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Archaeological and Biogeochemical Investigation of Past Human Relationships With Now‐Endangered Fish Species: Lake Sturgeon and American Eel in Southern Ontario, Canada

International Journal of Osteoarchaeology, Volume 36, Issue 2, Page 377-389, March/April 2026.
ABSTRACT This paper explores the historical ecology and biogeography of two fish species that are currently endangered in the North American Great Lakes region, that were of great importance to the Indigenous people in the region, and that are the focus of ongoing conservation efforts on the part of descendant communities: lake sturgeon (Acipenser ...
Suzanne Needs‐Howarth, Alicia L. Hawkins, Trevor J. Orchard, Eric J. Guiry, Louis Lesage   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Early Evidence of Post-Mortem Fetal Extrusion in Equids: A Case from the Western Zhou Period (1045–771 BC) Site of Yaoheyuan in Northwestern China

Animals
Post-mortem fetal extrusion, also known as “coffin birth”, refers to the phenomenon where a fetus is pushed out of a deceased female due to pressure from decomposing gas in the abdominal cavity.
Zexian Huang, Qiang Ma, Chengrui Zhang, Ruoxin Cheng, Furen Hou, Yi Wu, Feng Luo, Yue Li   +7 more
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The zooarchaeological evidence

, 2018
The zooarchaeological sample from the 2012-2014 excavation in Area G at Karkemish includes almost 1100 remains, collected from the Bronze Age, Iron Age and Islamic phases. The present study focuses on the faunal remains from the IA I-III building phase, which account for more than 96% of the total assemblage.
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Osteometry of Duck Species in Northwestern Europe—A Reassessment of Woelfle's (1967) Dataset

International Journal of Osteoarchaeology, Volume 36, Issue 1, Page 39-60, January/February 2026.
ABSTRACT This study revisits and expands upon Elisabeth Woelfle's (1967) foundational analysis of bone morphology and osteometry, which has long been a key reference for zooarcheological identification of duck species in northwestern Europe. By examining Woelfle's unpublished measuring protocols and incorporating 523 newly measured specimens, we ...
Per G. P. Ericson, Nadja Pöllath
wiley   +1 more source

Humans, Other Animals and Disease: a comparative approach towards the development of a standardised recording protocol for animal palaeopathology

Internet Archaeology, 2006
In recent years the impact of animal disease on human societies has had an extremely high profile, with the spread of diseases such as Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) and foot and mouth among animal populations, as well as the transmission of ...
Stephanie Vann, Richard Thomas
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Sharp Force Trauma and Chop Mark Identification Bias: Experimental Evidence on the Effects of Bone Morphology, Cortical Thickness, and Ax Material

International Journal of Osteoarchaeology, Volume 36, Issue 1, Page 88-100, January/February 2026.
ABSTRACT Sharp force trauma (SFT) is the main criterion used to identify chop mark butchery in zooarchaeology, yet its reliability as a diagnostic feature has not been systematically tested. Chop marks reflect both cutting and fracturing processes and exhibit characteristics of both sharp and blunt trauma.
Tiffany Okaluk, Justin Dallmann, Haim Cohen, Tina L. Greenfield, Itzick Shai   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

El aprovechamiento de los recursos cárnicos en el Castro Celtibérico de Peña Moñuz (Dehesa de Olmeda, Guadalajara) [PDF]

Munibe Antropologia-Arkeologia
En este artículo se presenta el estudio zooarqueológico y tafonómico de Peña Moñuz (Olmeda de Cobeta, Guadalajara), un asentamiento celtibérico del s. IV-II a.C. Nuestros datos complementan las evidencias descritas para otros yacimientos celtibéricos con
Verónica Estaca-Gómez, Laura Aguilar-Molina, Jesús Arenas-Esteban   +2 more
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Virtual Special Issue: Geoarchaeology at the Micro‐Scale: Recent Advances in Microanalytical Techniques

Geoarchaeology, Volume 41, Issue 2, March/April 2026.
Justin A. Holcomb, Michael J. Aiuvalasit
wiley   +1 more source

Extreme cultural persistence in eastern-central Brazil: the case of Lagoa Santa Paleaeoindians

Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências
Lapa do Santo rockshelter, a Paleoindian site located in Eastern-Central Brazil, presented two main occupations; one during Early Holocene (12,460 to 8700 cal BP), and a latter in Middle Holocene (5100 to 4200 cal BP). In spite of this 3600 year gap, the
ASTOLFO G.M. ARAUJO, FRANCISCO A. PUGLIESE JR., RAFAEL O. DOS SANTOS, MERCEDES OKUMURA   +3 more
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Mycenaean Pefkakia Excavation Project: preliminary report on archaeological research conducted in 2023 [PDF]

Polish Archaeology in the Mediterranean
This is a report on the second season of a five-year (2022–2026) archaeological project at the site of Mycenaean Pefkakia, which is a collaboration between the Polish Archaeological Institute at Athens and the Ephorate of Antiquities of Magnesia. In 2023,
Bartłomiej Lis, Anthi Batziou, Łukasz Miechowicz, Piotr Zeman, Dominika Kofel-Lubczyńska, Vasiliki Tzevelekidi, Rena Veropoulidou, Dimitris Agnousiotis   +7 more
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