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Dear Teresa & Zooarchers, I'm sure many of you will make the same suggestion, but there really is no substitute for keeping your eye on the roads for roadkill! Yes roadkill often has some undesirable breakage, but as a source of many animals you won't normally see, i think it's unbeatable. There are of course other ways, and i would suggest making contact directly with wildlife rangers at nature reserves, game wardens, things like that. Thirdly, it's always worth asking any museums if they can have a look in their freezer for you. Many museums traditionally keep specimens for taxidermy and other purposes, but as with most of us archaeozoologists - we tend to end up with more corpses than we really want! The key is to actually go and visit people and ask them if they can help you there and then, rather than writing to busy people and waiting for an answer. Good luck in building your collection! cheers Chris Dr Chris Gleed-Owen Research & Monitoring Officer The Herpetological Conservation Trust 655A Christchurch Road Boscombe Bournemouth Dorset BH1 4AP tel: 01202 391319 fax: 01202 392785 mob: 07810 770560 -----Original Message----- From: Analysis of animal remains from archaeological sites [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Teresa Steele Sent: 15 October 2004 09:10 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: [ZOOARCH] Skeletal comparative collections Dear Zooarch list, I have just moved into a new position, and I am starting a zooarchaeology lab at my new Institute. One of the first things we need to do is to build our comparative collection, of course. Can anyone suggest good resources for obtaining comparative specimens, particularly mammals? Does anyone know of a skeletal collection that is looking for a new home? At the moment, we are most interested in native European mammals, but we will consider any available specimens. Thank you and best wishes, Teresa Steele ===== Dr. Teresa E. Steele Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology Department of Human Evolution Deutscher Platz 6 04103 Leipzig, Germany +49 (0) 341 - 35 50 364 [log in to unmask] www.eva.mpg.de/evolution