Zoology & Archaeozoology
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Narwhal: Revealing an Arctic Legend [Paperback]
William W. Fitzhugh (Editor); Martin T. Nweeia (Editor)
£33.00ISBN: 9780996748018
Published by : International Polar Institute
Few animals on the planet inspire the sense of wonder evoked by the narwhal. The ‘Arctic unicorn’ is everyone’s version of “awesome” and “cool.” Explorers, aristocrats, artists and scientists celebrate this elusive whale and its extraordinary tus... .... Learn More -
Barely Surviving or More than Enough?: The environmental archaeology of subsistence, specialisation and surplus food production [Hardback]
Maaike Groot (Editor); Daphne Lentjes (Editor); Jørn Zeiler (Editor)
£135.00ISBN: 9789088904769
Published by : Sidestone Press
How people produced or acquired their food in the past is one of the main questions in archaeology. Everyone needs food to survive, so the ways in which people managed to acquire it forms the very basis of human existence. Farming was key to the r... .... Learn More -
Economic Zooarchaeology: Studies in Hunting, Herding and Early Agriculture [Hardback]
Peter Rowley-Conwy (Editor); Dale Serjeantson (Editor); Paul Halstead (Editor)
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ISBN: 9781785704451
Published by : Oxbow Books
Economic archaeology is the study of how past peoples exploited animals and plants, using as evidence the remains of those animals and plants. The animal side is usually termed zooarchaeology, the plant side archaeobotany. What distinguishes them ... .... Learn More -
Mammoth Cave Curiosities: A Guide to Rockphobia, Dating, Saber-toothed Cats, and Other Subterranean Marvels [Paperback]
Colleen O'Connor Olson (Author)
£18.00ISBN: 9780813169255
Published by : University Press of Kentucky
Sir Elton John, blind fish, the original Twinkie, President Ronald Reagan's Secret Service detail, and mummies don't usually come up in the same conversation -- unless you're at Mammoth Cave National Park! Home to the earth's longest known cave sy... .... Learn More -
Archaeozoology of the Near East 9 [Hardback]
Marjan Mashkour (Editor); Mark Beech (Editor)
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ISBN: 9781782978442
Published by : Oxbow Books
This two part volume brings together over 60 specialists to present 31 papers on the latest research into archaeozoology of the Near East. The papers are wide-ranging in terms of period and geographical coverage: from Palaeolithic rock shelter ass... .... Learn More -
Egyptian Bioarchaeology: Humans, Animals, and the Environment [Hardback]
Salima Ikram (Editor); Jessica Kaiser (Editor); Roxie Walker (Editor)
£120.00ISBN: 9789088903854
Published by : Sidestone Press
Although the bioarchaeology (study of biological remains in an archaeological context) of Egypt has been documented in a desultory way for many decades, it is only recently that it has become an inherent part of excavations in Egypt. This volume c... .... Learn More -
Colonisation, Migration, and Marginal Areas: A Zooarchaeological Approach [Paperback]
Stephen Wickler (Author); Sebastián Munoz (Author); Mariana Mondini (Author)
£30.00Click here for ebook buying options
ISBN: 9781785705151
Published by : Oxbow Books
Series: Proceedings of the 9th ICAZ Conference
Volume: 2
Human migration tends to involve more than the odd suitcase or two - we often carry other organisms on our travels, some are deliberately transported, others move by accident. This volume of 12 papers offers a zooarchaeological approach to questio... .... Learn More -
Behaviour Behind Bones [Paperback]
Sharyn Jones O'Day (Editor); Wim Van Neer (Editor); Anton Ervynck (Editor)
£38.00Click here for ebook buying options
ISBN: 9781785705717
Published by : Oxbow Books
This book is the first in a series of volumes which form the published proceedings of the 9th meeting of the International Council of Archaeozoology (ICAZ), held in Durham in 2002. The 35 papers present a series of case studies from around the wor... .... Learn More -
Amphibians and Reptiles of Land Between the Lakes [Paperback]
Edmund J. Zimmerer (Author); David H. Snyder (Author); A. Floyd Scott (Author); David F. Frymire (Author)
£23.00ISBN: 9780813167671
Published by : University Press of Kentucky
Known for its natural beauty, Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area is the largest inland peninsula in the United States. Consisting of 170,000 acres of forested and protected public land between Kentucky Lake (Tennessee River) and Lake ... .... Learn More -
Biosphere to Lithosphere: new studies in vertebrate taphonomy [Paperback]
Terry O'Connor (Author)
£36.00Click here for ebook buying options
ISBN: 9781785704604
Published by : Oxbow Books
Series: Proceedings of the 9th ICAZ Conference
Taphonomic studies are a major methodological advance, the effects of which have been felt throughout archaeology. Zooarchaeologists and archaeobotanists were the first to realise how vital it was to study the entire process of how food enters ... .... Learn More
