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Faunal Remains manipulation during the Chalcolithic in Pits 13, 16 and 54 from Monte das Cabeceiras 2 (Beja, Southern Portugal)

Zephyrus, 2022
The Chalcolithic time is a period widely debated in Southwestern Iberia Late Prehistory. During the last few decades, the number of contexts known has grown, especially with the discovery and publication of several ditched enclosures from Southern ...
Nelson J. Almeida, Ana Catarina Basílio, Célia Silva, António Monge Soares, Nelson Borges   +4 more
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Comparative osteomorphological criteria for differentiating mandibular teeth and post-cranial skeletons of takins (Budorcas taxicolor) from Bovini species on Tibetan Plateau

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2022
For centuries, hunting and herding of large bovids were important for human survival at high altitudes on the Tibetan Plateau. However, little is known about past human relations with iconic plateau animals, such as takins (Budorcas taxicolor Hodgson ...
Zhengwei Zhang, Zhengwei Zhang, Fan Li, Fiona Marshall   +3 more
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Zooarchaeology in Lithuania

Archaeologia Lituana, 2020
In recent years Lithuanian archaeologists have become greatly more aware of and interested in the information provided by faunal remains. Its potential has begun to draw the attention of researchers from nature sciences, while the archaeologists working ...
Giedrė Piličiauskienė, Viktorija Micelicaitė   +1 more
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Zooarchaeological assemblages contextualize the historical ecology and harvest of fur-bearing mammals in Vermont

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2023
Shifting baselines can skew species harvest guidelines and lead to potentially inaccurate assessments of population status and range. The North American Fur Trade (~1600–1900 CE) profoundly impacted the continent’s socio-ecological systems, but its ...
Alexis M. Mychajliw, Alexis M. Mychajliw, Audrey Y. Hsi, Audrey Y. Hsi, Drew An-Pham, Drew An-Pham, Olivia L. Olson, Nanny Carder, John G. Crock, Francis “Jess” W. Robinson   +9 more
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Van Giffen’s Dogs: Cranial Osteometry of Iron Age to Medieval Period Dogs from the Northern Netherlands

Journal of Open Archaeology Data, 2018
This paper presents biometric data from a collection of 488 dogs skulls originating from 58 (archaeological) sites in the northern Netherlands dating from the Iron Age to the Medieval Period.
E. E. Scheele, Canan Çakırlar
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Animal Use Strategies in the Longshan Mountain Region of Northern China during the First Millennium BC: A Zooarchaeological Analysis of Yucun

Animals, 2023
The first millennium BC saw the expansion of the Western Zhou dynasty in its northwestern frontier, alongside the rise and development of the Qin State in the Longshan Mountain region of northern China.
Tianyu Zong, Borui Du, Chengrui Zhang, Feng Sun, Zexian Huang, Ruoxin Cheng, Kexin Liu, Tao Shui, Yongan Wang, Yue Li   +9 more
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Neotropical Zooarchaeology and Taphonomy

Intersecciones en Antropología, 2009
László Bartosiewicz
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Grazing to Gravy: Faunal Remains and Indications of Genízaro Foodways on the Spanish Colonial Frontier of New Mexico [PDF]

, 2017
Understanding identity aspects of those labeled Genízaro during the late Spanish Colonial period of New Mexico benefits from finer-grained perspectives on what ranges and mixtures of practices persons bearing this casta designation may have performed ...
Sunseri, JU
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Estudio zooarqueológico y tafonómico del Yacimiento Calcolítico Las Zanjillas (Torrejón de Velasco, Madrid) [PDF]

Munibe Antropologia-Arkeologia, 2023
Las Zanjillas (Torrejón de Velasco, Madrid) es un yacimiento Calcolítico precampaniforme ubicado en el valle medio del Tajo, caracterizado por más de 500 estructuras que incluyen silos y cubetas.
Verónica Estaca-Gómez, German López, Jorge Morín, José Yravedra   +3 more
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The Zooarchaeology of Israelite Religion: Methods and Practice

Religions, 2019
This essay aims to provide a methodological framework for the application of zooarchaeology to the study of Israelite religion for the purpose of providing an overview of this growing subfield for the non-specialist and for inviting further conversation ...
Jonathan S. Greer
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