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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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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 +3 more
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Identification, Classification and Zooarchaeology
Ethnobiology Letters, 2011 Identification of preserved biological materials is often regarded as a skill which has little to do with analysis and interpretation. This paper argues that in zooarchaeological studies―here with particular reference to vertebrate remains―identification
Jonathan C. Driver
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Collagen fingerprinting traces the introduction of caprines to island Eastern Africa
Royal Society Open Science, 2021 The human colonization of eastern Africa's near- and offshore islands was accompanied by the translocation of several domestic, wild and commensal fauna, many of which had long-term impacts on local environments.
Courtney Culley +14 more
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Integrating Zooarchaeology and Paleoethnobotany: A Consideration of Issues, Methods, and Cases
Ethnobiology Letters, 2010 Review of Integrating Zooarchaeology and Paleoethnobotany: A Consideration of Issues, Methods, and Cases. Amber M. VanDerwarker and Tanya M. Peres, eds. 2010. Springer, New York. Pp. 317, 13 color illustrations, 13 black-and-white illustrations. $129.00 (
Virginia L. Butler
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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 +3 more
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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 +9 more
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A Granularity-Based Intelligent Tutoring System for Zooarchaeology
Applied Sciences, 2019 This paper presents a tutoring system which uses three different granularities for helping students to classify animals from bone fragments in zooarchaeology.
Laia Subirats +4 more
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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 +9 more
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Afriques, 2014 On the Horn of Africa, the great diversity of natural environments and their evolution over the last ten millennia led to the development of a large number of human societies.
Thomas Guindeuil, Joséphine Lesur
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