Hindsight is a wonderful thing and it's easy to see why Payne, Binford and
Legge & Rowley-Conwy are so well regarded when those papers/books are still
cited so frequently today.
Did our profession peak 20-30 years ago? No. Yes, we have problems, but so
does every discipline. Where zooarchaeologists are at the forefront of
research in the 21st century then, impacting research beyond our own field
(and some of these have already been mentioned):
Barrett J.H., Johnstone C., Harland J., Van Neer W., Ervynck A., Makowiecki
D., Heinrich D., Hufthammer A.K., Enghoff I.B., Amundsen C., Christiansen
J.S., Jones A.K.G., Locker A., Hamilton-Dyer S., Jonsson L., Lõugas L.,
Roberts C., and Richards M. (2008). Detecting the medieval cod trade: A new
method and first results. Journal of Archaeological Science, 35(4):pp.
850–861
Craig, O.E., Taylor, G., Mulville, J., Collins, M.J., Parker Pearson, M.,
2005. The identifcation of prehistoric dairying activities in the Western
Isles of Scotland: an integrated biomolecular approach. Journal of
Archaeological Science 32, 91–103.
Gifford-Gonzalez, D.P., 2000. Animal Disease Challenges to the Emergence of
Pastoralism in Sub-Saharan Africa. African Archaeological Review 17, 95–139.
Larson, G., Dobney, K.M., Albarella, U., Fang, M., Matisoo-Smith, E.,
Robins, J., Lowden, S., Finlayson, H., Brand, T., Willerslev, E.,
Rowley-Conwy, P., Andersson, L., Cooper, A., 2005. Multiple Centers of Pig
Domestication Worldwide Phylogeography of Wild Boar Reveals. Science 307,
1618–21.
Outram, A.K., Stear, N.A., Bendrey, R., Olsen, S.L., Kasparov, A., Zaibert,
V., Thorpe, N., Evershed, R.P., 2009. The earliest horse harnessing and
milking. Science 323, 1332–5.
Pluskowski, A., Boas, A. and Gerrard, C. (2011) The ecology of crusading:
investigating the environmental impact of holy war and colonisation at the
frontiers of medieval Europe.Medieval Archaeology, 55. pp. 192-225
Sykes, N.J., 2007. The Norman conquest: a zoological perspective, BAR
Intern. ed. Archaeopress Ltd., Oxford.
Sykes, N.J., Baker, K.H., Carden, R.F., Higham, T.F.G., Hoelzel, A.R.,
Stevens, R,E. (2011) New evidence for the establishment and management of
the European fallow deer (Dama dama dama) in Roman Britain. Journal of
Archaeological Science, 38, (1): pp. 156-165
Thomas, R. 2009. Bones of contention: why later post-medieval assemblages of
animal bones matter, pp. 133-148, in Horning, A. and Palmer, M. (eds.)
Crossing Paths or Sharing Tracks: Future Directions in the Archaeological
Study of Post-1550 Britain and Ireland. Woodbridge: Boydell and Brewer Ltd.
Viner, S.M., Evans, J.A., Albarella, U., Parker Pearson, M., 2010. Cattle
mobility in prehistoric Britain: strontium isotope analysis of cattle teeth
from Durrington Walls (Wiltshire, Britain). Journal of Archaeological
Science 37, 2812–2820.
I'm sure others can think of many more example: both some that I've
neglected to mention and others from parts of the world/periods I'm less
familiar with.
Best regards,
Lee G. Broderick. BA (Hons), MSc, FZS
Zooarchaeologist
www.zooarchaeology.co.uk
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Subject: Re: [ZOOARCH] An opportunity for self-congratulation
The votes are already pouring in.
I can report that Binford's Nunamiut Ethnoarchaeology has taken an early
lead, with Payne's 1973 kill-off patterns following in second place.
Did we peak in the 70/80s or do we only recognise brilliance with hindsight?
I'll throw in Outram et al.s 2009 paper on horse domestication - genius!
Keep them coming and I'll collate them and report back.
Naomi
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Dear all,
I'm contemplating our profession and I would like to canvass opinion...
What articles, paper etc spring to your mind as examples that show
zooarchaeologists to be at the forefront of mainstream archaeological
research, rather than acting as supporting 'specialists'?
I suppose I'm asking for examples, from anywhere in the world and relating
to any period, of papers/articles that make you feel proud to be a
zooarchaeologist.
The only rule to my query is that you can not vote for yourself - it goes
without saying that we are, of course, all doing great things!
I'll kick-off by suggesting Legge and Rowley-Conwy's (1988) Star Carr
Revisited.
Any other suggestions?
Thanks is advance,
Naomi
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Department of Archaeology
University of Nottingham
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