Paleozoology and Paleoenvironments: Fundamentals, Assumptions, Techniques

Author:   J. Tyler Faith (University of Utah) ,  R. Lee Lyman (University of Missouri, Columbia)
Publisher:   Cambridge University Press
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9781108480352


Pages:   412
Publication Date:   21 February 2019
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   J. Tyler Faith (University of Utah) ,  R. Lee Lyman (University of Missouri, Columbia)
Publisher:   Cambridge University Press
Imprint:   Cambridge University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 18.30cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 26.00cm
Weight:   1.010kg
ISBN:  

9781108480352


ISBN 10:   1108480357
Pages:   412
Publication Date:   21 February 2019
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

1. Why a book on paleoenvironmental reconstruction from faunal remains?; 2. Fundamentals of ecology and biogeography; 3. Analytical assumptions; 4. Background of select paleozoological samples; 5. Environmental reconstructions based on the presence/absence of taxa; 6. Environmental reconstruction based on taxonomic abundances; 7. Taxon-free techniques; 8. Environmental inferences based on taxonomic diversity; 9. Transfer functions and quantitative paleoenvironmental reconstruction; 10. Size clines as paleoenvironmental indicators; 11. Some final thoughts.

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'This volume offers students and professionals in zooarchaeology, paleontology, and paleoecology an important resource.' L. T. Spencer, Choice '... Faith and Lyman have succeeded in pioneering paleoenvironmental reconstruction via faunabased methods. Aimed primarily at upper-level students of ecology, zooarcheology, and paleontology, the book remains accessible to other readers interested in the subject. Every chapter keeps one foot in the historical past and another in the geologic past while keeping the focus on modern applications (and beyond). This volume will be an indispensable companion to both paleontologists and neonatologists interested in understanding past, present, and future environments.' Jeremy B. Stout, The Quarterly Review of Biology 'This volume offers students and professionals in zooarchaeology, paleontology, and paleoecology an important resource.' L. T. Spencer, Choice '... Faith and Lyman have succeeded in pioneering paleoenvironmental reconstruction via faunabased methods. Aimed primarily at upper-level students of ecology, zooarcheology, and paleontology, the book remains accessible to other readers interested in the subject. Every chapter keeps one foot in the historical past and another in the geologic past while keeping the focus on modern applications (and beyond). This volume will be an indispensable companion to both paleontologists and neonatologists interested in understanding past, present, and future environments.' Jeremy B. Stout, The Quarterly Review of Biology


'This volume offers students and professionals in zooarchaeology, paleontology, and paleoecology an important resource.' L. T. Spencer, Choice 'This volume offers students and professionals in zooarchaeology, paleontology, and paleoecology an important resource.' L. T. Spencer, Choice


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J. Tyler Faith is curator of archaeology at the Natural History Museum of Utah and assistant professor of anthropology at the University of Utah. His research emphasizes the relationships between Quaternary mammal communities, environmental change, and human-environment interactions, with an emphasis on eastern and southern Africa. R. Lee Lyman is emeritus professor of anthropology at the University of Missouri, Columbia. A scholar of late Quaternary paleozoology and human prehistory of the Pacific Northwest United States, he is author of Vertebrate Taphonomy (Cambridge, 1994), Quantitative Paleozoology (Cambridge, 2008), and Theodore E. White and the Development of Zooarchaeology in North America (2016).

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