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Stable Carbon and Nitrogen Isotope Analysis Explores Diverse Domestic Goose Management Practices in Medieval and Postmedieval Russia

International Journal of Osteoarchaeology, Volume 36, Issue 3, Page 537-553, May/June 2026.
ABSTRACT Studying goose domestication through archaeological finds has been challenging due to the similar skeletal morphology of the European domestic goose and its wild progenitor, the greylag goose (Anser anser). We analyzed stable carbon (δ13C) and nitrogen (δ15N) isotopes from bone collagen of subfossil domestic and potentially domestic geese to ...
Johanna Honka, Clément Massé, Arthur O. Askeyev, Igor V. Askeyev, Oleg V. Askeyev, Jouni Aspi, Dilyara N. Shaymuratova, Laura Kvist   +7 more
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Should We Respect Rover's Remains? A Discussion on Ethics, or the Lack Thereof, in Zooarchaeology [PDF]

, 2022
YesOver the past two decades, archaeology has been confronting an ethical crisis with regards to the past treatment of human remains by specialists and institutions.
Fitzpatrick, Alexandra L.
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Household Rituals and Merchant Caravanners: The Phenomenon of Early Bronze Age Donkey Burials from Tell eṣ-Ṣâfi/Gath, Israel

Animals, 2022
Most studies of ritual and symbolism in early complex societies of the Near East have focused on elite and/or public behavioural domains. However, the vast bulk of the population would not have been able to fully participate in such public displays. This
Haskel J. Greenfield, Jon Ross, Tina L. Greenfield, Shira Albaz, Sarah J. Richardson, Aren M. Maeir   +5 more
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Expanding the Faunal Interpretation of the Cova Eirós (NW Iberia) Middle Paleolithic–Early Upper Paleolithic Record With ZooMS

International Journal of Osteoarchaeology, Volume 36, Issue 3, Page 576-588, May/June 2026.
ABSTRACT The Cova Eirós archaeopaleontological site preserves the most comprehensive archaeostratigraphic sequence in the northwestern Iberian Peninsula, with an exceptionally rich record spanning from the Mousterian to the Upper Paleolithic. The extensive fragmentation of the faunal record and the rich taxonomic diversity at this site have limited the
Hugo Bal‐García, Samantha Brown, Iván Rey‐Rodríguez, Mikel Díaz‐Rodríguez, Carlos Fernández‐Rodríguez, Álvaro Ibáñez‐Encinas, Arturo de Lombera‐Hermida, Tania Mosquera‐Castro, Xosé Pedro Rodríguez‐Álvarez, Ramón Fábregas‐Valcarce   +9 more
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Estimating size-at-harvest from Indigenous archaeological clamshell assemblages in Coastal British Columbia

FACETS
Shellfish have supported Indigenous lifeways on the Pacific Coast of North America for millennia. Despite the ubiquity of clamshells in archaeological sites, shell size measurements are rarely reported due to a lack of applicable basis for generating ...
Dylan Hillis, Kristina M. Barclay, Erin Foster, Hannah M. Kobluk, Taylor Vollman, Anne K. Salomon, Chris T. Darimont, Iain McKechnie   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

A Smile From the Past: Exploring a Fixed Bone Dental Bridge From Eighteenth/Nineteenth Century Porto (Portugal)

International Journal of Osteoarchaeology, Volume 36, Issue 3, Page 639-645, May/June 2026.
ABSTRACT This paper presents the first documented case of a fixed bone dental bridge in Portugal. This item was recovered alongside the remains of a young adult individual of indeterminate sex from the 19th century burial site of the 3rd Order of Our Lady of Carmo in Porto, Portugal.
Steffi Vassallo, Alexandra Patrícia Lopes Esteves, Sandra Assis, Zélia Rodrigues, Nicholas Márquez‐Grant, Anne Malcherek, Manuel F. C. Pereira, Manasij Pal Chowdhury, Francisca Alves Cardoso   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Island zooarchaeology: synergy and synthesis

, 2009
In recent years much ink has been spilled debating the role, nature, and legitimacy of island archaeology as a subdiscipline within archaeology. No matter how islands and their archaeology are viewed, however, there can be no doubt that zooarchaeological
Giovas, Christina M., LeFebvre, Michelle J.   +1 more
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Middle Stone Age fauna from the RS sub-member (MSA I) at Cave 1B, Klasies River Main site, South Africa

Southern African Field Archaeology
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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RECURSOS ANIMALES Y SUBSISTENCIA HUMANA EN LOS VALLES DE ALTURA DEL NOROESTE ARGENTINO: EL CASO DEL SITIO LOS VISCOS DURANTE LOS PERÍODOS TARDÍO E HISPANO-INDÍGENA

La Zaranda de Ideas, 2021
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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Morphometric Analysis of the Pituitary Gland and Sella Turcica Using Computed Tomography Images in Hamdani Sheep: Evaluation of Sexual Dimorphism

Veterinary Medicine and Science, Volume 12, Issue 3, May 2026.
In this study, computed tomography was employed to assess the morphometry of the pituitary gland and sella turcica in Hamdani sheep. Analysis demonstrated distinct sexual dimorphism, with males exhibiting significantly higher values across all volumetric and osteometric parameters.
Mahmut Öntürk, Osman Yılmaz
wiley   +1 more source