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ABSTRACT With northern regions warming at twice the global rate, assessing the state of archaeological sites in these areas is critically important. In this study, we used a multimethod geophysical approach (ERT, GPR, and EMI) to characterize the current geocryological conditions of an Inuit archaeological site on South Aulatsivik Island (Labrador ...
Rachel Labrie +5 more
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Klasies River is an important site for the study of the evolution of Homo sapiens, understanding modern behaviour and human interaction with the environment during the Middle Stone Age. The faunal sample from the RS sub-member in Cave 1B (MSA I), dating
Joel Ezeimo, Sarah Wurz, Shaw Badenhorst
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We present a zooarchaeological analysis of the faunal record of Los Viscos site [SCatBe6(1)], located in El Bolsón Valley, Belén Department, Catamarca province.
María Florencia Arias
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ABSTRACT Gold discoveries transformed the 19th century British colony of Queensland, Australia, driving migration, a second wave of pastoral expansion northwards, and an increasingly diverse population. This study presents a comparative and contextual zooarchaeological analysis of British and southern Chinese food waste—globally significant migrant ...
Marc Cheeseman
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Canadian Zooarchaeology / Zooarchéologie canadienne, No. 4 (1993) [PDF]
This is the full issue of Canadian Zooarchaeology / Zooarchéologie canadienne, No. 4.This issue contains: - Editor's Note by Kathlyn Stewart (p. 1) - A History of Zooarchaeology in Ontario by Frances L. Stewart (p.
Stewart, Kathlyn +2 more
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ABSTRACT The largest published dataset of sheep (Ovis aries) cheek tooth wear recorded from known‐age skeletonized mandibles is presented, with raw data disseminated as a supplement. The dataset has previously been used to investigate the influence of sex, nutrition, and breeding status on dental maturation (eruption and wear of individual teeth). Here,
Fay Worley +4 more
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Maya zooarchaeology can be used to answer a broad range of questions about the ancient Maya environmental and cultural history. Animal remains represent the impact of human activity on animal populations and the landscape as well as the full range of ...
Kitty F. Emery
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ABSTRACT Atlantic cod were caught in large numbers and shipped from fishing stations in North America to Europe and the Caribbean, and this has been frequently studied zooarchaeologically; however, the exchange of cod and other fish into interior North America has received less study.
Martin H. Welker +2 more
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Castro Marim is an Iron Age site from the Algarve region, Portugal. The earliest evidence of settlement, from the Late Bronze Age, dates to the 9th century BCE, with the Phoenician-Punic period dating from the 7th to the 3rd century BCE.
Roshan Paladugu +9 more
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A Modern Metrical Baseline for Sexing Sheep Horn‐Cores
ABSTRACT Sex determination is essential for reconstructing past livestock management, yet the limited skeletal sexual dimorphism of sheep hinders the identification of ewes, rams, and wethers in archaeological assemblages. Horn‐cores are the most sexually dimorphic element of the sheep skeleton, and here, we establish a new metrical baseline for ...
Julia Cussans +3 more
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