New evidence of Neandertal butchery traditions through the marrow extraction in southwestern Europe (MIS 5-3). by Delphine Vettese, Antony Borel, Ruth Blasco, Louis Chevillard, Trajanka Stavrova, Ursula Thun Hohenstein, Marta Arzarello, Marie-Hélène Moncel, Camille Daujeard

“…To tackle this issue, we used a zooarchaeological approach focusing on the percussion marks produced during the bone breakage process. …”
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Reviewing the Palaeoenvironmental Record to Better Understand Long-Term Human-Environment Interaction in Inner Asia During the Late Holocene by Michael Spate, Michael Spate, Christian Leipe, Christian Leipe, Giedre Motuzaite Matuzeviciute

“…The mountainous region of Inner Asia comprises various steppe, meadow, and forest landscapes where zooarchaeological evidence suggests occupation by herding populations as early as 7,000 years Before Present (BP). …”
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Dinámicas de formación y transformación de un entierro en el desierto puneño (Antofagasta de la Sierra, Puna Meridional Argentina) FORMATION AND TRANSFORMATION DYNAMICS OF A DESERT... by María del Pilar Babot, Lucía G. González Baroni, Silvana V. Urquiza, María G. Aguirre, María G. Colaneri, Salomón Hocsman, María C. Haros

“…A multidisciplinary approach is used, integrating several lines of evidence that include bioanthropological, archaeobotanical, zooarchaeological, ceramic, stratigraphic, lithic stone tool techno-typological, and mineral sample compositional analyses. …”
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Exploring meat processing in the past: Insights from the Nunamiut people. by Marie-Cécile Soulier

“…The introduction of a %cutL index represents a quicker alternative to geo-referencing cut marks on bones when exploring meat processing techniques and methods and can easily be integrated in zooarchaeological analyses. While the results obtained support processing techniques linked to meat drying to leave high numbers of longitudinal cut marks, they are inconsistent with cut mark frequencies varying as a function of the butcher's skill and experience. …”
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Impacts of a Non-indigenous Ecosystem Engineer, the American Beaver (Castor canadensis), in a Biodiversity Hotspot by Jonathan Q. Richmond, Camm C. Swift, Thomas A. Wake, Cheryl S. Brehme, Kristine L. Preston, Barbara E. Kus, Edward L. Ervin, Scott Tremor, Tritia Matsuda, Robert N. Fisher

“…We refute arguments underlying the claim that beaver is native to the region, and review paleontological, zooarchaeological, and historical survey data from renowned field biologists and naturalists over the past ~160 years to show that no evidence exists that beaver arrived by any means other than deliberate human introduction. …”
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Human Diet Patterns During the Qijia Cultural Period: Integrated Evidence of Stable Isotopes and Plant Micro-remains From the Lajia Site, Northwest China by Zhikun Ma, Shu Liu, Zhao Li, Maolin Ye, Xiujia Huan

“…No wheat or barley traces were found in human teeth in Lajia, and the high proportion of nitrogen was possibly related to the consumption of sheep because sheep bones were found in a zooarchaeological study. This study enhances our understanding of the subsistence strategies present in Qijia culture and of prehistoric food globalization, which is of pivotal significance for a deeper understanding of interactions between east and west Asia during the Neolithic and Bronze ages.…”
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Social development and living environment changes in the Northeast Tibetan Plateau and contiguous regions during the late prehistoric period by Huihui Cao, Guanghui Dong

“…We reviewed the results of dating, archaeobotanical, and zooarchaeological studies from 139 prehistoric sites in the Northeast Tibetan Plateau (NETP) and contiguous regions (NETP-CR: i.e., the Hexi Corridor and western margin of the Chinese Loess Plateau) and compared them with paleoenvironmental records to study variations in spatiotemporal patterns of social development in the area and their relationships with climate and vegetation changes. …”
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Evidencias arqueológicas del buitre negro (Aegypius monachus) en la protohistoria del noreste de la Península Ibérica. El caso del Serrat dels Espinyers (Isona, Pallars Jussà, Léri... by Silvia Albizuri, Ignasi Garcés, Cristina Belmonte, Jordi Nadal

“…La aparición de huesos de buitre negro es inusual en la protohistoria europea y los escasos ejemplos documentados se relacionan con depósitos de carácter cultual de época romana, hecho que en el caso de estudio refuerza el carácter simbólico de este animal y aporta nuevas evidencias sobre los ritos asociados a la fase final de la cultura Ibérica. ABSTRACT: The zooarchaeological analysis of a large bird bones has allowed the identification of an adult black vulture (Aegypius monachus) found inside a silo at Serrat dels Espinyers, an Iberian settlement in the Pre-Pyrenees of Lleida. …”
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Domestic donkey (Equus asinus asinus) at Gonur Depe and its distribution in the Ancient East by Sataev R.M., Dubova N.A., Sataeva L.V.

