New methods permit archaeologists to distinguish between wild boar and domestic pigs with
greater confidence than has been hitherto possible. Metrical methods are the most …

The Suidae are a family of Cetartiodactyla composed of 17 species classified in a minimum
of five extant genera that originated at least 20 million years ago. Their success is evident in …

For over two generations, pathological phenomena observed on animal remains have been
described in individual site reports by many faunal analysts publishing together with …

This paper aims to identify a series of conceptual, strategic and technological challenges
facing archaeozoology (and archaeobotany) in order to better understand when, where, how …

Stress plays an important role in the etiology of multiple morbid and mortal outcomes among
the living. Drawing on health paradigms constructed among the living augments our …

Completely updated and revised, and with a new author team, this second edition of Farm
Animal Behaviour continues to provide essential information on normal and stereotypic …

Despite the almost ubiquitous presence of Holocene Sus remains in Island South East Asia
(ISEA), the domestication of pigs and their dispersal in this region remains somewhat …

Enamel is the most highly mineralized and durable tissue of the mammalian body. As
enamel does not undergo remodeling or repair, disturbances of enamel formation leave a …

It is often difficult to differentiate between archaeological bonebeds formed by one event
such as a mass kill of a single herd, and those formed by multiple events that occurred over …

Suids (Sus sp.) played a crucial role in the transition to farming in northern Europe and, like
in many regions, in the Netherlands pig husbandry became an important subsistence activity …