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Selected Publications Related to Faunal Analysis

Zooarchaeological Consulting Services: Bibliography


Binford, L.R. 1978.
Nunamiut Ethnoarchaeology. Academic Press, New York

Brain, C. K. 1967.
Hottentot food remains and their bearing on the interpretation of fossil bone assemblages. Scientific Papers of the Namib Desert Research Station 32:1-7

Brain, C. K. 1969.
The contribution of Namib Desert Hottentots to an understanding of Australopithecine bone accumulations. Scientific Papers of the Namib Desert Research Station 39:13-22

Breitburg, E. 1976.
Faunal remains from the First Hermitage. Pp. 249-269 In: An Archaeological and Historical Assessment of the First Hermitage, edited by S.D. Smith. Research Series #2, Tennessee Division of Archaeology, Tennessee Department of Conservation, Nashville

Breitburg, E. 1977.
Faunal remains and dietary practices for the Hermitage. Pp. 96-108 In: Results of the 1976 Season of the Hermitage Archaeology Project, edited by S.D. Smith, F.W. Brigance, S.D. Cox, and M. Martin. The Ladies Hermitage Association and the Tennessee American Revolution Bicentennial Commission, Nashville

Bunn, H.T. 1993.
Bone assemblages at base camps: a further consideration of carcass transport and bone destruction by the Hadza. Pp. 156-168 In: Hudson, J. (ed) From Bones to Behavior: Ethnoarchaeological and Experimental Contributions to the Interpretation of Faunal Remains. Center for Archaeological Investigations, Occasional Paper No. 21. Southern Illinois University at Carbondale

Butler, V.L. 1993.
Natural versus cultural Salmonid remains: Origin of the Dalles Roadcut Bones, Columbia River, Oregon, U.S.A. Journal of Archaeological Science 20:1-24

Butler, V. L. 1996.
Tui Chub taphonomy and the importance of marsh resources in the western great basin of North America. American Antiquity 61:699-717

Butler, V.L. and J.C. Chatters 1994.
The role of bone density in structuring prehistoric salmon bone assemblages. Journal of Archaeological Science 21:413-424

Byrd, J.E. 1997.
The analysis of diversity in archaeological faunal assemblages:Complexity and subsistence strategies in the Southeast during the Middle Woodland Period. Journal of Anthropological Archaeology 16:49-72

Cannon, M.D. 1999.
A mathematical model of the effects of screen size on zooarchaeological relative abundance measures. Journal of Archaeological Science 26:205-214

Casteel, R.W. 1976.
Comparison of column and whole unit samples for recovering fish remains. World Archaeology 8:192-198

Cerreto, R. 1988.
A test of three shellfish seasonality methods: Preliminary results. Journal of California and Great Basin Anthropology 10:261-265

Cerreto, R. 1992.
The implications of non-periodic growth in bivalves for three seasonality methods used by southern California archaeologists. Journal of California and Great Basin Anthropology 14:216-233

Chaplin, R.E. 1971.
The Study of Animal Bones From Archaeological Sites. Seminar Press: New York

Clason, A.T. and W. Prummel 1977.
Collecting, sieving and archaeozoological research. Journal of Archaeological Science 4:171-175

Colburn, Mona L. 1989
Mississippian Faunal Remains from the Lundy Site (11-Jd-140), JoDaviess County, Illinois. Illinois Archaeology 1:5-38.

Colten, R.H. 1995.
Faunal exploitation during the Middle to Late Period transition on Santa Cruz Island, California. Journal of California and Great Basin Anthropology 17:93-120

Colten, R.H. and J.E. Arnold 1998.
Prehistoric marine mammal hunting on California's northern Channel Islands. American Antiquity 63:679-701

Crader, D.C. 1990.
Slave diet at Monticello. American Antiquity 55:690-717

Dirrigl, Frank J. Jr. 2001
Bone mineral density of wild turkey (Galliformes: Meleagridae) skeletal elements and its effect on differential survivorship. Journal of Archaeological Science 28:817-832

Elkin, D. C. 1995.
Volume density of South American camelid skeltal parts. International Journal of Osteoarchaeology 5:29-37

Erlandson, J.M. and M.L. Moss 2001.
Shellfish feeders, carrion eaters, and the archaeology of aquatic adaptations. American Antiquity 6:413-432

Erlandson, J.M., T.C. Rick, R.L. Vellanoweth, and D.J. Kennett 1999.
Maritime Subsistence at a 9,300 Year Old Shell Midden on Santa Rosa Island, California. Journal of Field Archaeology 26:255-265

Fradkin, A. 1980.
Hog jowls and 'coon meat: an analysis of faunal remains from the Hampton Plantation, St. Simons Island, Georgia. Southeastern Archaeological Conference Bulletin 22:57-59

