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Associated bone groups; beyond the Iron Age [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
As zooarchaeologists move away from the purely economic towards ‘social zooarchaeological’ interpretations, the consideration of articulated/associated faunal remains has become more common-place. This paper presents results from a research project which
Morris, James
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Towards a historical ecology of intertidal foraging in the Mafia Archipelago: archaeomalacology and implications for marine resource management

open access: yes, 2019
Understanding the timing and nature of human influence on coastal and island ecosystems is becoming a central concern in archaeological research, particularly when investigated within a historical ecology framework.
Boivin, N.   +5 more
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Human Processing of Rodents in Patagonia: The Relevance of Historical and Ethnographical Data for Archaeological Interpretations [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
The consumption of small mammals was a widespread practice between indigenous societies worldwide. Modern taphonomic studies carried out upon bone assemblages from archaeological sites in northern Patagonia (Argentina) demonstrate thatCaviomorph rodents ...
Andrade, Analia
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Late Neanderthal subsistence and foraging mobility at Lapa do Picareiro: a zooarchaeological and taphonomic analysis of Level JJ

open access: yesFrontiers in Environmental Archaeology
Recent revisions of Neanderthal behavioral models call into question the notion of inflexible subsistence strategies. Here, we present new zooarchaeological and taphonomic data from Level JJ at Lapa do Picareiro (Portuguese Estremadura), dating to ~51.5 ...
Milena Carvalho   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Reductions in the dietary niche of southern sea otters (Enhydra lutris nereis) from the Holocene to the Anthropocene

open access: yesEcology and Evolution, 2020
The sea otter (Enhydra lutris) is a marine mammal hunted to near extinction during the 1800s. Despite their well‐known modern importance as a keystone species, we know little about historical sea otter ecology.
Emma A. Elliott Smith   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Bone modification and the conceptual relationship between humans and animals in Iron Age Wessex [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
archaeological records. As a result of the manner in which human and animal remains are traditionally studied and reported on, the analysis of taphonomic processes which affect the character of specimens between death and incorporation into forming ...
Madgwick, Richard
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Sheep and Goat Variability along the Edges of the Al-Hajar Mountains in the Prehistory of South-east Arabia

open access: yesOpen Quaternary
The Al-Hajar Mountains, spanning the Sultanate of Oman and the United Arab Emirates along the Sea of Oman, have hosted human settlement since prehistory.
Elena Maini   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

El aprovechamiento de los recursos cárnicos en el Castro Celtibérico de Peña Moñuz (Dehesa de Olmeda, Guadalajara) [PDF]

open access: yesMunibe Antropologia-Arkeologia
En este artículo se presenta el estudio zooarqueológico y tafonómico de Peña Moñuz (Olmeda de Cobeta, Guadalajara), un asentamiento celtibérico del s. IV-II a.C. Nuestros datos complementan las evidencias descritas para otros yacimientos celtibéricos con
Verónica Estaca-Gómez   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Intercambio y uso ritual de fauna por Tiwanaku: Análisis de pelos y fibras de los conjuntos arqueológicos de Amaguaya, Bolivia

open access: yesEstudios Atacameños, 2002
Se presentan los resultados del análisis zooarqueológico de dos conjuntos de artefactos Tiwanaku (400-1100 DC), procedentes de la localidad de Amaguaya, en Bolivia.
José M. Capriles F
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