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Wild or Domestic? Biometric Variation in the Cat Felis silvestris Schreber [PDF]

, 2007
Investigation of modern biometric data indicates that it may be possible to distinguish wildcats from house cats in many instances. Applying the log-ratio (log-difference) technique to archaeological samples from medieval northern Europe, and to mixed ...
Batey, Boessneck, Bond, Clutton-Brock, Crockford, Daniels, Davis, Davis, Gentry, Harcourt, Johansson, Kitchener, Kratochvil, Kratochvil, Kratochvil, Kratochvil, Lecis, Malek, Meadow, Meiri, O'Connor, O'Connor, O'Connor, Pierpaoli, Röhrs, Schauenberg, Serpell, Serpell, Smith, Spahn, Sunquist, Teichert, Todd, Vigne, Vigne, von den Driesch, von den Driesch, Yamaguchi, Zeuner   +38 more
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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
doaj   +1 more source

Siege and Conquest. Zooarchaeological Analysis of a Sealed Dump in the Luque Castle (Córdoba, Spain)

International Journal of Osteoarchaeology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The archaeological excavations undertaken in the Castle of Luque (Córdoba, Spain) in 2007 and 2008 resulted in the identification of a rubbish dump dated to the immediate aftermath of the Castilian conquest (ad 1243), which included material from the previous period of Almohad domination (mid‐12th to mid‐13th centuries).
Moisés Alonso‐Valladares, Silvia Valenzuela‐Lamas   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

The role of zooarchaeology in the interpretation of socioeconomic status: a discussion with reference to Medieval Europe [PDF]

, 2002
Social inequality is ubiquitous in human society, and the concept of social standing has been of fundamental importance throughout time (Price and Feinman 1995).
Ashby, S.P.
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Hand to mouth in a Neandertal : right-handedness in regourdou 1 [PDF]

, 2012
We describe and analyze a Neandertal postcranial skeleton and dentition, which together show unambiguous signs of right-handedness. Asymmetries between the left and right upper arm in Regourdou 1 were identified nearly 20 years ago, then confirmed by ...
Bondioli, Luca, Fiore, Ivana, Frayer, David W., Guatelli-Steinberg, Debbie, Macchiarelli, Roberto, Volpato, Virginie   +5 more
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Animais como psicopompos nas sepulturas do Sítio Arqueológico Justino? (Canindé de São Francisco — Sub-região de Xingó — Sergipe, Brasil)

Antípoda: Revista de Antropología y Arqueología, 2017
The sub-region known as Xingó in the town of Canindé de São Francisco, in the State of Sergipe (Northeastern Brazil), has several important archaeological sites, among which the Justino site stands out for having many traces of the ancient populations ...
Albérico Nogueira de Queiroz, Carlos Eduardo Cardoso, Olivia Alexandre de Carvalho   +2 more
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From Pigeons to Raptors: Avifauna Across the Early Upper Paleolithic Sequence of Manot Cave, Israel

International Journal of Osteoarchaeology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Avian exploitation during the Early Upper Paleolithic (EUP) is frequently interpreted as a marker of socioeconomic intensification across Europe and the Levant. However, the specific character of avian exploitation in the Levant has remained unexplored due to the scarcity of detailed zooarchaeological analyses. This study addresses this gap by
Catherine Ujma, Ofer Marder, Omry Barzilai, Israel Hershkovitz, Maayan Shemer, Reuven Yeshurun   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Integrating archaeology and ancient DNA analysis to address invasive species colonization in the Gulf of Alaska [PDF]

, 2017
The intentional and unintentional movement of plants and animals by humans has transformed ecosystems and landscapes globally. Assessing when and how a species was introduced are central to managing these transformed landscapes, particularly in island ...
Dunning, Samantha, Ebbert, Steve, Hofman, Courtney A., Maldonado, Jesus E., Martin, John, Shirazi, Sabrina, West, Catherine   +6 more
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Adventive Vertebrates and Historical Ecology in the Pre-Columbian Neotropics

Diversity, 2009
The arrival of Europeans in the Western Hemisphere (ca. AD 1500) is generally used as a convenient reference point for signaling the early appearance of invasive faunas. Although use of this date embraces an implicit belief in benign landscape management
Peter W. Stahl
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Seasonal Exploitation of Migratory Waterfowl at Natufian el‐Wad Terrace, Mount Carmel, Israel

International Journal of Osteoarchaeology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Increased avian exploitation is a hallmark of broad‐spectrum subsistence strategies in the Levantine Natufian culture (15,000–11,700 cal. BP). However, detailed publications of bird remains from the Natufian are scant, especially regarding the Early Natufian, and the available evidence shows high inter‐site variability that begs explanation ...
Linda Amos, Mina Weinstein‐Evron, Reuven Yeshurun   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source