Identifying and interpreting animal bones : a manual /
By: Beisaw, April M.
Series: Texas A & M University anthropology series: no. 18.Publisher: College Station : Texas A & M University Press, 2013Description: vii, 179 pages : ill., col. plates ; 28 cm.Content type: text | text Media type: unmediated | unmediated Carrier type: volume | volumeISBN: 9781623490263; 9781623490263:; 162349026X.Subject(s): Animal remains (Archaeology) -- Handbooks, manuals, etc | Animal remains (Archaeology) | Animal remains (Archaeology) -- Identification -- Handbooks, manuals, etc | Animal remains (Archaeology) -- Identification | Taphonomy -- Handbooks, manuals, etc | Archaeological assemblages | Archaeological surveying -- Handbooks, manuals, etc | Taphonomy | Excavations (Archaeology) -- Recording -- Handbooks, manuals, etc | Archaeological surveyingDDC classification: 930.10285 BEIItem type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- Preparing your assemblage -- What animal is it? -- What bone is it? -- What else can the bone tell me? -- Recording your data -- Describing your data -- Epilogue -- Appendix 1: Online appendix -- Appendix 2: Bone atlases -- Appendix 3: Mammals, fish, birds, reptiles, and amphibians by habitat preference -- Glossary.
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 provides an important reference 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.