Birds
Birds
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USD<i>Birds</i> is the first book to examine bird remains in archaeology and anthropology. Providing a thorough review of the literature on this topic, it also serves as a guide to the methods of study of bird remains from the past and covers a wide range of topics, including anatomy and osteology, taphonomy, eggs, feathers, and, bone tools. It examines the myriad ways in which people have interacted with birds in the past. The volume also includes discussion on the consumption of wild birds, the domestication of birds, cockfighting and falconry, birds in ritual and religion, and the role of birds in ecological reconstruction, providing an up-to-date survey of current knowledge on these topics. Birds will be an invaluable resource for undergraduate and graduate students interested in zooarchaeology and human-animal relations, as well as professional zooarchaeologists, archaeologists, and anthropologists interested in birds and people of the past.
- The first book to be written on bird remains from archaeological sites
- Comprehensive and up-to-date survey of our knowledge of birds in the human past
- Comprehensive guide to the study of bird remains for students and professionals
Reviews & endorsements
"...a thorough review of the literature on this topic, it also serves as a guide to the methods of study of bird remains from the past and covers a wide range of topics, including anatomy and osteology, taphonomy, eggs, feathers, and bone tools."
The Birdbooker Report
"... interesting and well-researched book... Birds will be a valuable resource for interested advanced students studying ornithology, anthropology, paleontology, and archaeology/zooarchaeology."
D.A. Brass, Choice Magazine
"Overall, Birds is an excellent book and it could easily serve as a key reference source for looking into the various roles and remains of birds in the archaeological past." -Robert J. Stark, Canadian Journal of Archaeology
Product details
May 2009Paperback
9780521758581
512 pages
253 × 177 × 24 mm
0.89kg
171 b/w illus. 1 map 61 tables
Available
Table of Contents
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Biology, behaviour and anatomy
- 3. Ageing, sexing and pathology with Tony Waldron
- 4. Identification, recording and quantification
- 5. Taphonomy: natural changes and recovery
- 6. Taphonomy: human modifications and element survival
- 7. Eggs and eggshell
- 8. Feathers, skins and other products
- 9. Tools and ornaments
- 10. Wild birds as food
- 11. The domestic chicken
- 12. Other domestic birds
- 13. Sport and pleasure
- 14. Birds in symbol and ritual
- 15. Birds in the environment
- 16. Conclusions and outstanding questions.
