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Investigating shellfish deposition and landscape history at the Natia Beach site, Fiji [PDF]

, 2008
The relationship between environmental variation and subsistence practices is a central point of discussion in much Oceanic archaeology. While human predation can significantly reduce prey populations, environmental variation also contributes to ...
Cochrane, E.E., Morrison, A.
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Integrating Sr isotopes, microchemistry, and genetics to reconstruct Salmonidae species and life history

Archaeometry, Volume 68, Issue S2, Page S104-S129, May 2026.
Abstract Recent approaches to fisheries research emphasize the importance of the coproduction of knowledge in building resilient and culturally mindful fisheries management frameworks. Despite widespread recognition of the need for Indigenous knowledge and historical reference points as baseline data, archaeological data are rarely included in ...
Ross Salerno, Remi Murdoch, Joanna Elmore, Taylor Wilcox, Jens Hegg, Catherine S. Austin, Michael LeMoine, Jade Luckhurst, Alexandra K. Fraik, Molly Carney   +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
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Traditional and Geometric Morphometrics and Invariant Shape Descriptors of Catfish Otoliths in the Yucatán Peninsula: Tools for Species Identification and Individual Size Estimation at Maya Archaeological Sites

Archaeometry, Volume 68, Issue S2, Page S88-S103, May 2026.
ABSTRACT This study investigates the use of otolith shape analysis for species identification and size estimation in Ariopsis felis and Bagre marinus, based on 181 modern otoliths obtained from a scientific collection and recent sampling in the coastal regions of Campeche and Yucatán, as well as 39 archaeological otoliths corresponding to the Early ...
Ariana Solis‐Gómez, Jorge Luis Pérez‐Gonzalez, Nayeli Jiménez‐Cano, Maribel Badillo‐Alemán, Alfredo Gallardo‐Torres, Nidiyare Hevia‐Montiel, Daniel Arceo‐Carranza, Xavier Chiappa‐Carrara   +7 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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Provisioning urbanism: a comparative urban-rural zooarchaeology of ancient Southwest Asia

Antiquity
Historically, urban centres are seen as consumers that draw in labour and resources from their rural hinterlands. Zooarchaeological studies of key urban sites in Southwest Asia demonstrate the movement of livestock, but the region-wide application of ...
J. Gaastra, D. Lawrence, Valentina Tumolo   +2 more
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Animal 'Ritual' Killing: from Remains to Meanings [PDF]

, 2011
As humans, we interact with our environment and the other species inhabiting it in a variety of ways. Animals not only provide a source of sustenance, but a means for humans to express their social concepts through interaction.
Morris, James
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Graman Revisited Once Again: A Reanalysis of the Late Holocene Legacy Faunal Assemblage From GB4 Rockshelter, New South Wales

Archaeology in Oceania, Volume 61, Issue 1, Page 199-220, April 2026.
ABSTRACT The archaeological site Graman B4 provided one of the first records of substantial dietary change in ancient Australian Aboriginal society. Initial examination of the faunal remains from this site suggested that Late Holocene hunters reduced their focus on high‐ranked kangaroos to increasingly rely on arboreal possums; and that these ...
Loukas George Koungoulos, Jane Balme, Sue O'Connor   +2 more
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Commercial archaeology, zooarchaeology and the study of Romano-British towns [PDF]

, 2015
This chapter will review the contribution that commercial zooarchaeology has made in advancing our knowledge of the exploitation of animals in Romano-British towns.
Maltby, Mark
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