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Florida Museum of Natural History - Zooarchaeology Comparative Collection - http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/databases/zooarch/intro.htm
Skeletons of vertebrates and exoskeletons of mollusks and crustaceans from the southeastern United States, the West Indies, the circum-Caribbean area, and northwestern South America. Collection databases and contact information. |
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Grahame Clark Laboratory for Zooarchaeology - http://www.arch.cam.ac.uk/clark/
Profile of the laboratory at the University of Cambridge. Includes staff profiles and brief descriptions of research projects. |
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International Council for Archaeozoology - http://www.alexandriaarchive.org/icaz/
ICAZ is an international organization for those interested in studying the rich history of human/animal interactions through the analysis of archaeological animal bones. |
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The Palaeopathology of Horse Husbandry - http://www.arch.cam.ac.uk/~ml12/project/
Presentation of this research project being carried out at the McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, University of Cambridge. |
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Ancient Biomolecules Centre - http://www.chem.ox.ac.uk/oxfordtour/abc/index.html
University of Oxford research center in the Departments of Zoology and Biological Anthropology. Projects include research on Phylogenetics, Pathogens, and Beringian permafrost. |
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Did Carolina Dogs Arrive With Ancient Americans? - http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2003/03/0311_030311_firstdog.html
From National Geographic, Carolina Dog live much like the dogs of ancient times, suggesting to researchers that they may be America's most primitive dogs with roots that could stretch back across the ancient Asia-America land bridge. |
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University of Alberta Zooarchaeology Laboratory - http://www.ualberta.ca/~sharpham/zooarch2.htm
The Zooarchaeology Reference Collection consists of over 700 animal skeletons of Alberta and arctic vertebrate species, domesticates, and a small number of mollusc specimens. Specimens list, resources for students and instructors, and volunteer programs. |
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BoneCommons - http://www.alexandriaarchive.org/icaz/icazForum/index.php
Online community for zooarchaeology. |
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Indiana University Zooarchaeology Laboratory - http://www.indiana.edu/~zooarch/home.html
Profile of this laboratory whose purpose is to accumulate skeletal remains of indigenous animal species to facilitate identification of faunal materials from Indiana and contiguous states. |
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UCLA Zooarchaeology Laboratory - http://www.sscnet.ucla.edu/ioa/labs/zooarch/zooarch.html
Profile of this laboratory which maintains a collection of fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals, native and domestic, from California, Central America, and Peru. |
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Zooarchaeology Information and Resources - http://www.zooarch.com
Provides links to faunal analysis resources for zooarchaeology professionals across North America. Includes books, references, and web links. |
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California State University Chico Zooarchaeology Lab - http://www.csuchico.edu/pub/inside/archive/97_11_06/top_story2.html
Skeletons of mammals, birds, and fish typical of Northern California and the Western Great Basin, where most of Chico State's archaeological research takes place. Detailed facility profile. |
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Bibliography of Foodways and Zooarchaeology on Historical Sites - http://www.mtsu.edu/~kesmith/TNARCHNET/Pubs/foodbib.html
Compiled by William Hampton Adams. |
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Archaeofauna - http://www.uam.es/otros/paleofau/RevistaArchaeofauna.htm
Publishes yearly papers of archaeozoological nature, in the widest sense of the term not just in the strictly biological one. Includes abstracts of all ten volumes produced to date. |
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ICAZ Animal Palaeopathology Working Group - http://www.apwg.supanet.com/
Palaeopathology forum and downloadable bibliography [DOC format]. |
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Seasonality Bibliography - http://www.uta.edu/anthropology/seasonality/bibliography.html
A selected bibliography of studies related to determining seasonality from bone remains. |
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NABO: Zooarchaeology Working Group - http://www.geo.ed.ac.uk/nabo/zooarch.html
NABO is an interdisciplinary, international, non-governmental regional research cooperative that works to serv e scholars interested in the interactions of humans and changing landscapes across the North Atlantic region |
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Archaeozoology in New Zealand - http://www.cs.otago.ac.nz/research/foss/Archaeozoology/index.htm
