Poultry are farmed globally, with chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus) being the leading
domesticated species. Although domestic chicken bones have been reported from some …

Evidence from bones, artifacts, and imagery demonstrates the importance of scarlet macaws
in Southwest/Northwest sites from around AD 700 to today. Archaeologists interpret these …

Abstract About 35% of tree-cavity-nesting bird species inhabit the Neotropics, a region
crucial to understanding their breeding ecology, conservation, and roles in social-ecological …

Biological invasions are one of the great threats to Earth's ecosystems and biodiversity in the
Anthropocene. However, species introductions and invasions extend deep into the human …

This study uses a multiisotope (carbon, nitrogen, oxygen, and strontium) approach to
examine early animal management in the Maya region. An analysis of faunal specimens …

This study explores the potential for using strontium isotope analysis (87Sr/86Sr) to study
ancient Maya animal exchange. Traditional zooarchaeological methods of studying trade …

The feathers of tropical birds were one of the most significant symbols of economic, social,
and sacred status in the pre-Columbian Americas. In the Andes, finely produced clothing …

High-precision accelerator mass spectrometer (AMS) 14C dates of scarlet macaw (Ara
macao) skeletal remains provide the first direct evidence from Chaco Canyon in …

What separates us from nature?--A wider view--When agriculture once made sense--Time to
forget about food, and remember naked people--An unusual evolutionary history--Natural …

The turkey (Meleagris gallopavo) is the only domesticated vertebrate to originate from North
America. Accurate reconstructions of the timing, location, and process of its domestication …