Zooarchaeology in practice : case studies in methodology and interpretation in archaeofaunal analysis /: case studies in methodology and interpretation in archaeofaunal analysis. ([2018])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Christina M. Giovas, Michelle J. Lefebvre, editors.
• Editors: Giovas, Christina M; LeFebvre, Michelle J
• Contents: 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.
• Publisher Details: Cham, Switzerland : Springer
• Publication Date: 2018
• Copyright Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource (xiii, 331 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 930.1; Social sciences; Animal remains (Archaeology); Animals, Fossil; Archaeology -- Methodology; SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Essays; SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Reference; HISTORY -- Ancient -- General; Animal remains (Archaeology); Animals, Fossil; Archaeology -- Methodology; Social Sciences; Archaeology; Archaeology; Social Science -- Archaeology; Archaeology; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319647630; 3319647636
• Related ISBNs: 9783319647616; 331964761X
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
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