Title Identifying and interpreting animal bones : a manual / April M. Beisaw

Edition First edition Published College Station : Texas A & M University Press, [2013]

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Description 1 online resource Series Texas A & M University anthropology series ; number 18 Texas A & M University anthropology series ; no. 18. Contents Introduction -- Preparing your assemblage -- What animal is it? -- What bone is it? -- What else can the bone tell me? -- Recording your data -- Describing your data -- Epilogue -- Appendix 1 : Online appendix -- Appendix 2 : Bone atlases -- Appendix 3 : Mammals, fish, birds, reptiles, and amphibians by habitat preference Summary 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, this book serves as a guide 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 this book, a veteran archaeologist and educator 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 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject Animal remains (Archaeology) -- Handbooks, manuals, etc Animal remains (Archaeology) -- Identification -- Handbooks, manuals, etc Archaeological assemblages -- Handbooks, manuals, etc Taphonomy -- Handbooks, manuals, etc Archaeological surveying -- Handbooks, manuals, etc Excavations (Archaeology) -- Recording -- Handbooks, manuals, etc HISTORY -- Ancient -- General. Animal remains (Archaeology) Animal remains (Archaeology) -- Identification Archaeological assemblages Archaeological surveying Excavations (Archaeology) -- Recording Taphonomy Tierknochen Archäologie Funde Archäozoologie Genre/Form Electronic books handbooks. Handbooks and manuals Handbooks and manuals. Guides et manuels. Form Electronic book ISBN 9781623490829 1623490820 9781461944522 146194452X 1299938671 9781299938670

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