Hi Jacqui,
Jim Williams put together a really useful document for the PZG meeting on microfauna. In it he references:
Andrews, P 1990 Owls, Caves and Fossils. Chicago: Chicago University Press.
Corbett, GB and Harris S 1991 The Handbook of British Mammals. Oxford: Blackwell
Fernandez-Jalvo, Y and Andrews P 1992 Small mammal taphonomy of Gran Dolina, Atapuerca (Burgos), Spain. Journal of Archaeological Science 19: 47-428.
Lawrence MJ and Brown, K W 1974 Mammals of Britain: Their Tracks, Trails and Signs. London: Blandford Press.
Fay
Fay Worley
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Subject: [ZOOARCH] small mammal bone id
Dear All,
You're such a helpful and responsive bunch that I hope you'll also be kind to a
lurking botanist!
Can you provide some basic literature references that would of use starting in
identification of small mammals - the types that lurk around granaries. Durham
has an excellent reference colllection but something to help me get into which
bones it's even worth trying to identify would be a good start. I assume not
vertebrae or ribs for examples but what about long bones? It's especially in
relation to small numbers of such bones that I have in bulk samples from
Vindolanda granaries - so, Roman military.
Thanks in advance for any help,
best wishes
Jacqui
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Jacqui Huntley
English Heritage NE Regional Science Advisor,
Honorary Research Associate
Department of Archaeology,
University of Durham
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