Rethinking Methods of Faunal Analysis
Part of: Society for American Archaeology 82nd Annual Meeting, Vancouver, BC (2017)
Much progress has been made in recent years with respect to the analysis of faunal remains. Advances include improved protocols for the study of seasonality, the production of new control data on carnivore feeding behavior, as well as efforts focused on a better understanding of the process of identification and quantification of faunal specimens. However, many questions remain open or require additional research. For instance, how robust are our faunal identifications? Are NISP and MNE replicable and accurate measures of abundance? How can we explain variation in counts of cutmarks or in the identification of taphonomic agents? Do archaeozoologists produce accurate interpretations of seasonality patterns? This symposium will address these and other methodological problems that are central to the analysis of faunal remains.
Other Keywords
Zooarchaeology •
Taphonomy •
Faunal Analysis •
ZooMS •
Counting units •
Paleoenvironments •
Seasonality •
Bison •
Paleoecology •
Cut Marks
Geographic Keywords
Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan (Country) •
Republic of Iraq (Country) •
State of Israel (Country) •
Lebanese Republic (Country) •
Syrian Arab Republic (Country) •
West Bank (Country) •
Republic of Cyprus (Country) •
Arab Republic of Egypt (Country) •
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (Country) •
Gaza Strip (Country)
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A Bayesian Solution to the Controversy over the Identification of Bone Surface Modification in Paleoanthropology (2017)
New on-site method to evaluate the quantity and quality of collagen in archaeological faunal assemblages using a portable FTIR and ZooMS (2017)
An updated GIS-based system for calculating MNE and quantifying bone surface modification frequencies and spatial location on skeletal elements in faunal assemblages (2017)