appendix 3. Hypothetical Collection Data; Bibliography; Systematic Index; Topical Index.
