Zooarchaeology
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This is an introductory text for students interested in identification and 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 examples from all over the world, from the Pleistocene period up to the present, this volume is organized in a way that is parallel to faunal study, beginning with…
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Key features
- Covers a wide range of organisms, not included in other texts, for example vertebrate classes, molluscs and crustaceans, providing readers with a thoroughly rigorous examination of the field
- Global in scope and includes examples from the Pleistocene into the nineteenth century A. D.
- Combines a strong biological basis with anthropological interpretations with an extensive bibliography
About the book
- DOI https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511841354
- Series Cambridge Manuals in Archaeology
- Subjects Archaeological Theory and Methods,Archaeology,Life Sciences,Zoology
- Format: Hardback
- Publication date: 14 January 2008
- ISBN: 9780521857260
- Dimensions (mm): 253 x 177 mm
- Weight: 1.04kg
- Page extent: 558 pages
- Availability: Available
- Format: Paperback
- Publication date: 14 January 2008
- ISBN: 9780521673938
- Dimensions (mm): 253 x 177 mm
- Weight: 1.02kg
- Page extent: 560 pages
- Availability: Available
- Format: Digital
- Publication date: 05 June 2012
- ISBN: 9780511841354
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