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Zooarchaeology, Second Edition
This book serves as an introductory text for students interested in the identification and the
analysis of animal remains from archaeological sites. The emphasis is on animals whose remains
inform us about the relationship between humans and their natural and social environments,
especially site-formation processes, subsistence strategies, the processes of domestication, and
paleoenvironments. Examining studies from all over the world, from the Pleistocene period up
to the present, this volume anized in a way that is parallel to a faunal study, beginning
with background information, bias in a faunal assemblage, and basic zooarchaeological
methods. A zooarchaeological Hypothetical Collection illustrates the fundamental methods for
the collection of primary and secondary data that are applicable to zooarchaeology practice.
This revised edition reflects developments in zooarchaeology that have occurred during the
past decade. It includes new sections on enamel ultrastructure and incremental analysis, stable
isotopes and trace elements, ancient ics and enzymes, environmental reconstruction,
people as agents of environmental change, applications of zooarchaeology in animal
conversation and heritage management, and a discussion of issues pertaining to the curation of
zooarchaeological materials.
elizabeth j. reitz is Professor of Anthropology at the ia Museum of Natural History,
University of ia. Her work is based on the identification and interpretation of animal
remains from coastal archaeological sites, particularly in South America, the Caribbean, and
the southeastern United States. She is the co-author and co-editor of several volumes, as well as
the author of more than 150 articles and book chapte