Identifying and Interpreting Animal Bones : A Manual /

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Offering a field-tested analytic method for identifying faunal remains, along with helpful references, images, and examples of the most commonly encountered North American species, this book serves as a guide for students, avocational archaeologists, and even naturalists and wildlife enthusiasts. Us...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Beisaw, April M.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: College Station : Texas A & M University Press, [2013]
Edición:First edition.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Archäozoologie
Funde
Archäologie
Tierknochen
Taphonomy.
Excavations (Archaeology) > Recording.
Archaeological surveying.
Archaeological assemblages.
Animal remains (Archaeology) > Identification.
Animal remains (Archaeology)
HISTORY > Ancient > General.
Prospection archeologique > Guides, manuels, etc.
Taphonomie > Guides, manuels, etc.
Assemblages archeologiques > Guides, manuels, etc.
Excavations (Archaeology) > Recording > Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Archaeological surveying > Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Taphonomy > Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Archaeological assemblages > Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Animal remains (Archaeology) > Identification > Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Animal remains (Archaeology) > Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Guides et manuels.
Handbooks and manuals.
Handbook
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:Offering a field-tested analytic method for identifying faunal remains, along with helpful references, images, and examples of the most commonly encountered North American species, this book serves as a guide for students, avocational archaeologists, and even naturalists and wildlife enthusiasts. Using the basic principles outlined here, the bones of any vertebrate animal, including humans, can be identified and their relevance to common research questions can be better understood. Because the interpretation of archaeological sites depends heavily on the analysis of surrounding materials - soils, artifacts, and floral and faunal remains - it is important that non-human remains be correctly distinguished from human bones, that distinctions between domesticated and wild or feral animals be made correctly, and that evidence of the reasons for faunal remains in the site be recognized. But the ability to identify and analyze animal bones is a skill that is not easy to learn from a traditional textbook. In this book, a veteran archaeologist and educator guides readers through the stages of identification and analysis with sample images and data, also illustrating how specialists make analytical decisions that allow for the identification of the smallest fragments of bone.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (192 pages).
ISBN:9781623490829

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