Science: Archaeology: Topics: Zooarchaeology

For the study of study of faunal remains. Within Birmingham University Department of Ancient History and Archaeology.

Compiled by William Hampton Adams.

Report prepared by Mark Beech and Charlie Stokes for the Suffolk County Council Archaeological Service. Includes abstract and link to order full report.

Virtual library for the archaeology of animals. Contains links to sites with zooarchaeology information including meetings, methodology, and references.

Provides a forum for the publication of papers dealing with all aspects of the study of human and animal bones from archaeological contexts. Including coverage in the following key areas: palaeopathology, physical anthropology, epidemiology, chemical analysis, exploitation of animal resources, taphonomy.

Profile of this laboratory whose purpose is to accumulate skeletal remains of indigenous animal species to facilitate identification of faunal materials from Indiana and contiguous states.

Collection of pages related to L.C. Todd's zooarchaeology class. Includes information on coding animal bones and bison osteology.

Skeletons of mammals, birds, and fish typical of Northern California and the Western Great Basin, where most of Chico State's archaeological research takes place. Detailed facility profile.

Skeletons of vertebrates and exoskeletons of mollusks and crustaceans from the southeastern United States, the West Indies, the circum-Caribbean area, and northwestern South America. Collection databases and contact information.

Profile of the zooarchaeology program including staff and comparative collection information.

Paper by Christine Mosseri-Marlio, published in the Marine Turtle Newsletter.

A page of annotated links to sites for the Paleolithic diet, also called a hunter/gatherer diet.

Software that implements a statistical method for analysis of bone counts from archaeological or paleontological sites. Java version of the software and documentation.

Abstract of a Journal of Field Archaeology paper by Howard Hecker.

Contains detailed information on several current research projects in New Zealand.

Palaeopathology forum and downloadable bibliography [DOC format].

Provides links to faunal analysis resources for zooarchaeology professionals across North America. Includes books, references, and web links.

Volunteer organization dedicated to improving the comparative collection at the University of Alaska Anchorage. Offers workshops, presents papers, sponsors symposia, and produces publications.

The zooarchaeology laboratory contains an extensive modern comparative skeletal collection of Northeastern and Southwestern fauna. Current research projects and contact information.

From National Geographic, Carolina Dog live much like the dogs of ancient times, suggesting to researchers that they may be America's most primitive dogs with roots that could stretch back across the ancient Asia-America land bridge.