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Zooarchaeology

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Authors

Elizabeth J. Reitz
, University of Georgia,
Barnet Pavão-Zuckerman
, University of Maryland, College Park,
Elizabeth S. Wing
, Florida Museum of Natural History
Published 2025

Description

This leading textbook introduces students and practitioners to the identification and analysis of animal remains at archaeology sites. The authors use global examples from the Pleistocene era into the present to explain how zooarchaeology allows us to form insights about relationships among people and their natural and social environments, especially site-formation processes, economic strategies, domestication, and paleoenvironments. This new edition reflects the significant technological developments in zooarchaeology that have occurred in the past two decades, notably ancient DNA, proteomics, and…

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Key features

  • Provides a global perspective on the history and practice of zooarchaeological research
  • Situates zooarchaeological research within a interdisciplinary context and provides concrete advice to zooarchaeologists collaborating with diverse scholars
  • Provides a clear roadmap for high-quality zooarchaeological research that can be implemented by researchers around the world at all career stages

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