Dear Sylvia,
In addition to those mentioned already you might like to look at the
following. There are more of course, but it depends where your
assemblage is from.
Gravendeel, R., Van Neer, W. & Brinkhuizen, D. 2002 An identification
key for dermal denticles of Rajidae from the North Sea. International
Journal of Osteoarchaeology 12, 420-441.
Watt, J., Pierce, G. J. & Boyle, P. R. 1997 A Guide to the
Identification of North Sea Fish Using Premaxillae and Vertebrae.
Copenhagen: International Council for the Exploration of the Sea.
Harkonen, T. 1986 Guide to the Otoliths of the Boney Fishes of the
Northeast Atlantic. Denmark: Danbui ApS.
Le Gall, O. 1984 L'exploitation de l'ichthyofaune par les Paléolithiques
quelques exemples. In 2nd Fish Osteoarchaeology Meeting (ed. N.
Desse-Berset), pp. 89-112. Paris: Centre National de la Recherche
Archeologique, Notes et Monographies Techniques 16. (useful for
Cyprinids)
There are also several useful guides produced in Madrid (by Eufrasia
Rosello for example).
All the best,
James Barrett
www.fishlab.org
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Subject: [ZOOARCH] fish bones and dermal denticles
Dear Zooarchers
I am currently looking at an assemblage which is entirely derived from
sieved samples. As such it is very rich in bird, small mammal and
particularly fish bones.
I am trying to track down useful references to use in conjunction with a
referecne collection to identify the fish bone.
I have had the follwoing suggestions but I'm having trouble tracking
them
down.
Lepiksaar, J. Osteologia. 1. Pisces. Göteborg 1981, 1983.
Libois, R.M., Hallet-Libois, C. and Roseaux, R. 1987. Éléments pour
l'identification des restes crâniens des poisons dulçaquicoles de
Belgique
et du
Nord de la France. 1. Anguilliformes, Gastérostéiformes,
Cyprinodontiformes
et
Perciformes. Fiches d'Ostéologie Animale pour l'Archéologie Série A
Poissons.
No. 3. CNRS. APDCA, Juan-les-Pins. (ISSN:0982-3824)
Suggestions of alternative references would also be helpful.
In addition to the vertebra and other bones from bony fish I have also
noticed a number of what I think are dermal denticles from cartilagenous
fish (little flat discs with projections that look like rose thorns) any
works on how to identify these would also be useful.
I apologise for asking so many questions in one message
Many Thanks
Sylvia
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