Friedman, E. 1973.
Preparation of faunal specimens. American Antiquity 38:113-114

Friesen, T.M. 2001.
A zooarchaeological signature for meat storage: Re-thinking the drying utility index. American Antiquity 66:315-

Gilchrist, R. and H.C. Mytum 1986.
Experimental Archaeology and burnt animal bone from archaeological sites. Circaea 4:29-38

Glassow, M.A. 2000.
Weighing vs. counting shellfish remains: A comment on Mason, Peterson, and Tiffany. American Antiquity 65:407-

Gordon, E.A. 1993.
Screen size and differential faunal recovery: A Hawaiian example. Journal of Field Archaeology 20:453-460

Grayson, D.K. 1973.
On the methodology of faunal analysis. American Antiquity 38:432-439

Grayson, D.K. 1978.
Minimum numbers and sample size in vertebrate faunal analysis. American Antiquity 43:53-65

Grayson, D.K. 1981.
The effects of sample size on some derived measures in vertebrate faunal analysis. Journal of Archaeological Science 8:77-78

Grayson, D.K. 1984.
Quantitative Zooarchaeology: Topics in the Analysis of Archaeological Faunas. Academic Press: Orlando

Higgins, J. 1999.
Tunel: A case study of avian zooarchaeology and taphonomy. Journal of Archaeological Science 26:1449-1457

Hill, F.C. 1975.
Techniques for skeletonizing vertebrates. American Antiquity 40:215-219

Hockett, B.S. 1998.
Sociopolitical meaning of faunal remains from Baker Village. American Antiquity 63:289-303

James, S.R. 1997.
Methodological issues concerning screen size recovery rates and their effects on archaeofaunal interpretations. Journal of Archaeological Science 24:385-397

Jones, A.K.G. 1982.
Bulk-sieving and the recovery of fish remains from urban archaeological sites. Council for British Archaeology Research Report 43:79-85

Kent, S. 1993.
Variability in faunal assemblages: The influence of hunting skill, sharing, dogs, and mode of cooking on faunal remains at a sedentary Kalahari community. Journal of Anthropological Archaeology 12:323-385

Klein, R.G. and K. Cruz-Uribe. 1984.
The Analysis of Animal Bones from Archaeological Sites. University of Chicago Press, Chicago

Kreutzer, L.A. 1992.
Bison and deer bone mineral densities: Comparisons and implications for the interpretation of archaeological faunas. Journal of Archaeological Science 19:271-294

Kuehn, S.R. 1998.
New evidence for late Paleoindian-Early Archaic subsistence behavior in the western Great Lakes. American Antiquity 63:457-477

Lam, Y.M., Xingbin Chen, and O.M. Pearson 1999.
Intertaxonomic variability in patterns of bone density and the differential representation of Bovid, Cervid, and Equid elements in the archaeological record. American Antiquity 64:343-362

Landon, D.B. 1996.
Feeding colonial boston: A zooarchaeological study. Historical Archaeology 30:1-151

Linse, A.R. 1992. Is Bone Safe in a Shell Midden? Pp. 327-347 In: Deciphering a Shell Midden, edited by J.K. Stein. Academic Press, California

Livingston, S.D. 1989. The taphonomic interpretation of Avian skeletal part frequencies. Journal of Archaeological Science 16:537-547

Locock, M., C.K. Currie, and S. Gray 1992.
Chemical changes in buried animal bone: Data from a postmedieval assemblage. International Journal of Osteoarchaeology 2:297-304

Lubinski, P.M. 1996.
Fish heads, fish heads: An experiment on differential bone preservation in a Salmonid Fish. Journal of Archaeological Science 23:175-181

Lyman, R.L. 1979.
Available meat from faunal remains: A consideration of techniques. American Antiquity 44:536-546

Lyman, R.L. 1984.
Bone Density and differential survivorship of classes. Journal of Anthropological Archaeology 3:259-299

Lyman, R.L. 1987.
On the analysis of vertebrate mortality profiles: Sample size, mortality, type, and hunting pressure. American Antiquity 52:125-142

Lyman, R.L. 1992.
Anatomical considerations of utility curves in zooarchaeology. Journal of Archaeological Science 19:7-22

Lyman, R.L. 1994.
Vertebrate Taphonomy. Cambridge University Press: Cambridge

Lyman, R.L. 1994.
Quantitative units and terminology in zooarchaeology. American Antiquity 59:36-71

Lyman, R.L. 2002.
Taphonomic agents and taphonomic signatures. American Antiquity 67(2):361-

Lyman, R.L and M.J. O'Brien 1987.
Plow-zone zooarchaeology: Fragmentation and identifiability. Journal of Field Archaeology 14:493-498

