Research Problems in Zooarchaeology

Papers from an important conference on zooarchaeology, reflecting state-of-the-art work on the study of human relationship to animals in ancient times

Chapter 1 Micro-Evolutionary Studies in Animals: Their Relevance to Archaeology, R. J. Berry; Chapter 2 Population Studies on Molluscs in Relation to Environmental Archaeology, K. D. Thomas; Chapter 3 Interpreting Buried Land Snail Assemblages from Archaeological Sites - Problems and Progress, R. A. D. Cameron; Chapter 4 The Value of Insect Remains as Evidence of Ecological Conditions on Archaeological Sites, H. K. Kenward; Chapter 5 A System for the Recording and Processing of Data Relating to Animal Remains from Archaeological Sites, P. L. Armitage; Chapter 6 The Relevance of Small Mammal Studies to Archaeology, D. Brothwell, R. Jones; Chapter 7 A Multivariate Statistical analysis of Small Mammal Bones, I. Graham, Amanda Saunders; Chapter 8 Problems of Identification and Interpretation of Archaeological Fish Remains, A. Wheeler; Chapter 9 Mites and their Potential use in Archaeology, Susan Denford; Chapter 10 The Application of Fossil Insect Studies to the Somerset Levels, Maureen A. Girling; Chapter 11 Growth and Demography: Neglected Aspects of Mammal Studies in Relation to Archaeology, D. Brothwell; Chapter 12 The Interpretation of Epiphyseal Fusion Data, J. P. N. Watson; Chapter 13 Variation in Dental Attrition in Mammals and its Relevance to Age Estimation, Annie Grant; Chapter 14 The Differential Diagnosis of Bone Disease, J. R. Baker; Chapter 15 Research Problems Regarding the Domestication of South American Mammals, Heather Lownie; Chapter 16 Towards a Blueprint for Animal Bone Reports in Archaeology, Caroline Grigson; Chapter 17 Archaeozoology - or Zooarchaeology?, A. J. Legge; Chapter 18 Some Minor Skeletal differences in Sheep, Barbara Noddle; Chapter 19 Comparative Collections for Zooarchaeology, Jennie Coy;