New Materials From Zinino-1 Ancient Village by Protsenko Anton S., Sataev Robert М.

“…The paper discusses the results of a study of ceramic and zooarchaeological material from the excavations carried out at the site. …”
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Pre-Roman improvements to agricultural production: Evidence from livestock husbandry in late prehistoric Italy. by Angela Trentacoste, Ariadna Nieto-Espinet, Silvia Valenzuela-Lamas

“…Our analysis provides a thorough zooarchaeological synthesis for northern Italy and, for the first time, demonstrates that both cattle and sheep increased in size outside of Roman territory well before the conquest of this area. …”
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Periodontal disease in sheep and cattle: understanding dental health in past animal populations by Holmes, M, Thomas, R, Hamerow, H

“…<br><strong> Significance<br></strong> This is the first comprehensive zooarchaeological study to investigate the effect of age on periodontal disease. …”

Pre-Roman improvements to agricultural production: evidence from livestock husbandry in late prehistoric Italy by Trentacoste, A, Nieto-Espinet, A, Valenzuela-Lamas, S

“…Our analysis provides a thorough zooarchaeological synthesis for northern Italy and, for the first time, demonstrates that both cattle and sheep increased in size outside of Roman territory well before the conquest of this area. …”

Preliminary analysis of faunistic remains from the site of Solarolo, sector 1. by Elena Maini, Antonio Curci

“…The zooarchaeological investigation of the remains discovered at the Bronze Age site of Solarolo via Ordiere during the field-seasons 2006-2007, permits to identify about the 30% of the osteological finds by species (1325 on a total of more than 4000 remains). …”
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The Place of Palms: An Urban Park at Aphrodisias – Faunal Remains from the Late Antique to Ottoman Periods: Online Supplements by Trentacoste, A

“…This dataset contains Online Supplements with zooarchaeological data from The Place of Palms at Aphrodisias. …”

The earliest water buffalo in the Caucasus: shifting animals and people in the medieval Islamic world by Wordsworth, PD, Haruda, A, Miller, AV, Brown, S

“…This article explores species introduction in the early Islamic world, presenting the first archaeological evidence for domestic water buffalo in the Caucasus - identified using zooarchaeological and ZooMS methods on material from the historical site of Bardha'a in Azerbaijan. …”

Fodder, pasture, and the development of complex society in the Chalcolithic: isotopic perspectives on animal husbandry at Marj Rabba by Price, Max D, Rowan, Yorke M., Kersel, Morag M., Makarewicz, Cheryl A.

“…Although an interpretation that requires further exploration, grain foddering of pigs would complement the zooarchaeological data for early slaughter, which suggests intensive meat production at Marj Rabba. …”
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The Facial Reconstruction of a Mesolithic Dog, Muge, Portugal by Cicero Moraes, Hugo Matos Pereira, João Filipe Requicha, Lara Alves, Graça Alexandre-Pires, Sandra de Jesus, Silvia Guimarães, Catarina Ginja, Cleia Detry, Miguel Ramalho, Ana Elisabete Pires

“…This multidisciplinary study combined anatomical, veterinary, zooarchaeological, artistic and graphic aspects to allow for the facial reconstruction of the Muge dog. …”
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Leveraging palaeoproteomics to address conservation and restoration agendas by Carli Peters, Kristine K. Richter, Jens-Christian Svenning, Nicole Boivin

“…Summary: Archaeological and paleontological records offer tremendous yet often untapped potential for examining long-term biodiversity trends and the impact of climate change and human activity on ecosystems. Yet, zooarchaeological and fossil remains suffer various limitations, including that they are often highly fragmented and morphologically unidentifiable, preventing them from being optimally leveraged for addressing fundamental research questions in archaeology, paleontology, and conservation paleobiology. …”
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Neolithic ceramic spoons – indicators of dietary distinctiveness in the eastern Adriatic Neolithic? by Kristina Horvat