Lyon, P.J. 1970.
Differential bone destruction: An ethnographic example. American Antiquity 35:213-215

Marean, C.W., Y. Abe, P.J. Nilssen, and E.C. Stone 2001.
Estimating the minimum number of skeletal elements (MNE) in zooarchaeology: A review and a new image-analysis GIS approach. American Antiquity 66:333-348

Marean, C.W. and C.J. Frey 1997.
Animal bones from caves to cities: Reverse utility curves as methodological artifacts. American Antiquity 62:698-711

Marshall, F. 1994.
Food sharing and body part representation in Okiek faunal assemblages. Journal of Archaeological Science 21:65-77

Marshall, F. and T. Pilgram 1993.
NISP vs. MNI in quantification of body-part representation. American Antiquity 58:261-269

Mason, R.D., M.L. Peterson, and J.A. Tiffany 1998.
Weighing vs. counting: Measurement reliability and the California school of midden analysis. American Antiquity 63:303-325

Mason, R.D., M.L. Peterson, and J.A. Tiffany 2000.
Weighing and counting shell: A response to Glassow and Claassen.
American Antiquity 65:757-

McKee, L.W. 1987.
Delineating ethnicity from the garbage of early Virginians: Faunal remains from the Kingsmill Plantation slave quarter. American Archaeology 6:31-39

Mori, J.L. 1970.
Procedures for establishing a faunal collection to aid in archaeological analysis. American Antiquity 35:387-389

Moss, M.L. and J.M. Erlandson 2002.
Animal agency and coastal archaeology. American Antiquity 67:367-369

Nagaoka, L. 1994.
Differential recovery of Pacific Island fish remains: Evidence from the Moturakau Rockshelter, Aitutaki, Cook Islands. Asian Perspectives 33:1-17

Nichol, R.K. and C.J. Wild 1984.
"Numbers of Individuals" in faunal analysis: The decay of fish bone in archaeological sites. Journal of Archaeological Science 11:35-51

Nicholson, R.A. 1992.
Bone survival: The effects of sedimentary abrasion and trampling on fresh and cooked bone. International Journal of Osteoarchaeology 2:79-90

Nicholson, R.A. 1992.
An assessment of the value of bone density meaurements to archaeoichthyological studies. International Journal of Osteoarchaeology 2:139-154

Nicholson, R.A. 1993.
A morphological investigation of burnt animal bone and an evaluation of its utility in archaeology. Journal of Archaeological Science 20:411-428

Nicholson, R.A.1998. Bone degradation in a compost heap. Journal of Archaeological Science 25:393-403

O'Conner, T.P 1996.
A critical overview of archaeological animal bone studies. World Archaeology 28:5-19

Pate, F.D. & Hutton, J.T. 1988.
The use of soil chemistry data to address post-mortem diagenesis in bone material. Journal of Archaeological Science 15:729-739

Pauketat, T.R., L.S. Kelly, G.J. Fritz, N.H. Lopinot, S. Elias, and E. Hargrave 2002.
The residues of feasting and public ritual at early Cahokia. American Antiquity 67:257-

Payne, S. 1972.
Partial recovery and sample bias: The results of some sieving experiments. Pp. 49-64 In: Papers in Economic Prehistory, edited by E.S. Higgs. Cambridge University Press

Payne, S. 1972.
On the interpretation of bone samples from archeological sites. Pp. 65-81 In: Papers in Economic Prehistory, edited by E.S. Higgs. Cambridge University Press

Payne, S. 1985.
Morphological distinctions between the mandibular teeth of young sheep, Ovis, and goats, Capra. Journal of Archaeological Science 12:139-147

Pavao, B. and P.W. Stahl 1999.
Structural density assays of leporid skeletal elements with implications for taphonomic, actualistic, and archaeological research. Journal of Archaeological Science 26:53-66

Porcasi, J.F. and H. Fujita 2000.
The dolphin hunters: A specialized prehistoric maritime adaptation in the southern California Channel Islands and Baja California. American Antiquity 65:543-566

Price, T.D., J. Blitz, J. Burton, and J.A. Ezzo 1992.
Diagenesis in prehistoric bone: Problems and solutions. Journal of Archaeological Science 19:513-529

Quirth-Booth, T. 1997.
Analysis of leporid remains from prehistoric Sinagua sites, northern Arizona. Journal of Archaeological Science 24:945-960

Rackham, D.J. 1982.
The smaller mammals in the urban environment: Their recovery and interpretation from archaeological deposits. Council for British Archaeology Research Report 43:86-93

Richter, J. 1986.
Experimental study of heat induced morphological changes in fish bone collagen. Journal of Archaeological Science 13:477-481

