Understanding Zooarchaeology II Short Course April 2020

Oxford Handbooks Online, 2017

After more than a century of growth, zooarchaeology has started fulfilling its full potential. The recognition of the centrality of zooarchaeological investigations in archaeology represents the most important, and hopefully enduring, development. Zooarchaeology remains, however, ultimately inter-disciplinary and cannot be pigeon-holed within either Science or Humanities. Zooarchaeologists use a multitude of approaches, and contribute to all aspects of investigations of past human life, ranging from social structure, to economy, diet, ecology, ideology, and religion. The discipline has developed a set of well-established methods, whose widespread use enhances data comparability. It is, however, important that the research strategies and approaches of zooarchaeologists remain dynamic and open to constant scrutiny. Zooarchaeology is today highly international, enjoying a healthy level of open communication. There is, however, the need to reach out to areas where the discipline is stil...

Springer eBooks, 2018

The Oxford Handbook of Zooarchaeology, 2017

and Keywords After more than a century of growth, zooarchaeology has started fulfilling its full potential. The recognition of the centrality of zooarchaeological investigations in archaeology represents the most important, and hopefully enduring, development. Zooarchaeology remains, however, ultimately inter-disciplinary and cannot be pigeon-holed within either Science or Humanities. Zooarchaeologists use a multitude of approaches, and contribute to all aspects of investigations of past human life, ranging from social structure, to economy, diet, ecology, ideology, and religion. The discipline has developed a set of well-established methods, whose widespread use enhances data comparability. It is, however, important that the research strategies and approaches of zooarchaeologists remain dynamic and open to constant scrutiny. Zooarchaeology is today highly international, enjoying a healthy level of open communication. There is, however, the need to reach out to areas where the discipline is still underdeveloped, as those will generate new stimuli as well as research opportunities.

2017

In 'The Oxford Handbook of Zooarchaeology', edited by Umberto Albarella, Mauro Rizzetto, Hannah Russ, Kim Vickers, and Sarah Viner Daniels.

2009

Review: Umberto Albarella with Mauro Rizzetto, Hannah Russ, Kim Vickers, and Sarah Viner-Daniels, eds. The Oxford Handbook of Zooarchaeology (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2017, xxii and 839 pp., 126 figs, 40 tables, online supplementary material, hbk, ISBN 978-0-19-968647-6). European Journal of Archaeology 21 (02) 305-309. Published May 2018. The book is intended as a showcase of zooarchaeology worldwide - an interesting and inspiring read!

in: R.C.G.M. Lauwerier & I. Plug (eds.): The future from the past. Archaeozoology in wildlife conservation and heritage management. Oxford: Oxbow Books, 2004

- 2004b: I. Plug & R.C.G.M. Lauwerier. Zooarchaeology in nature conservation and heritage management, in: R.C.G.M. Lauwerier & I. Plug (eds.): The future from the past. Archaeozoology in wildlife conservation and heritage management. Oxford: Oxbow Books, 1-4.

The Virtual Curation Laboratory, located in Richmond, Virginia, has received faunal remains from several archaeological sites and modern type collections including passenger pigeon bones, opossum, and a post-cranial raccoon skeleton loaned by Dr. Elizabeth Moore from the Virginia Museum of Natural History, a raccoon skull loaned by Dr. John Nass from the California University of Pennsylvania, a groundhog skeleton from George Washington’s Boyhood Home at Ferry Farm, and a variety of other animal bones donated by students. As the Digital Zooarchaeologist of the Virtual Curation Laboratory, my job has been to scan these faunal remains and test the applications of zooarchaeology to three-dimensional (3D) scanning and digital curation. By using three-dimensional technology, archaeologists enter a new age of faunal analysis through digital comparative collections that can be shared among professionals and used for training and other educational purposes.

Oxford Handbooks Online, 2017

This book presents a survey of world archaeology, from the point of view of animal remain studies. It can be considered as a showcase for world zooarchaeology. Forty-eight chapters written by researchers from twenty-five countries discuss archaeological investigations in five different continents. The geographic range covers the Arctic as well as the Tropics, islands and continental land masses, marine shores, forests, hills, and mountains. Human interactions with many different creatures—ranging from mammals to birds, fishes, and molluscs—are discussed, and in a great variety of ecological and cultural contexts. Methodological approaches are also diverse, as they are chosen according to the themes and research questions discussed in individual chapters. The full range of zooarchaeological methods is on display, but also integration with evidence deriving from sister disciplines, such as history, ethnography, zoology, palaeontology, and biochemistry. A methodological glossary helps ...