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Osteometric measurement of cattle metapodials can under certain circumstances provide reasonably correct information on the sizes of the animals and their sex. Ultimately, with enough data, this may lead to understanding the cultural…
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Bird remains from archaeological sites can provide us useful data concerning climate in the past. The excavations of the Bronze age settlement of Mursia on the island of Pantelleria have brought to light several large huts with different…
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This poster presents the results of the first detailed zooarchaeological and taphonomic study of faunal remains from Gatzarria, a cave site in the French Basque Country. Gatzarria contains a detailed sequence across the Middle to Upper…
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Early Holocene culture in India is largely represented by microlithic tools and is generally called the “Mesolithic”. The culture has a pan-Indian distribution, with a subsistence economy based on hunting & gathering. Although…
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The present work consists of a taphonomic and osteomorphometric study of archaeofaunal remains from dogs excavated at prehispanic sites of the northern Maya lowlands, dating to the Classic and Postclassic periods (ca. AD 250-1500).This…
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This is a preliminary study, which seeks to emphasize the importance of zooarchaeological research combined with historical research. The goal of the present project is to study the different uses of domestic animals of European origin by…
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Zamostje, located on the river Dubna, a tributary of the Volga, was as early as the Mesolithic and Neolithic an important site for hunting as well as fishing: thousands of fish bones, very well preserved in a wet environment were…
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Until the 1950’s, archaeology in the Eastern Adriatic region was focused on Classical and Medieval periods, when prehistoric archaeology came to light. However, the focus stayed on artifacts and architecture, while remains of…
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Fragments of elephant teeth and bones are an integral part of Lower Paleolithic sites. But poor bone conservation, limited size of excavation areas and post depositional effects resulted in small sample per site, commonly dominated by…
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A large number of dates (14С, AMS) have been accumulated in the Late Pleistocene palaeontological databases of Europe. For example, the PALEOFAUNA database alone (Markova et al., 1995; 2008) includes about 3300 dates obtained from…