Rick, T.C., J.M. Erlandson, and R.L. Vellanoweth 2001.
Paleocoastal marine fishing on the Pacific coast of the Americas: Perspectives from Daisy Cave, California. American Antiquity 66:595-613

Ringrose, T.J. 1993.
Bone counts and statistics: A critique. Journal of Archaeological Science 20:121-157

Rogers, A.R. 2000.
On equifinality in faunal analysis.
American Antiquity 65:709-723

Schmitt, D.N. and C.D. Lupo 1995.
On mammalian taphonomy, taxonomic diversity, and measuring subsistence data in zooarcheology. American Antiquity 60:496-514

Shaffer, B.S. 1992.
Quarter-inch screening: Understanding biases in recovery of vertebrate faunal remains. American Antiquity 57:129-136

Shaffer, B.S. 1992.
Interpretation of gopher remains from southwestern archaeological sites. American Antiquity 57:683-691

Shaffer, B.S. and B.W. Baker 1999.
Comments on James' methodological issues concerning analysis of archaeofaunal recovery and screen size correction factors. Journal of Archaeological Science 26:1171-1180

Shaffer, B.S. and J.L.J. Sanchez 1994.
Comparison of 1/8"- and 1/4"-mesh recovery of controlled samples of small-to-medium-sized mammals. American Antiquity 59:525-530

Shipman, P., G. Foster, and M. Schoeninger 1984.
Burnt bones and teeth: an experimental study of color, morphology, crystal structure and shrinkage. Journal of Archaeological Science 11:307-325

Sillen, A. and J. Parkington 1996.
Diagenesis of bones from Eland's Bay Cave. Journal of Archaeological Science 23:535-542

Stafford, C.R., R.L. Richards and C.M. Anslinger 2000.
The bluegrass fauna and changes in Middle Holocene hunter-gatherer foraging in the southern Midwest. American Antiquity 65(2):317-336

Stahl, P.W. 1996. The recovery and interpretation of microvertebrate bone assemblages from archaeological contexts. Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory 3:31-75

Steadman, D.W. and A.V. Stokes 2002.
Changing exploitation of terrestrial vertebrates during the past 3000 years on Tobago, West Indies. Human Ecology 30(3):339-

Stewart, F.L. 1991.
Floating for fauna: Some methodological considerations using the Keffer Site (AkGv-14) midden 57 faunal sample. Canadian Journal of Archaeology 15:97-115

Stewart, K.M. and D. Gifford-Gonzalez 1994.
An ethnoarchaeological contribution to identifying hominid fish processing sites. Journal of Archaeological Science 21:237-248

Thomas, D. H. 1969.
Great Basin hunting patterns: a quantitative method for treating faunal remains. American Antiquity 34:392-401

Thomas, D.H. 1971.
On distinguishing natural bone from cultural bone in archaeological sites. American Antiquity 36:366-371

Todd, L.C. and D.J. Rapson 1988.
Long bone fragmentation and interpretation of faunal assemblages: Approaches to comparative analysis. Journal of Archaeological Science 15:307-325

Tuma, M.W. 1998.
Slave subsistence at Saragossa: Preliminary report on faunal data. Mississippi Archaeology 33:125-138

Vellanoweth, R.L. and J.M. Erlandson 1999.
Middle Holocene Fishing and Maritime Adaptations at CA-SNI-161, San Nicolas Island, California. Journal of California and Great Basin Anthropology 21:257-274

von Endt, D.W. and D.J. Ortner 1984.
Experimental effects of bone size and temperature on bone diagenisis. Journal of Archaeological Science 11:247-253

Watson, J.P.N. 1975.
Domestication and bone structure in sheep and goats. Journal of Archaeological Science 2:375-383

White, E.M. and L.A. Hannus 1983.
Chemical weathering of bone in archaeological soils. American Antiquity 48:316-322

Winder, N.P. 1991.
How many bones make five? The art and science of guesstimation in archaeozoology. International Journal of Osteoarchaeology 1:111-126

Yellen, J.E. 1977.
Cultural patterning in faunal remains: Evidence from the !Kung Bushmen. Pp. 271-331 In Experimental Archaeology, edited by Ingersoll, D., J.E. Yellen, and W. Macdonald. Columbia University Press, New York

Yellen, J.E. 1991.
Small mammals: !Kung San utilization and the production of faunal assemblages. Journal of Anthropological Archaeology 10:1-26

Yellen, J.E. 1991.
Small mammals: Post-discard patterning of !Kung San faunal remains. Journal of Anthropological Archaeology 10:152-192

Young, A.L., M. Tuma, and C. Jenkins 2001.
The role of hunting to cope with risk at Saragossa Plantation, Natchez, Mississippi. American Anthropologist 103:692-704


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