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OverviewQuantitative Paleozoology describes and illustrates how the remains of long-dead animals recovered from archaeological and paleontological excavations can be studied and analyzed. The methods range from determining how many animals of each species are represented to determining whether one collection consists of more broken and more burned bones than another. All methods are described and illustrated with data from real collections, while numerous graphs illustrate various quantitative properties. Full Product DetailsAuthor: R. Lee Lyman (University of Missouri, Columbia)Publisher: Cambridge University Press Imprint: Cambridge University Press (Virtual Publishing) ISBN: 9780511813863ISBN 10: 0511813864 Publication Date: 05 June 2012 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Tertiary & Higher Education , Professional & Vocational Format: Undefined Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock  We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of Contents1. Tallying and counting: fundamentals; 2. Estimating taxonomic abundances: NISP and MNI; 3. Estimating taxonomic abundances: other methods; 4. Sampling, recovery, and sample size; 5. Measuring the taxonomic structure and composition ('diversity') of faunas; 6. Skeletal completeness, frequencies of skeletal parts, and fragmentation; 7. Tallying for taphonomy: weathering, burning, corrosion, butchering; 8. Final thoughts.ReviewsQuantitative Paleozoology is practical and useful, and does exactly what it is meant to do-provide a clearly-organized and well-cited reference manual that both students and professionals in zooarchaeology and paleontology (collectively referred to as 'paleozoology') can pick up, understand, and implement. --PaleoAnthropology Author InformationR. Lee Lyman is Professor of Anthropology at the University of Missouri-Columbia. A scholar of late Quaternary paleomammology and human prehistory of the Pacific Northwest United States, he is the author of Vertebrate Taphonomy and most recently coedited Zooarchaeology and Conservation Biology. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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