Zooarchaeology Flashcards
scavenging and hunting
primary products (non renewable resources)
- milk, wool, labour
- leather belt is secondary
Zooarchaeology
the study of animal remains
identification
what species are present, what kind of animals, what kind of elements, age? sex? taphonomic modification, bovid size class
how to determine which species are present?
compare fragment to reference collections
attempt to get as specific as possible
what does determining the sex and age of a species being hunted tell us
if they were hunting old ages or young ages, how they use it for primary or secondary use and which one they used for each
taphonomic modification
site formations
quantification
how big is the assemblage?
how many of each species is present?
Number of specimens
NSP
NSP
number of fragments in the faunal assemblage
weight of the assemblage
to understand how big is the fauna assemblage at the archaeological site
number of identifiable specimens
NISP
NISP
how many fragments per species/taxa
minimum number of individuals
MNI
MNI
found by the highest number of fragments found
