Intro to Zooarchaeology and More Free Books
Publisher Springer has temporarily made hundreds of textbooks available to download for free during the coronavirus pandemic. For archaeologists, there’s…
Free Books from the Cotsen Institute of Archaeology
Several archaeology books from the backlist at the Cotsen Institute at UCLA are available for free download: An Archaeologist’s Guide…
Zooarchaeology for Free: Antiquity’s Online Collection
Pet cats, hunting dogs, and underwater mammoths: the journal Antiquity has assembled a group of recent zooarchaeology articles and made…
Urban Archaeology and Foodways in South Carolina
New book review of Charleston: An Archaeology of Life in a Coastal Community by Martha Z. Zierden and Elizabeth J.…
Fox Squirrel (Sciurus niger) from a Nineteenth Century Archaeological Site in New Jersey
There are no confirmed historic records of fox squirrel from New Jersey, although it is present in surrounding states. One…
Early Hominins and Meat-Eating
Comprehensive review article on use of meat by early hominins from The American Scientist.
Worked Bone Archaeology Book Published
The Worked Bone Research Group, part of the International Council for Archaeozoology (ICAZ) has just published the proceedings from the…
Unalaska Animal Bones May Get Dumped
Well, this could turn out badly. Hopefully the zooarchaeologist is using hyperbole to encourage Fish and Wildlife to figure out…
3D Printing of Passenger Pigeon “Artifictions”
Just published and open access is a new article that demonstrates the value and potential of 3D scanning and printing…
Nominate a Female Zooarchaeologist for the Dienje Kenyon Memorial Fellowship
Open to female zooarchaeologists currently enrolled in graduate school, the Dienje Kenyon Memorial Fellowship includes a $1,000 award and a…