Format:
Online-Ressource (226 p)
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
ISBN:
9780415151481
Content:
Ever since the discovery of fossil remains of extinct animals associated with flint implements, bones and other animal remains have been providing invaluable information to the archaeologist. In the last 20 years many archaeologists and zoologists have taken to studying such "archaeofaunal" remains, and the science of "zoo-archaeology" has come into being. What was the nature of the environment in which our ancestors lived? In which season were sites occupied? When did our earliest ancestors start to hunt big game, and how efficient were they as hunters? Were early humans responsible for the e
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Cover; The Archaeology of Animals; Copyright; Contents; List of illustrations; Glossary; INTRODUCTION Bones and antiquaries, a nineteenth-century prelude; PART I; CHAPTER ONEMethods and problemsin zoo-archaeology; CHAPTER TWOWhat are bones and teeth?; CHAPTER THREEOn reconstructing past environments; CHAPTER FOURIn what season was a site occupied?; PART II; CHAPTER FIVEOur hunting past; CHAPTER SIXFrom hunter to herder:the origin of domestic animals; CHAPTER SEVENLater domesticates and the secondaryuses of animals; CHAPTER EIGHTBritain: a zoo-archaeological case study; REFERENCES; Maps; Index
Additional Edition:
9781135106522
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe The Archaeology of Animals
Language:
English
Keywords:
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