“…Based on current research and in accordance with the available archaeobotanical and zooarchaeological data from Neolithic sites in the eastern Adriatic region, this paper poses a question about the connection of ceramic spoons with the dietary habits of Neolithic communities in the eastern Adriatic. …”
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Pesquerías en un asentamiento costero maya del período Clásico: análisis ictioarqueológicos en Xcambó (Yucatán, México) by Nayeli G. Jiménez Cano, Thelma N. Sierra Sosa

“…This is one of the first ichthyoarchaeological studies in a Mayan settlement with a dominant presence of fishes in the zooarchaeological assemblage. The results showed an abundance of estuarine species such as sharks, snooks and catfishes, which were particularly important for the ancient inhabitants of Xcambó. …”
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Meta‐analysis of an integrated archaeobiological and environmental dataset: revealing hidden trends in Chalcolithic and Bronze Age socio‐economies in southern Central Asia by Rouse, LM, Haruda, A, Hunter, SA, Kroll, S

“…We present the results of multivariate and exploratory statistical analyses of a large dataset that includes zooarchaeological, archaeobotanical, chrono-cultural and proxy environmental data. …”

Of forests and grasslands: human, primate, and ungulate palaeoecology in Late Pleistocene-Holocene Sri Lanka by Noel Amano, Noel Amano, Oshan Wedage, Oshan Wedage, Jana Ilgner, Nicole Boivin, Nicole Boivin, Nicole Boivin, Nicole Boivin, Michael Petraglia, Michael Petraglia, Michael Petraglia, Patrick Roberts, Patrick Roberts, Patrick Roberts

“…Stable isotope analysis of human and animal remains, alongside detailed zooarchaeological analyses, have demonstrated reliance on rainforest resources as far back as 48,000 years ago. …”
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Saurbekken – a discussion of food subsistence strategies by Monica Enehaug

“… The zooarchaeological material from the North Norwegian settlement mound known as Saurbekken is examined using the number of identified specimens. …”
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Les suidés dans les pratiques alimentaires et rituelles du monde phénico-punique by Bruno D’Andrea

“…The archaeological, zooarchaeological, epigraphic, iconographic and literary evidence is used for this purpose. …”
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The Cultural Evolution of Neolithic Europe. EUROEVOL Dataset 3: Archaeobotanical Data by Sue Colledge

“…This is one of three datasets resulting from the EUROEVOL project; the other two comprising the core spatial and temporal structure of the project, including all radiocarbon dates (EUROEVOL Dataset 1) and zooarchaeological data (EUROEVOL Dataset 2) – <a href="http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/1469811/" target="_blank">http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/1469811/</a>.…”
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DIETARY STRATEGIES OF NORTHERN SELKUPS IN THE 18th–19th CENTURIES by O.E. Poshekhonova, D.I. Razhev, S.M. Slepchenko, Z.V. Marchenko, V.N. Adaev

“…The isotope analysis included 17 anthropological and zooarchaeological samples, represented by the bones, hair and nails of 10 people, bones of a herbivore (reindeer), an omnivore (squirrel) (2) and fish (3). …”
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Bactrian camel (Camelus bactrianus) in Gonur-Depe and the issues of the species distribution in the Ancient East by Sataev R.M., Dubova N.A., Sataeva L.V.

“…The site includes two main objects: the North Gonur — administrative and religious center, and the South Gonur (“Temenos” — a small temple complex). The zooarchaeological material discussed in the article has been derived from the archaeological excavations of the North Gonur. …”
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Tracking the British agricultural revolution through the isotopic analysis of dated parchment by Sean P. Doherty, Michelle M. Alexander, Stuart Henderson, Jason Newton, Jonathan Finch, Matthew J. Collins

“…Enquiry has been hampered by the fragmented and locally specific nature of historic accounts and the broad dating of early-modern zooarchaeological assemblages. To address this, we conducted stable isotope analysis on 658 legal documents written on sheepskin parchment; a unique biological resource that records the day, month and year of use (AD 1499 to 1969). …”
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