archaeozoology

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archaeozoology

(ˌɑːkɪəʊzəʊˈɒlədʒɪ; ˌɑːkɪəʊzuːˈɒlədʒɪ) or

archeozoology

n
(Archaeology) the analysis and interpretation of animal remains found at archaeological sites
ˌarchaeozoˈologist, ˌarcheozoˈologist n
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A multicontextual approach to zooarchaeology: Procurement strategies in the Mackenzie Delta Region, Western Canadian Arctic.
The Mackenzie Inuit whale bone industry: raw material, tool manufacture, scheduling, and trade
Introduction to Australian Zooarchaeology. CD, Archaeology Publications, La Trobe University, Melbourne.
Archaeology in Practice: A Student Guide to Archaeological Analysis
It would also serve as an excellent instructional supplement for a university course on zooarchaeology.
Hunting, Fishing and Animal Husbandry at the Farm Beneath the Sand, Western Greenland: An Archaeozoological Analysis of a Norse Farm in the Western Settlement
A portion of this work was done in a zooarchaeology course taught by Madonna Moss at the University of Oregon in 2001.
Prehistoric fishing in Palau, Micronesia: evidence from the Northern Rock Islands
Key words: historic Inuit, paleoclimate, zooarchaeology, sea ice, polynyas, Baffin Island, incremental analysis, Phoca hispida, seasonality, age determination
Polynyas and ice edge habitats in cultural context: archaeological perspectives from southeast Baffin Island
Ervynck (eds) Behavior behind bones: the zooarchaeology of ritual, religion, status and identity.
Recent archaeological findings at Qaranilaca Cave, Vanuabalavu Island, Fiji
Key words: Zooarchaeology, microfauna, Guanacache Lagoons.
Aprovechamiento de recursos faunisticos en las Lagunas de Guanacache (Mendoza, Argentina). Analisis zooarqueologico de la empozada y altos de Melien II
Key words: Thule, Dorset, Inuit, zooarchaeology, dog, sled, transportation, economics, Greenland, eastern Arctic
Paleoeskimo dogs of the Eastern Arctic
Zooarchaeology of the Pleistocene/Holocene boundary.
Faunal and Archaeological Remains as Evidence of Climate Change in Freezing Caverns, Yukon Territory, Canada

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