New insights into Neolithic milk consumption through proteomic analysis of dental calculus by Charlton, S, Ramsøe, A, Collins, M, Craig, OE, Fischer, R, Alexander, M, Speller, CF

“…These findings stand in contrast to organic residue analysis of Neolithic pottery indicating the utilisation of dairy products, and zooarchaeological mortality profiles consistent with dairying herds at Neolithic sites. …”

Ancient DNA from a 2700-year-old goitered gazelle (Gazella subgutturosa) supports gazelle hunting in Iron Age Central Asia by André Elias Rodrigues Soares, Nikolaus Boroffka, Oskar Schröder, Leonid Sverchkov, Norbert Benecke, Torsten Günther

“…Archaeogenomics is a powerful addition to the zooarchaeological toolkit for understanding the relation of these societies to animals. …”
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Faunal exploitation during the Proto-Zhou period in the Jing River Valley: Evidence from Sunjia and Xitou by Marcella Festa, Marcella Festa, Marcella Festa, Haifeng Dou, Haifeng Dou, Haifeng Dou, Francesca Monteith, Francesca Monteith, Francesca Monteith, David Orton, Qianwen Wang, Tianyu Zong, Bin Liu, Bin Liu, Bin Liu, Yue Li, Yue Li, Yue Li

“…Although the assemblages from Sunjia and Xitou were small and sub-optimally preserved, this study demonstrates that the inclusion of such assemblages is essential to building upon our understanding of the human exploitation of animal resources. Our zooarchaeological analysis shows an increase in husbandry, with pig farming being complemented by extensive caprine and cattle herding. …”
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Animal Matter in Indigenous Place-Thought: A Case from the Moon Pyramid, Teotihuacan by Nawa Sugiyama

“…The author argues that potentate apex predators (eagles, wolves, jaguars, pumas, and rattlesnakes) became part of Teotihuaccan’s community through their captive management and were buried alive to sustain the <i>altepetl</i> as master guardians. A zooarchaeological and isotopic investigation of corporeal animal forms provided lurid details of human–predator interactions, including differential access to the animals, esoteric knowledge about their personhood, and even deceit of that information. …”
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Evidence of diverse animal exploitation during the Middle Paleolithic at Ghar-e Boof (southern Zagros) by Mario Mata-González, Britt M. Starkovich, Mohsen Zeidi, Nicholas J. Conard

“…Until now, the MP zooarchaeological record in the Zagros Mountains has been almost exclusively restricted to ungulates. …”
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Estudio zooarqueológico y tafonómico del Yacimiento del Otero (Secadura, Voto, Cantabria) by José Yravedra Sainz de los Terreros, Alberto Gómez Castanedo

“…In this paper we report both the zooarchaeological and taphonomic study of the El Otero cave adding new information on these topics to the Cantabrian region.…”
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Marine styles in Bronze Age Aegean material culture by Shapland, A

“…This chapter will focus on the material culture of the Bronze Age Aegean (rather than zooarchaeological remains) in order to examine the different ways in which marine animals were brought into society via craft production. …”

Fodder for change: animals, urbanisation, and socio-economic transformation in protohistoric Italy by Trentacoste, A

“…</p> <p>This paper aims to bridge the gap between the zooarchaeological evidence for livestock production and the socio-economic transformations that drove animal management. …”

Resilience and livestock adaptations to demographic growth and technological change: a diachronic perspective from the Late Bronze Age to Late Antiquity in NE Iberia by Nieto Espinet, A, Huet, T, Trentacoste, A, Guimarães, S, Orengo, H, Valenzuela-Lamas, S

“…For this reason, in the frame of the ERC-StG project 'ZooMWest' we collected and analyzed thousands of zooarchaeological data from NE Iberia. By considering these data in comparison with ecological indicators (archaeobotanical remains) and archaeological evidence (settlement characteristics and their distribution) this paper seeks to characterize changes in animal production and the relationship between people, livestock, and their environment. …”

Middle palaeolithic susbsistence strategies in the Spanish Northern Meseta. Corazón Cave (Mave, Palence) by José YRAVEDRA SÁINZ DE LOS TERREROS, Fernando DÍEZ MARTÍN, Policarpo SÁNCHEZ YUSTOS, Diana GÓMEZ DE LA RÚA, Isabel DÍAZ MUÑOZ, José Ángel GÓMEZ GONZÁLEZ

“…The methodological framework used to undertake this study includes zooarchaeological and taphonomic bone analyses, and mortality patterns. …”
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Parallel worlds and mixed economies: multi-proxy analysis reveals complex subsistence systems at the dawn of early farming in the northeast Baltic by Ester Oras, Mari Tõrv, Kristiina Johanson, Eve Rannamäe, Anneli Poska, Lembi Lõugas, Alexandre Lucquin, Jasmine Lundy, Samantha Brown, Shidong Chen, Liivi Varul, Vanda Haferberga, Dardega Legzdiņa, Gunita Zariņa, Lucy Cramp, Volker Heyd, Michaela Reay, Łukasz Pospieszny, Harry K. Robson, Kerkko Nordqvist, Carl Heron, Oliver E. Craig, Aivar Kriiska