“…It is assumed that donkeys appear in the Middle East in the 4th millennium BC. Zooarchaeological data shows that the ancient population of Turkmenistan did not breed the donkey until the Late Bronze Age. …”
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U-Th dating, taphonomy, and taxonomy of shell middens at Klasies River main site indicate stable and systematic coastal exploitation by MIS 5c-d by Sarah Wurz, Sarah Wurz, Robyn Pickering, Susan M. Mentzer, Susan M. Mentzer

“…The three ages, 110,060 ± 1,100, 109,800 ± 970, and 106,000 ± 2,100 years, place the BOS layer as the base of the SASL sub-member at over 110 ka, making the underlying middens from the LBS member even older. The zooarchaeological analyses of the three layers indicate coastal ecological changes from more sheltered conditions prior to the hiatus, with the exploitation of alikreukel and brown mussels predominating. …”
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Pig domestication and human subsistence at the early Neolithic site of Guanjia (6100–5500 BC), Central China by You, Y, Chen, X, Hein, A, Qin, C, Zhao, Y, Zhan, J, Liu, T, Fan, W, Yuan, G

“…<p>This case study of the early Neolithic Guanjia site (6100&ndash;5500 BC) combines zooarchaeological, paleobotanical, and isotope research to investigate how humans raised pigs and incorporated them in their overall subsistence system. …”

Diet and health in a time of transition: Pictish and Viking Age Orkney by Johnson, AC

“…</p> <p>The results of previous archaeobotanical and zooarchaeological analysis from excavated VA and LNP sites throughout Orkney have indicated large-scale socioeconomic developments characteristic of an emerging market-based economy. …”

Digitally Enlightened or Still in the Dark? Establishing a Sector-Wide Approach to Enhancing Data Synthesis and Research Potential in British Environmental Archaeology and Beyond by Tina Roushannafas, Polydora Baker, Gill Campbell, Emma Jenkins, Jen Parker Wooding, Ruth Pelling, Marc Vander Linden, Fay Worley, Anwen Cooper

“…Substantial amounts of zooarchaeological and archaeobotanical data remain buried in grey literature, limited-access publications and archive reports (not to mention floppy disks, CDs and microfiche), with no integrative means of searching for particular periods or categories of evidence. …”
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Ocupaciones en antiguos ambientes de humedal de las tierras bajas del norte de Mendoza: sitio Tulumaya (PA70) Occupations Of Ancient Wetland Environments In The Lowlands Of Norther... by Horacio D. Chiavazza

“…Archaeobotanical and zooarchaeological evidence suggest information about subsistence in an arid environment where variation in water availability was recorded. …”
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Laser ablation strontium isotopes and spatial assignment show seasonal mobility in red deer (Cervus elaphus) at Lazaret Cave, France (MIS 6) by Sarah Barakat, Mael Le Corre, Malte Willmes, Malte Willmes, Jessica Cohen, Manon Vuillien, Manon Vuillien, Emmanuel Desclaux, Emmanuel Desclaux, Kate Britton

“…Zooarchaeological analysis is a useful means of exploring faunal palaeoecology, paleoclimate and past human behaviours. …”
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Isótopos estables, fauna y tecnología en el estudio de los cazadores-recolectores de la costa norte de Santa Cruz Stable isotopes, fauna and technology in the study of hunter-gathe... by EDUARDO MORENO, ATILIO FRANCISCO ZANGRANDO, AUGUSTO TESSONE, ALICIA CASTRO, HÉCTOR PANARELLO

“…Archaeological and ethnohistorical studies have proposed an intensive use of marine resources, which was supported both by the distribution and density of the archaeological record in coastal settings as well as the prevalence of marine taxa in the zooarchaeological record and the presence of tecnology related to the exploitation of coastal and marine resources. …”
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Estrategias de subsistencia en los momentos finales del Pleistoceno medio: el nivel XII de la Cova del Bolomor (La Valldigna, Valencia) by Ruth BLASCO, Josep FERNÁNDEZ PERIS, Jordi ROSELL FERRER

“…Specifically, from zooarchaeological study of level XII (OIS 6), we have reconstructed the anthropic sequence of obtaining and processing of faunal resources. …”
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Le fromage en Gaule à l’âge du Fer et à l’époque romaine : état des lieux pour sa production et analyse de sa place dans le monde antique by Alain Ferdière, Jean-Marc Séguier

“…Other possible artefacts related to cheese-making, which in fact occur in very small numbers, are also analysed, as well as the few buildings possibly dedicated to this production, and the zooarchaeological data, which are not very conclusive, as well as the prospects opened up by the search for biomarkers. …”
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