Zooarchaeology (Cambridge Manuals in Archaeology) (second edition)

559 Pages·2008·5.62 MB·English

by  Elizabeth J. Reitz

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Zooarchaeology,SecondEdition
Thisbookservesasanintroductorytextforstudentsinterestedintheidentificationandthe
analysisofanimalremainsfromarchaeologicalsites.Theemphasisisonanimalswhoseremains
informusabouttherelationshipbetweenhumansandtheirnaturalandsocialenvironments,
especiallysite-formationprocesses,subsistencestrategies,theprocessesofdomestication,and
paleoenvironments.Examiningstudiesfromallovertheworld,fromthePleistoceneperiodup
tothepresent,thisvolumeisorganizedinawaythatisparalleltoafaunalstudy,beginning
withbackgroundinformation,biasinafaunalassemblage,andbasiczooarchaeological
methods.AzooarchaeologicalHypotheticalCollectionillustratesthefundamentalmethodsfor
thecollectionofprimaryandsecondarydatathatareapplicabletozooarchaeologypractice.
Thisrevisededitionreflectsdevelopmentsinzooarchaeologythathaveoccurredduringthe
pastdecade.Itincludesnewsectionsonenamelultrastructureandincrementalanalysis,stable
isotopesandtraceelements,ancientgeneticsandenzymes,environmentalreconstruction,
peopleasagentsofenvironmentalchange,applicationsofzooarchaeologyinanimal
conversationandheritagemanagement,andadiscussionofissuespertainingtothecurationof
zooarchaeologicalmaterials.
elizabethj.reitzisProfessorofAnthropologyattheGeorgiaMuseumofNaturalHistory,
UniversityofGeorgia.Herworkisbasedontheidentificationandinterpretationofanimal
remainsfromcoastalarchaeologicalsites,particularlyinSouthAmerica,theCaribbean,and
thesoutheasternUnitedStates.Sheistheco-authorandco-editorofseveralvolumes,aswellas
theauthorofmorethan150articlesandbookchapters.
elizabeths.wingisCuratorEmeritusattheFloridaMuseumofNaturalHistory,University
ofFlorida.Theco-authoroftwobooksandauthorofmanyscholarlyarticles,shereceivedthe
FryxellAwardfromtheSocietyforAmericanArchaeologyin1996fordistinguished
contributionstoarchaeologythroughinterdisciplinaryresearch.In2006,Dr.Wingwaselected
totheNationalAcademyofSciencesandreceivedthePresident’sMedalfromtheUniversityof
Florida.
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CambridgeManualsinArchaeology
GeneralEditor
GraemeBarker,UniversityofCambridge
AdvisoryEditors
ElizabethSlater,UniversityofLiverpool
PeterBogucki,PrincetonUniversity
CambridgeManualsinArchaeologyisaseriesofreferencehandbooksdesignedforaninternational
audienceofupper-levelundergraduateandgraduatestudents,andprofessionalarchaeologists
andarchaeologicalscientistsinuniversities,museums,researchlaboratories,andfieldunits.Each
bookincludesasurveyofcurrentarchaeologicalpracticealongsideessentialreferencematerial
oncontemporarytechniquesandmethodology.
Booksintheseries
CliveOrton,PaulTyers,andAlianVince,POTTERYINARCHAEOLOGY
R.LeeLyman,VERTEBRATETAPHONOMY
PeterG.Dorrell,PHOTOGRAPHYINARCHAEOLOGYANDCONSERVATION,
2ndEDITION
A.G.Brown,ALLUVIALGEOARCHAEOLOGY
CherylClaasen,SHELLS
CliveOrton,SAMPLINGINARCHAEOLOGY
SteveRoskams,EXCAVATION
SimonHillson,TEETH,2ndEDITION
WilliamAndrefsky,Jr.,LITHICS,2ndEDITION
JamesConollyandMarkLake,GEOGRAPHICALINFORMATIONSYSTEMS
INARCHAEOLOGY
AndrewChamberlain,DEMOGRAPHYINARCHAEOLOGY
A.M.Pollard,C.M.Batt,B.Stern,andS.M.M.Young,ANALYTICALCHEMISTRY
INARCHAEOLOGY
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Zooarchaeology
SECOND EDITION
ElizabethJ.ReitzUniversityofGeorgia
ElizabethS.WingFloridaMuseumofNaturalHistory
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CAMBRIDGEUNIVERSITY PRESS
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© Elizabeth J. Reitz and Elizabeth S. Wing 2008
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oftheirsupportandinspiration.
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CONTENTS
ListofFigures pageix
ListofTables xv
PrefacetotheSecondEdition xix
Acknowledgments xxiii
1. Zooarchaeology 1
2. ZooarchaeologicalHistoryandTheory 11
3. BasicBiology 31
4. Ecology 88
5. DisposalofFaunalRemainsandSampleRecovery 117
6. GatheringPrimaryData 153
7. SecondaryData 182
8. HumansasPredators:SubsistenceStrategiesandOtherUsesof
Animals 251
9. ControlofAnimalsThroughDomestication 287
10. EvidenceforPastEnvironmentalConditions 316
11. Conclusions 335
Appendix1:TaxonomicList 353
Appendix2:AnatomicalDrawings 363
Appendix3:ReferenceCollections,ManagementofArchaeofaunal
Collections,Publication,andCuration 377
Appendix4:HypotheticalCollectionData 396
Bibliography 409
SystematicIndex 491
TopicalIndex 504
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