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. …”

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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A Second Mortuary Hiatus on Lake Baikal in Siberia and the Arrival of Small-Scale Pastoralism by Robert J. Losey, Andrea L. Waters-Rist, Tatiana Nomokonova, Artur A. Kharinskii

“…Stable carbon and nitrogen isotope analysis of human remains and zooarchaeological data indicate that domestic fauna were minor dietary components for EIA people. …”
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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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Pre-columbian culinary landscapes: reconstructing elite gastronomy at Sihó, Yucatán by María J. Novelo-Pérez, E. Moisés Herrera-Parra, Lilia Fernández-Souza, Iliana Ancona-Aragón, Socorro Jiménez-Álvarez

“…The test results were compared and supplemented with zooarchaeological evidence, iconography, historical and ethnographic records.…”
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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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Estrategias de subsistencia en el Yacimiento Paleolítico del Ruso (Igollo de Camargo, Cantabria, España) by José Yravedra Sainz de los Terreros, Alberto Gómez Castanedo, Emilio Muñoz Fernández

“…In this paper we see how zooarchaeological and taphonomic study of this cave. This analysis allows us to complete and make a comparison with the information from important Paleolithic sites near to the Ruso Cave like El Juyo (with Magdalenian levels) and El Pendo (with mixed Mousterian and Upper Paleolithic levels). …”
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Contrasting patterns of prehistoric human diet and subsistence in northernmost Europe by Mirva Pääkkönen, Auli Bläuer, Bjørnar Olsen, Richard P. Evershed, Henrik Asplund

“…Herein, we integrate the lipid biomarker, compound-specific stable carbon isotopes (δ13C), and zooarchaeological evidence to reveal culturally distinct human diets and subsistence patterns. …”
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Pathways to plant domestication in Southeast Anatolia based on new data from aceramic Neolithic Gusir Höyük by Ceren Kabukcu, Eleni Asouti, Nadja Pöllath, Joris Peters, Necmi Karul

“…In this article we present new archaeobotanical and zooarchaeological data from Gusir Höyük, an aceramic Neolithic habitation dating to the 12th-late 11th millennia cal BP. …”
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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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Faunal Assemblages From Lower Bed I (Oldupai Gorge, Tanzania) by Pamela Akuku, Pamela Akuku, Palmira Saladié, Palmira Saladié, Palmira Saladié, Abdallah Mohamed, Aloyce Mwambwiga, Aloyce Mwambwiga, Pastory Bushozi, Julio Mercader, Julio Mercader, Julio Mercader, Julio Mercader

“…This paper provides zooarchaeological taxonomic, taphonomic, and behavioral analyses, applying several methods to explore the setting in which the assemblage was formed. …”
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Metal-Age maritime culture at Jareng Bori rockshelter, Pantar Island, eastern Indonesia. In Papers in Honour of Ken Aplin, ed. Julien Louys, Sue O’Connor, and Kristofer M. Helgen by Stuart Hawkins, Fayeza Shasliz Arumdhati, Mirani Litster, Tse Siang Lim, Gina Basile, Mathieu Leclerc, Christian Reepmeyer, Tim Ryan Maloney, Clara Boulanger, Julien Louys, Mahirta, Geoff Clark, Gendro Keling, Richard C. Willan, Pratiwi Yuwono, Sue O'Connor

“…We use osteoarchaeological (human and vertebrate remains), invertebrate zooarchaeological (crustacean and molluscan remains), technological (lithics, shell, and pottery) and chemical sourcing (obsidian and metal) datasets to discuss networking, migration, and human subsistence strategies during this recent period of history. …”

Coupled and decoupled legumes and cereals in prehistoric northern and southern China by Keyang He, Xiaoshan Yu, Caiming Shen, Houyuan Lu, Houyuan Lu, Houyuan Lu

“…Here, archaeobotanical evidence of soybeans (n=254), millet (n=462), rice (n=482), and zooarchaeological evidence of fish (n=138) were synthesized to elucidate the phenomenon of coupled or decoupled cereals and legumes in prehistoric China. …”
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Validation of a Non-Targeted LC-MS Approach for Identifying Ancient Proteins: Method Development on Bone to Improve Artifact Residue Analysis by Andrew Barker, Jonathan Dombrosky, Dale Chaput, Barney Venbles, Steve Wolverton, Stanley M. Stevens

“…Proteins were identified from zooarchaeological turkey (<em>Meleagris gallopavo </em>Linnaeus Phasianidae), rabbit (Lagomorpha), and squirrel (Sciuridae) remains excavated from ancient pueblo archaeological sites in southwestern Colorado using a non-targeted LC-MS/MS approach. …”
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The Neanderthal Meal: A New Perspective Using Faecal Biomarkers by Sistiaga, Ainara, Mallol, Carolina, Galvan, Bertila, Summons, Roger E

“…Neanderthal dietary reconstructions have, to date, been based on indirect evidence and may underestimate the significance of plants as a food source. While zooarchaeological and stable isotope data have conveyed an image of Neanderthals as largely carnivorous, studies on dental calculus and scattered palaeobotanical evidence suggest some degree of contribution of plants to their diet. …”
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Inside the "African cattle complex": animal burials in the holocene central Sahara. by Savino di Lernia, Mary Anne Tafuri, Marina Gallinaro, Francesca Alhaique, Marie Balasse, Lucia Cavorsi, Paul D Fullagar, Anna Maria Mercuri, Andrea Monaco, Alessandro Perego, Andrea Zerboni

“…GIS analysis, excavation data, radiocarbon dating, zooarchaeological and isotopic (Sr, C, O) analyses of animal remains, and botanical information are used to explore this highly formalized ritual and the lifeways of a pastoral community in the Holocene Sahara.…”
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Early line and hook fishing at the Epipaleolithic site of Jordan River Dureijat (Northern Israel). by Antonella Pedergnana, Emanuela Cristiani, Natalie Munro, Francesco Valletta, Gonen Sharon

“…This paper presents a multidimensional study of the hooks, grooved stones, site context, and the fish assemblage from macro and micro perspectives following technological, use wear, residue and zooarchaeological approaches. The study of the fish hooks reveals significant variability in hook size, shape and feature type and provides the first evidence that several landmark innovations in fishing technology were already in use at this early date. …”
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Distribution and extinction of ungulates during the Holocene of the southern Levant. by Ella Tsahar, Ido Izhaki, Simcha Lev-Yadun, Guy Bar-Oz

“…The long human impact on the ancient landscape has had great ecological consequences, and has caused continuous and accelerating damage to the natural environment. The rich zooarchaeological data gathered at the area provide a unique opportunity to reconstruct spatial and temporal changes in wild species distribution, and correlate them with human demographic changes.…”
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