Quantitative paleozoology:

Quantitative Paleozoology describes and illustrates how the remains of long-dead animals recovered from archaeological and paleontological excavations can be studied and analyzed. The methods range from determining how many animals of each species are represented to determining whether one collectio...

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Main Author: Lyman, R. Lee (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2008
Series:Cambridge manuals in archeology
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Summary:Quantitative Paleozoology describes and illustrates how the remains of long-dead animals recovered from archaeological and paleontological excavations can be studied and analyzed. The methods range from determining how many animals of each species are represented to determining whether one collection consists of more broken and more burned bones than another. All methods are described and illustrated with data from real collections, while numerous graphs illustrate various quantitative properties
Item Description:Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015)
Physical Description:1 online resource (xxiii, 348 pages)
ISBN:9780511813863
DOI:10.1017/CBO9780511813863