Quantitative paleozoology
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Quantitative paleozoology
（Cambridge manuals in archaeology）
Cambridge University Press, 2008
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- : pbk
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Bibliography: p. [313]-343
Includes index
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Description
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.
Table of Contents
- 1. Tallying and counting: fundamentals
- 2. Estimating taxonomic abundances: NISP and MNI
- 3. Estimating taxonomic abundances: other methods
- 4. Sampling, recovery, and sample size
- 5. Measuring the taxonomic structure and composition ('diversity') of faunas
- 6. Skeletal completeness, frequencies of skeletal parts, and fragmentation
- 7. Tallying for taphonomy: weathering, burning, corrosion, butchering
- 8. Final thoughts.
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