Publisher Summary This chapter discusses taphonomy and paleoecology. It is always
refreshing and sometimes informative to look at the same thing from a different point of view …

Publisher Summary This chapter reviews the two major goals of butchery analysis within an
historic context of several decades ago. It focuses on analytic techniques that have been …

The aim of the atlas is to provide images of taphonomic modifications, making it as
comprehensive as possible with evidence presently available. This volume is intended both …

Zooarchaeology is a detailed reference manual for students and professional archaeologists
interested in identifying and analysing animal remains from archaeological sites. Drawing …

Cutmarks made by stone tools, conchoidal flake scars from hammerstone percussion,
carnivore tooth marks, striations from sedimentary abrasion, and other surface modifications …

The timing of the first entry of humans into North America is still hotly debated within the
scientific community. Excavations conducted at Bluefish Caves (Yukon Territory) from 1977 …

A major aim of paleoanthropology is to learn what ancient behaviors were related to the
acquisition, processing, and consumption of meat and when these behaviors arose. For this …

Large cats, canids, bears, and hyenas create distinctive types of damage when they gnaw
bones. This paper describes the diagnostic characteristics of damage done by each taxon to …

Taphonomy, or “the science of the laws of burial”(Efremov 1940: 93), is now an important
aspect of all studies of fauna1 remains, whether those remains derive from paleontological …

Zooarchaeologists have become accustomed to high levels of confidence in their inferences
about the origins, functions, and responses to stress of animal remains. This confidence …