Zooarchaeology in practice : case studies in methodology and interpretation in archaeofaunal analysis / Christina M. Giovas, Michelle J. Lefebvre, editors.
Giovas, Christina M., editor.; LeFebvre, Michelle J., editor.
2018
CC79.5.A5 Z658 2018
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Title Zooarchaeology in practice : case studies in methodology and interpretation in archaeofaunal analysis / Christina M. Giovas, Michelle J. Lefebvre, editors.
ISBN 9783319647630 (electronic book)
3319647636 (electronic book)
DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-64763-0
Published Cham, Switzerland : Springer, [2018]
Copyright ©2018
Language English
Description 1 online resource (xiii, 331 pages) : illustrations
Item Number 10.1007/978-3-319-64763-0 doi
Call Number CC79.5.A5 Z658 2018
Dewey Decimal Classification 930.1
Summary Zooarchaeology in Practice unites depth of treatment with broad topical coverage to advance methodological discussion and development in archaeofaunal analysis. Through case studies, historical accounts, and technical reviews authored by leading figures in the field, the volume examines how zooarchaeological data and interpretation are shaped by its methods of practice and explores the impact of these effects at varying levels of investigation. Contributing authors draw on geographically and taxonomically diverse datasets, providing instructive approaches to problems in traditional and emerging areas of methodological concern. Readers, from specialists to students, will gain an extensive, sophisticated look at important disciplinary issues that are sure to provoke critical reflection on the nature and importance of sound methodology. With implications for how archaeologists reconstruct human behavior and paleoecology, and broader relevance to fields such as paleontology and conservation biology, Zooarchaeology in Practice makes an enduring contribution to the methodological advancement of the discipline.
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LeFebvre, Michelle J., editor.
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1. Methods, methodology, and zooarchaeology in practice / Christina M. Giovas and Michelle J. LeFebvre
2. The history of MNI in North American zooarchaeology / R. Lee Lyman
3. Contemporary challenges in zooarchaeological specimen identification / Michelle J. LeFebvre and Ashley E. Sharpe
4. Impact of analytic protocols on archaeofish abundance, richness, and similarity : a Caribbean-Pacific crossover study / Christina M. Giovas
5. Bone taphonomy in deep urban stratigraphy : case studies from York, United Kingdom / Clare Rainsford and Terry O'Connor
6. Low-survival skeletal elements track attrition, not carcass transport behavior in Quaternary large mammal assemblages / J. Tyler Faith and Jessica C. Thompson
7. Influence of bone survivorship on taxonomic abundance measures / Jacob L. Fisher
8. Shell fragmentation beyond screen-size and the reconstruction of intra-site settlement patterns : a case study from the west coast of South Africa / Antonieta Jerardino
9. The value in studying large faunal collections using traditional zooarchaeological methods : a case study from Anglo-Saxon England / Pam J. Crabtree
10. Molluscs and paleoenvironmental reconstruction in island and coastal settings : variability, seasonality, and sampling / Catherine F. West, Meghan Burchell, and C. Fred T. Andrus
11. Ancient DNA in zooarchaeology : new methods, new questions and settling old debates in Pacific commensal studies / Elizabeth Matisoo-Smith
12. Zooarchaeology by mass spectrometry (ZooMS) collagen fingerprinting for the species identification of archaeological bone fragments / Michael Buckley
13. Coming to terms with imperfection : comparative studies and the search for grazing impacts in seventeenth century New Mexico / Emily Lena Jones
14. Zooarchaeology method and practice in classical archaeology : interdisciplinary pathways forward / Michael MacKinnon
15. Assessing California mussel (Mytilus californianus) size changes through deep time : a methodological case study from San Miguel Island, California / Todd J. Braje, Breana Campbell, and Hannah Haas
16. Concluding remarks / Umberto Albarella.

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