Themes in Old World Zooarchaeology - From the Mediterranean to the Atlantic (Hardcover)

This new collection of papers from leading experts provides an overview of cutting-edge research in Old World zooarchaeology. The research presented here spans various areas across Europe, Western Asia and North Africa - from the Mediterranean to the Atlantic. Several chapters focus on Iberia, but the eastern Mediterranean and Britain are also featured. Thematically, the book covers many of the research areas where zooarchaeology can provide a significant contribution. These include animal domestication, bone modifications, fishing, fowling, economic and social status, as well as adaptation and improvement. The investigation of these topics is carried out using a diversity of approaches, thus making the book also a useful compendium of traditional as well as more recently developed methodological applications. All contributions aim to present zooarchaeology as a discipline that studies animals to understand people, and their richly diversified past histories. This will be a valuable source of information not just for specialists, but also for general archaeologists and, potentially, also historians, palaeontologists and geographers, who have an interest for the research themes discussed in the book. The book is dedicated to Simon Davis, who has been a genuine pioneer in the development of modern zooarchaeology. It presents hugely stimulating case studies from the core areas where Davis has worked in the course of his career.

General

Imprint:	Oxbow Books
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	March 2021
Editors:	Umberto Albarella • Cleia Detry • Sonia Gabriel • Catarina Ginja • Ana Elisabete Pires • Joao Tereso
Dimensions:	280 x 216 x 22mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	224
ISBN-13:	978-1-78925-534-8
Categories:	Books > Humanities > Archaeology > Archaeological theory Books > Humanities > Archaeology > Environmental archaeology Books > Humanities > History > World history > BCE to 500 CE Books > Humanities > History > World history > 500 to 1500 Books > History > World history > 500 to 1500 Books > History > World history > BCE to 500 CE
LSN:	1-78925-534-1
Barcode:	9781789255348

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