Contains detailed information on several current research projects in New Zealand. |
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Marine Turtle Exploitation in Bronze Age Oman - http://www.seaturtle.org/mtn/archives/mtn81/mtn81p7.shtml
Paper by Christine Mosseri-Marlio, published in the Marine Turtle Newsletter. |
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Dig Discovery is Oldest 'Pet Cat' - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/3611453.stm
From BBC, oldest known evidence of people keeping cats as pets may have been discovered by archaeologists. |
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Alaska Consortium of Zooarchaeologists - http://www.akzooarch.org/
Volunteer organization dedicated to improving the comparative collection at the University of Alaska Anchorage. Offers workshops, presents papers, sponsors symposia, and produces publications. |
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Caerwent Animal Bone Remains - http://archaeology.kevsfx.com
Kevin Smith's Dissertation on the faunal remains recovered from 4th century deposits in the Romano-British town of Caerwent. |
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ABCml: Analysis of Bone Counts by Maximum Likelihood - http://www.anthro.utah.edu/~rogers/abcml/
Software that implements a statistical method for analysis of bone counts from archaeological or paleontological sites. Java version of the software and documentation. |
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Computerised Bone Templates - http://www.archaeographica.com
Presents an approach to the computerized recording of graphical zooarchaeological data using digital image templates and graphic software packages. |
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The Fish Bones from Orford, Suffolk - http://www-users.york.ac.uk/~mjb117/orford.htm
Report prepared by Mark Beech and Charlie Stokes for the Suffolk County Council Archaeological Service. Includes abstract and link to order full report. |
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Research into the Aurochs - http://members.chello.nl/~t.vanvuure/oeros/oeros.html
Research to retrace the history, morphology and ecology of the extinct aurochs (Bos primigenius). |
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Bioarchaeological References - http://www.utep.edu/leb/baref/biblio.htm
A bibliography of papers on identifying and interpreting biological remains from archaeological sites in terms of human usage, biogeography, and paleoecology. Compiled by the Laboratory for Environmental Biology, a research division of the Centennial Museum. |
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English Heritage Professional Zooarchaeology Group - http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/server/show/nav.9066
Aim is to facilitate the exchange of ideas between those within universities and those working within units or as freelancers. |
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Ethnozoology Index - http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/cultural/ethnoarchaeology/ethnozoology/
An exhibit in Minnesota State University's EMuseum with information on Egyptian, Roman, Mexican and Wisconsin ethnozoology with links. |
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Contribution of Archaeozoology to Landscape Archaeology - http://192.167.112.135/NewPages/COLLANE/TESTIQDS/paesaggio/08.rtf
Paper whose principal argument is that information provided by animal bones about ancient landscapes is indirect but critical (RTF File). |
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Canadian Zooarchaeology - http://www.nature.ca/prodserv/journals/canzooarch_e.cfm#targ2
A forum for topics of interest to zooarchaeologists working in Canada, and abroad. Regular and special feature articles are complemented by a variety of listings and exchanges. |
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Zooarchaeology In Sarasota County - http://www.co.sarasota.fl.us/historical_resources/archaeology/zooarch.asp
Popular press article which serves as an introduction to zooarchaeology. |
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Binghamton University Archaeological Analytical Research Facility - http://bingweb.binghamton.edu/~pstahl/AARF.html
Specimens represent taxa from the Northeastern United States, and include examples from South America, West Africa, and the Arctic. Species list and contact information. |
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Late Prehistoric Subsistence in Central Indiana - http://www.gbl.indiana.edu/abstracts/97/97_ap3bun.html
Report on the faunal remains from three prehistoric sites in Indiana by Rexford C. Garniewicz. |
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International Journal of Osteoarchaeology - http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/5488/home
Provides a forum for the publication of papers dealing with all aspects of the study of human and animal bones from archaeological contexts. Including coverage in the following key areas: palaeopathology, physical anthropology, epidemiology, chemical analysis, exploitation of animal resources, taphonomy. |