Research Catalog

Title

Zooarchaeology and field ecology : a photographic atlas / Jack M. Broughton and Shawn D. Miller ; foreword by Frank E. Bayham.

Author

Broughton, Jack M.

Publication

Salt Lake City : The University of Utah Press, [2016]

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Additional Authors

Miller, Shawn (Shawn D.)

Description

xvii, 201 pages, 16 pages of plates; 28 cm

Summary

"The only field guide and laboratory manual to cover both the osteology and the natural history of western North American vertebrates in a single volume This photographic atlas, developed over twenty years of teaching in the field, expedites the work of the zooarchaeologist by integrating both osteology and wildlife ecology into a single volume. Zooarchaeology, the study of animal remains found at archaeological sites, is interdisciplinary in nature, requiring students and researchers to not only master the technical skills of identifying fragmentary bones and teeth but also to develop a deep understanding of the taxonomy, natural history, behavior, and ecology of the species identified. Until now, these topics have always been treated separately. This book is the only field guide and laboratory manual to combine animal ecology and natural history with the detailed osteology of all the vertebrate classes (fishes, amphibians, birds, and mammals) and all the primary orders native to western North America. Skeletal images are shown at a variety of magnifications and views and are accompanied by photographs of the animals in their characteristic habitats"--

Uniform Title

Project Muse UPCC books

Subject

• Animal remains (Archaeology) > West (U.S.) > Pictorial works
• Animal remains (Archaeology) > Canada, Western > Pictorial works
• Natural history > West (U.S.) > Pictorial works
• Natural history > Canada, Western > Pictorial works
• Animal ecology > West (U.S.) > Pictorial works
• Animal ecology > Canada, Western > Pictorial works
• Animal remains (Archaeology) > West (U.S.) > Laboratory manuals
• Animal remains (Archaeology) > Canada, Western > Laboratory manuals
• Natural history > West (U.S.) > Laboratory manuals
• Natural history > Canada, Western > Laboratory manuals
• SOCIAL SCIENCE > General
• Animal ecology
• Animal remains (Archaeology)
• Natural history
• Western Canada
• West United States

Genre/Form

• Laboratory manuals.
• Pictorial works.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Fishes -- Amphibians -- Reptiles -- Mammals -- Birds -- Taphonomy and Bone Damage.

ISBN

• 9781607814856
• 1607814854
• 9781607814863 (canceled/invalid)

LCCN

^^2015045226

OCLC

934885652

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library