Quantitative Paleozoology
Quantitative Paleozoology
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Author:
R. Lee Lyman, University of Missouri, Columbia
Published:
May 2008
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Paperback
ISBN:
9780521715362
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Quantitative Paleozoology describes and illustrates how the remains of long-dead animals recovered from archaeological and paleontological excavations can be studied and analyzed. The methods range from determining how many animals of each species are represented to determining whether one collection consists of more broken and more burned bones than another. All methods are described and illustrated with data from real collections, while numerous graphs illustrate various quantitative properties.
- Introduces basic mathematical concepts that underpin quantitative analysis
- Includes many graphs of quantitative data which illustrate analytical techniques
- Includes data sets to facilitate replicative analyses to enhance learning analytical techniques
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May 2008Paperback
9780521715362
374 pages
254 × 178 × 20 mm
0.64kg
75 tables
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Table of Contents
- 1. Tallying and counting: fundamentals
- 2. Estimating taxonomic abundances: NISP and MNI
- 3. Estimating taxonomic abundances: other methods
- 4. Sampling, recovery, and sample size
- 5. Measuring the taxonomic structure and composition ('diversity') of faunas
- 6. Skeletal completeness, frequencies of skeletal parts, and fragmentation
- 7. Tallying for taphonomy: weathering, burning, corrosion, butchering
- 8. Final thoughts.
