Titlebook: An Introduction to Zooarchaeology; Diane Gifford-Gonzalez Textbook 2018 Springer International Publishing AG, part of Springer Nature 2018

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Textbook 2018ters take the form of critical “review articles,” providing a portal into both the classic and current literature and contextualizing these with original commentary. Summaries of findings are enhanced by profuse illustrations by the author and others.​  

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Introductionperspectives. Given that zooarchaeology is an emerging field of theory and practice with a rapidly proliferating literature, the book’s main aims are to develop a framework for organizing present knowledge and integrating new findings, and to provide the reader with an array of tools for engaging with zooarchaeological research problems.

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Bone’s Intrinsic Traits: Age Estimation from Mammalian Dentitiony, stressing that some imprecision might result from flaws in a method but difficulties with precise age estimation can also arise from the variability inherent to living organisms. The chapter stresses that some research questions can reliably be pursued with age estimates of lower resolution but consistent accuracy.

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Zooarchaeology’s Basic Counting Unitsures is perfectly suitable for all situations, researchers must give thought to which will most reliably accomplish their research goals. This chapter stresses that these measure should be assessed and applied according to the nature of the site(s), state of the archaeofauna materials, and research questions, providing some examples.

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ical literature review of the effects of specific bone-modifThis volume is a comprehensive, critical introduction to vertebrate zooarchaeology, the field that explores the history of human relations with animals from the Pliocene to the Industrial Revolution.​The book is organized into five sections