“…The most extensive biological and biomolecular dietary overview, combining zooarchaeological, archaeobotanical, dietary stable isotope and pottery lipid residue analyses is presented, to unravel the nature and extent of early farming in the 3rd millennium cal BCE in the northeast Baltic. …”
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The Iron Age Dogs from Alaybeyi Höyük, Eastern Anatolia by Abu B. Siddiq, Vedat Onar, Rıfat Mutuş, Dominik Poradowski

“…Here, we present a zooarchaeological study of an assemblage of 143 Iron Age dog bones, including two dog skeletons, unearthed from the 2016 and 2017 salvage excavations at Alaybeyi Höyük, Eastern Anatolia. …”
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Agriculture in the Karakum: An archaeobotanical analysis from Togolok 1, southern Turkmenistan (ca. 2300–1700 B.C.) by Traci N. Billings, Traci N. Billings, Barbara Cerasetti, Barbara Cerasetti, Luca Forni, Luca Forni, Roberto Arciero, Roberto Arciero, Rita Dal Martello, Marialetizia Carra, Lynne M. Rouse, Lynne M. Rouse, Nicole Boivin, Nicole Boivin, Nicole Boivin, Nicole Boivin, Robert N. Spengler

“…This, together with the associated material culture and zooarchaeological evidence, suggest a regionally adapted mixed agropastoral economy. …”
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In search of Estonia’s earliest chicken by Freydis Ehrlich, Margot Laneman, Valter Lang, Lembi Lõugas, Ester Oras, Eve Rannamäe, Mari Tõrv

“…With the aim of finding the earliest evidence for the chicken in Estonia, we looked into the zooarchaeological material from twelve archaeological sites, including burial grounds, settlement sites, and hillforts. …”
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Extended longevity of DNA preservation in Levantine Paleolithic sediments, Sefunim Cave, Israel by Viviane Slon, Jamie L. Clark, David E. Friesem, Meir Orbach, Naomi Porat, Matthias Meyer, Andrew W. Kandel, Ron Shimelmitz

“…Both identified taxa are present in the zooarchaeological record of the site but have since gone extinct from the region, and a geoarchaeological study suggests little movement of the sediments after their deposition, lending further support to our findings. …”
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The Magdalenian horse (Equus ferus arcelini) from Roc-aux-Sorciers (Angles-sur-l’Anglin, France): Seasonality and paleoecology by Patricia Valensi, Nicolas Boulbes, Florent Rivals

“…The study of the horse Equus ferus arcelini, the preferentially hunted species, was conducted through various approaches (paleontological, zooarchaeological, palaeoenvironmental, dental wear analyses) to highlight a possible adaptation of these animal populations to the climatic and environmental changes recorded within the Magdalenian sequence, and to better understand the subsistence strategies of Magdalenian groups towards this fauna. …”
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Investigating the diet of Mesolithic groups in the Southern Alps: An attempt using stable carbon and nitrogen isotope analyses by Valentina Gazzoni, Gwenaëlle Goude, Giampaolo Dalmeri, Antonio Guerreschi, Elisabetta Mottes, Franco Nicolis, Fabrizio Antonioli, Federica Fontana

“…These results add to the information provided by zooarchaeological studies and reopen the debate on the role of secondary resources such as chamois, ibex, small mammals and fish, such as pike, in the diet of these mobile human societies. …”
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Characterization of structural changes in modern and archaeological burnt bone: Implications for differential preservation bias. by Giulia Gallo, Matthew Fyhrie, Cleantha Paine, Sergey V Ushakov, Masami Izuho, Byambaa Gunchinsuren, Nicolas Zwyns, Alexandra Navrotsky

“…An archaeological faunal assemblage ca. 30,000 years ago from Tolbor-17 (Mongolia) is additionally considered to confirm visibility of changes seen in the modern reference sample and to relate structural changes to commonly used zooarchaeological scales of burning intensity. The timing of our results indicates that the loss of organic components in both modern and archaeological bone burnt to temperatures up to 700˚C are not accompanied by growth changes in the average crystallite size of bone mineral bioapatite, leaving the small and reactive bioapatite crystals of charred and carbonized bone exposed to diagenetic agents in depositional contexts. …”
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Vertebrates As Bioindicators of Climate Change by Yevheniia Yanish

“…In terms of time spent, the identification of zooarchaeological materials is a simpler and faster method than paleobotanical research, and the results are largely comparable. …”
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Evidence for Marine Consumption During the Upper Palaeolithic at “El Pirulejo” Inland Rock- Shelter (Southern Iberia Peninsula, Spain) by Yuichi I. Naito, Miriam Belmaker, Francisco J. Jiménez-Espejo, María D. Simón-Vallejo, José Antonio Riquelme Cantal, Rubén Parrilla-Giráldez, Miguel Cortés-Sánchez

“…Contrary to the expectations derived from the zooarchaeological analysis, rabbits were not a significant source of dietary protein. …”
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