Hello Naomi!
How about
Baker&Brothwell 1980 Animal Diseases in Archaeology.
Bartsoiewicz, L., Van Neer, V. Lentacker A. 1997. Draught cattle: Their
osteological identification and history.
Prummel, W. Atlas for identification of foetal skeletal elements of
Cattle, Horses, Sheep and Pig.
Best regards,
Ylva
On Thu, 13 Sep 2012 10:30:11 +0200, Christian Küchelmann
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> Hi all,
>
> taking up Terry's note that Naomis initial question was to focus on
> publications that had impact beyond our subject I can first second
> Henriette that Norbert Benecke's book is percepted by lots of
> scientists and interested public far beyond archaeologists and
> zooarchaeologists (at least in the German speaking community).
>
> The 'Hunters or the Hunted?" will certainly stay a landmark (and an
> all time favourite of mine).
>
> Not much less important basics in my view are:
> Binford, Lewis Roberts (1981): Bones - Ancient Men and modern Myths,
> London
>
> Lyman, Roger Lee (1994): Vertebrate Taphonomy, Cambridge
>
> Shipman, Pat (1981): Life History of a Fossil – An Introduction to
> Taphonomy and Paleoecology, London
>
> and various papers by Anna Behrensmeyer like
> Behrensmeyer, Anna Kay & Hill, Andrew P. (1980): Fossils in the
> Making – Vertebrate Taphonomy and Paleoecology, Chicago
>
> and not to forget:
> Davis, Simon J. M. (1995): The Archaeology of Animals, London
> O'Connor, Terry (2000): the archaeology of animal bones, Stroud
>
> The more recent ones have most already mentioned by others except:
> O'Connor, Terry & Sykes, Naomi (2010): Extinctions and Invasions: A
> Social History of British Fauna, Oxford
> Which, I will be sure, will become a basic publication in zoology and
> ecology.
>
> Best
>
> Christian
>
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> Am 12.09.2012 um 18:19 schrieb Terry O'Connor:
>
>> Naomi's question was about published work that has had 'reach'
>> beyond zooarchaeology. I agree with Henriette that Benecke's Der
>> Mensch und seine Haustiere was an outstanding example. And, if it's
>> not too ancient to qualify, what about Bob Brain's The Hunters or
>> the Hunted?.
>>
>> Terry
>>
>>
>> Terry O'Connor
>> Professor of Archaeological Science
>> Department of Archaeology, University of York
>> Biology S Block, Heslington,
>> York YO10 5DD
>> +44-1943-328619
>> http://www.york.ac.uk/archaeology/staff/academic-staff/terry-oconnor/
>>
>> And see the blog at http://zooarchatyork.wordpress.com/author/
>> zooarchatyork/
>>
>>
>>
>> On 12 September 2012 16:34, Henriette Kroll <[log in to unmask]>
>> wrote:
>> Dear Naomi,
>>
>> I do not know how familiar the anglophone community is with the two
>> standard works Norbert Benecke wrote: "Der Mensch und seine
>> Haustiere" and "Archäozoologische Studien zur Entwicklung der
>> Haustierhaltung in Mitteleuropa und Südskandinavien von den
>> Anfängen bis zum ausgehenden Mittealter" (both 1994). They are, as
>> well as Sandor Bökönyis "A History of domestic Mammals in Central
>> and Eastern Europe", essential and very very useful, for non-
>> archaeozoologists especially the first mentioned one, as it
>> focusses strongly on the cultural history of human-animal-
>> relationships.
>>
>> Apart from that, I think that some ICAZ-books, especially those
>> with less zoological topics like "Behaviour behind bones" take the
>> right path.
>>
>> And I second the vote for Laszlo Bartosiewicz' paper: "There's
>> something rotten in the state..."
>>
>> What I liked too is: Susan deFrance, Zooarchaeology in Complex
>> Societies: Political Economy, Status and Ideology. J. Archaeol.
>> Res. (2009) 17: 105-168.
>>
>> All the best!
>> Henriette
>>
>>
>> Am 12.09.2012 um 15:16 schrieb Naomi Sykes:
>>
>> > 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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