Lisa, You may wish to take a look at the Animal Palaeopathology Working Group's website at http://www.apwg.supanet.com/ They have a resources section, which includes a bibliography of animal palaeopathological literature. Stephanie Vann PhD Candidate School of Archaeology and Ancient History University of Leicester >From: Lisa Paulaharju <[log in to unmask]> >Reply-To: Lisa Paulaharju <[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: [ZOOARCH] North American references >Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2007 17:26:22 -0500 > >Hello everyone > >I have two white-tailed deer metacarpals and a carpal (radial/pyramidal) >that may be cases of fungal osteomyelitis resulting from blastomycosis. The >sample is from the Lawson Site (Late Ontario Iroquoian village dated ca. >1450-1500 AD, in London, Ontario) I was wondering if anyone knows of any >references dealing with animal diseases in archaeology, particularly with >respect to North America (even better, mid-west to eastern Canada and/or >the Great Lakes region)? I have the Baker and Brothwell (1980) book, but >it deals mainly with Old World domesticates. > >Any help would be greatly appreciated. > >Thanks, >Lisa Paulaharju >M. A. Candidate, Bioarchaeology >Dept. of Anthropology >University of Western Ontario >London, ON >Canada > > >--------------------------------- >All new Yahoo! Mail >--------------------------------- >Get news delivered. Enjoy RSS feeds right on your Mail page. _________________________________________________________________ Find Love This New Year With match.com! http://msnuk.match.com