Zooarchaeology / Elizabeth J. Reitz, Elizabeth S. Wing.

Format:

• Book

Author/Creator:

• Reitz, Elizabeth Jean, 1946-

Contributor:

• Wing, Elizabeth S.

Series:

• Cambridge manuals in archaeology

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Animal remains (Archaeology)--Identification--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
• Animal remains (Archaeology)--Identification.
• Animal remains (Archaeology).

Genre:

• Handbooks and manuals.

Physical Description:

xxi, 533 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm.

Edition:

Second edition, Revised edition.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2008.

Summary:

• This book serves as an introductory text for students interested in the identification and the analysis of animal remains from archaeological sites. The emphasis is on animals whose remains inform us about the relationship between humans and their natural and social environments, especially site formation processes, subsistence strategies, the processes of domestication, and paleoenvironments. Examining studies from all over the world, from the Pleistocene period up to the present, this volume is organized in way that is parallel to a faunal study, beginning with background information, bias in a faunal assemblage, and basic zooarchaeological methods. A Hypothetical Zooarchaeological Collection illustrates fundamental methods for the collection of primary and secondary data that are applicable to zooarchaeology practice.
• This revised edition reflects developments in zooarchaeology that have occurred during the past decade. It includes new sections on enamel ultrastructure and incremental analysis, stable isotopes and trace elements, ancient genetics and enzymes, environmental reconstruction, people as agents of environmental change, applications of zooarchaeology in animal conversation and heritage management, and a discussion of issues pertaining to the curation of zooarchaeological materials.

Contents:

• 1 Zooarchaeology 1
• 2 Zooarchaeological History and Theory 11
• 3 Basic Biology 31
• 4 Ecology 88
• 5 Disposal of Faunal Remains and Sample Recovery 117
• 6 Gathering Primary Data 153
• 7 Secondary Data 182
• 8 Humans as Predators: Subsistence Strategies and Other Uses of Animals 251
• 9 Control of Animals Through Domestication 287
• 10 Evidence for Past Environmental Conditions 316
• Appendix 1 Taxonomic List 353
• Appendix 2 Anatomical Drawings 363
• Appendix 3 Reference Collections, Management of Archaeofaunal Collections, Publication, and Curation 377
• Appendix 4 Hypothetical Collection Data 396.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [409]-490) and indexes.

ISBN:

• 9780521857260
• 0521857260
• 9780521673938
• 0521673933

OCLC:

137222748

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