Current Zooarchaeology: New and Ongoing Approaches
Part of: Society for American Archaeology 86th Annual Meeting, Online (2021)
This collection contains the abstracts of the papers presented in the session entitled "Current Zooarchaeology: New and Ongoing Approaches" at the 86th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.
Zooarchaeology is a dynamic and diverse field in which many disparate approaches are used to understand human interaction with nonhuman animals. In this new era of research and education, many approaches of the past continue to hold merit while new approaches emerge with greater and greater frequency. This poster session, sponsored by the Zooarchaeology Interest Group, engages with this diversity by presenting posters with wide-ranging foci. Presenters discuss the approaches that they are currently using to address zooarchaeological problems and to disseminate zooarchaeological data. Posters range from pilot studies, field methods, analytical methods, and reports on the analysis of individual faunal assemblages to pan-regional syntheses of extant data, discussions of zooarchaeology’s contributions to modern species conservation and management, and methods for engaging with and presenting zooarchaeological data. This includes strategies for teaching zooarchaeology in this new era of education. The goal of this poster session is to spark discussion about the myriad approaches employed in zooarchaeology today and the benefits of these approaches.
Other Keywords
Zooarchaeology •
Bone Tool Analysis •
Paleolithic •
Paleoindian and Paleoamerican •
Hunter-Gatherers/Foragers •
Subsistence and Foodways •
Taphonomy and Site Formation •
Dogs •
Mogollon •
network analysis
Geographic Keywords
North America (Continent) •
United Mexican States (Country) •
Hidalgo (State / Territory) •
Colima (State / Territory) •
Queretaro (State / Territory) •
Michoacan (State / Territory) •
Mexico (State / Territory) •
Morelos (State / Territory) •
Jalisco (State / Territory) •
Nayarit (State / Territory)
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Columbian Mammoth Remains (Proboscidea, *Mammuthus columbi) from Unit UE1, Tocuila Archaeo-Paleontological Site, Mexico (2021)
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This is an abstract from the "Current Zooarchaeology: New and Ongoing Approaches" session, at the 86th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. From a small excavation unit 5 × 6 m named UE1 in Tocuila, Texcoco Municipality, State of Mexico, Mexico, around 1,300 bone elements were recorded, of which we have analyzed about 80%, being outstanding the remains of Columbian mammoth (*Mammuthus columbi), constituting about 90% of the total. According to the stratigraphic distribution...
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Formation and Chronostratigraphy from Unit UE1, Tocuila Archaeo-Paleontological Site, Mexico (2021)
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This is an abstract from the "Current Zooarchaeology: New and Ongoing Approaches" session, at the 86th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. Based on the findings of extinct animal remains in Tocuila, Municipality of Texcoco, State of Mexico, in 1996, a study of a large Late Pleistocene deposit was initiated, excavating an initial unit (UE1), 30 m2 and 3.35 m depth, located on a deltoic paleochannel in the old lacustrine riverbank, which eventually was filled up by a series...
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Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and the Analysis of Cut Marks for Archaeological Faunal Collections (2021)
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This is an abstract from the "Current Zooarchaeology: New and Ongoing Approaches" session, at the 86th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. Within zooarchaeological discourse, a central theme concerning taphonomic studies is the observation and analysis of cut marks on faunal specimens. Of particular importance is the maintenance and consistency of methodological approaches in applying archaeological inferences to the diagnostic surface modifications on bones. Despite calls...
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Human vs. Nonhuman Bone: A Nondestructive Histological Instrument (2021)
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This is an abstract from the "Current Zooarchaeology: New and Ongoing Approaches" session, at the 86th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. Species identification is one of the first steps in the analysis of bone fragments in archaeological and bioarchaeological contexts. Current methods for taxa identification include morphoscopic, histological, and DNA analyses in order to assess what is present in an assemblage for zooarchaeological research, forensic significance, and...
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More Than Just Pretty Things: Taphonomic and Behavioral Observations from the Unworked Ostrich Eggshell Assemblage Recovered from Grassridge Rockshelter, South Africa (2021)
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This is an abstract from the "Current Zooarchaeology: New and Ongoing Approaches" session, at the 86th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. Grassridge Rockshelter demonstrates one of the largest assemblages of ostrich eggshell beads and preforms in southern Africa that dates to the mid-Holocene. The site, located in the interior of the Eastern Cape of South Africa, therefore reflects an intensive use of ostrich eggshell as a raw material source for the production of...
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The Mystery Dogs of Remote Oceania: An Archaeological and Ethnohistorical View of Domestic Dog Introduction and Loss in the South Pacific (2021)
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This is an abstract from the "Current Zooarchaeology: New and Ongoing Approaches" session, at the 86th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. Domestic dogs comprise one part of the suite of plants and animals transported by voyagers to the islands of Remote Oceania. The distribution of these, and other domesticates, is inconsistent from island to island and from archipelago to archipelago. New archaeological fieldwork, zooarchaeological analysis, and AMS dating demonstrate...
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Toward an Epidemiological Model of Sarcoptic Mange among Andean Camelids (2021)
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This is an abstract from the "Current Zooarchaeology: New and Ongoing Approaches" session, at the 86th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. Sarcoptic mange is a highly infectious, zoonotic disease endemic to modern Andean camelid populations. Severe infection can result in the loss of wool and death of the animal. Rapid spread can lead to significant economic losses and population instability. Despite widespread awareness and preventative measures taken by modern camelid...
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Updating and Reevaluating Faunal Datasets from Quina Mousterian Levels at Jonzac and Pech de l'Azé IV by Incorporating Screened Materials (2021)
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This is an abstract from the "Current Zooarchaeology: New and Ongoing Approaches" session, at the 86th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. Logistical challenges of managing large zooarchaeological projects mean that researchers must often conduct faunal analyses in phases and implement sampling strategies, including studying subsamples that do not fully incorporate screened materials. However, screened portions may contain specimens that can provide depth to studies of...
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Zooarchaeological Analysis of Subsistence Practices at the Lake Roberts Vista Site (LA71877), Gila National Forest, New Mexico (2021)
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This is an abstract from the "Current Zooarchaeology: New and Ongoing Approaches" session, at the 86th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. Faunal subsistence practices remain understudied throughout the Mimbres region, even as the general pattern of large-mammal resource reduction through time is known. This poster documents the faunal subsistence practices at Lake Roberts Vista (LRV), a Mimbres site occupied during the Late Pithouse (LPH) and Classic Mimbres (CM) periods...