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Hi Jillian,

Sounds like a great project! I have studied several freshwater fish assemblages from late Pleistocene Western Europe. Here is a list of references that I can think of, it does include marine fish as well as freshwater. I will send pdfs (I have most of them) off list, just let me know which ones you would like.

All the best, Hannah

Broughton, J. M., V. I. Cannon, S. Arnold, R. J. Bogiatto & K. Dalton 2006. The taphonomy of owl-deposited fish remains and the origin of the Homestead Cave ichthyofauna. Journal of Taphonomy 4(2): 69-95.

Bullock, A. E. & A. K. G. Jones 1998. Dispersal of fish waste. Internet Archaeology 4.

Butler, V. L. 1987. Distinguishing natural from cultural salmonid deposits in the Pacific Northwest of North America. In D. T. Nash and M. D. Petraglia (eds) Natural Formation Processes and the Archaeological Record: 131-149. BAR International Series 352. Oxford: Archaeopress.

Butler, V. L. 1990. Distinguishing natural from cultural salmonid deposits in Pacific Northwest North America. PhD Thesis. Seattle: University of Washington.

Butler, V. L. 1993. Natural versus cultural salmonid remains: origin of the Dalles Roadcut bones, Columbia River, Oregon, U.S.A. Journal of Archaeological Science 20: 1-24.

Butler, V. L. 1996. Tui chub taphonomy and the importance of marsh resources in the western Great Basin of North America. American Antiquity 61: 699-717.

Butler, V. L. & J. C. Chatters 1994. The role of bone density in structuring Prehistoric salmon bone assemblages. Journal of Archaeological Science 21: 413-424.

Butler, V. L. & R. A. Schroeder 1998. Do digestive processes leave diagnostic traces on fish bones? Journal of Archaeological Science 25: 957-971.

Campbell, M. 2005. The taphonomy of fish bone from archaeological sites in East Otago, New Zealand. Archaeofauna 14: 129-137.

Carvajal-Contreras, D. R., R. Cooke & M. Jimenez 2008. Taphonomy at two contiguous coastal rockshelters in Panama: Preliminary observations focusing on fishing and curing fish. Quaternary International 180: 90-106.

Chen, P. F. 2000. Using fish taphonomy to reconstruct the environment of ancient Shanwang Lake. Advances in Ecological Research 31: 483-496.

Elder, R. L. & G. R. Smith 1984. Fish taphonomy and paleoecology. Geobios 17(1): 287-291.

Elder, R. L. & G. R. Smith 1988. Fish taphonomy and environmental inference in paleolimnology. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimateology, Palaeoecology 62: 577-592.

Erlandson, J. M. 2001. The archaeology of aquatic adaptations: Paradigms for a new Millennium. Journal of Archaeological Research 9(4): 287-349.

Erlandson, J. M. & M. L. Moss 2001. Shellfish feeders, carrion eaters and the archaeology of aquatic adaptations. American Antiquity 66(3): 413-432.

Erlandson, J. M., T. C. Rick, P. W. Collins & D. A. Guthrie 2007. Archaeological implications of a bald eagle nesting site at Ferrelo Point, San Miguel Island, California. Journal of Archaeological Science 34: 255-271.

Jones, A. K. G. 1984. Some effects of the mammalian digestive system on fish bones. In N. Desse-Berset (ed.) 2nd Fish Osteoarchaeology Meeting: 61-65. Paris: Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique.

Jones, A. K. G. 1986. Fish bone survival in the digestive systems of the pig, dog and man: some experiments. In D. C. Brinkhuizen and A. T. Clason (eds) Fish and Archaeology; Studies in osteometry, taphonomy, seasonality and fishing methods: 53-61. BAR International Series 294. Oxford: Archaeopress.

Jones, A. K. G. 1990. Experiments with fish bones and otoliths: implications for the reconstruction of past diet and economy. In D. E. Robinson (ed.) Experimentation and Reconstruction in Environmental Archaeology: 143-146. Oxford: Oxbow Books.

Jones, A. K. G. 1999. Walking the cod: An investigation into the relative robustness of cod, Gadus morhua, skeletal elements. Internet Archaeology 7

Lubinski, P. M. 1996. Fish heads, fish heads: An experiment on differential bone preservation in a salmonid fish. Journal of Archaeological Science 23: 175-181.

Moss, M. L. & J. M. Erlandson 2002. Animal agency and coastal archaeology. American Antiquity 67(2): 367-369.

Nichol, R. K. & C. J. Wild 1984. "Numbers of individuals" in faunal analysis: the decay of fish bone in archaeological sites. Journal of Archaeological Science 11: 35-51.

Nicholson, R. A. 1992. An assessment of the value of bone density measurements to archaeoichthyological studies. International Journal of Osteoarchaeology 2: 139-154.

Nicholson, R. A. 1992. Bone survival: The effects of sedimentary abrasion and trampling on fresh and cooked bone. International Journal of Osteoarchaeology 2(1): 79-90.

Nicholson, R. A. 1993. An investigation into the effects on fish bone on passage through the human gut: some experiments and comparisons with archaeological material. Circaea 10: 38-51.

Nicholson, R. A. 1993. A morphological investigaton of burnt animal bone and an evaluation of its utility in archaeology. Journal of Archaeological Science 20(4): 411-428.

Nicholson, R. A. 1995. Out of the frying pan into the fire: what value are burnt fish bones to archaeology? Archaeofauna 4: 47-64.

Nicholson, R. A. 1996. Bone degradation, burial medium and species representation: debunking the myths, an experiment-based approach. Journal of Archaeological Science 23: 513-533.

Nicholson, R. A. 1996. Fish bone diagenesis in different soils. Archaeofauna 5: 79-91.

Nicholson, R. A. 1998. Bone degradation in a compost heap. Journal of Archaeological Science 25: 393-403.

Nicholson, R. A. 1999. Fish remains from excavations near the riverfront at Newcastle upon Tyne, England. Internet Archaeology 7

Nicholson, R. A. 2000. Otter (Lutra lutra L.) spraint: an investigation into possible sources of small fish bones at coastal archaeological sites. In J. P. Huntley and S. Stallibrass (eds) Taphonomy and Interpretation: 55-64. Oxford: Oxbow.

Russ, H. 2006. Fish remains from Grotta di Pozzo; an Epigravettian cave site in the Apeninnes, central Italy. Division of Archaeological, Geographical and Environmental Sciences MSc thesis. Bradford: University of Bradford.

Russ, H. 2008. Taphonomic processes and human accumulations of fish remains at Palaeolithic sites in Europe. Grotto di Pozzo: a case study. In P. Béarez, S. Grouard and B. Clavel (eds) Archéologie du poisson. 30 ans d’archéo-ichtyologie au CNRS Hommage aux travaux de Jean Desse et Nathalie Desse-Berset XXVIIIe rencontres internationales d’archéologie et d’histoire d’Antibes: 295-300. Antibes: Éditions APDCA.

Russ, H. 2010. The Eurasian eagle owl (Bubo bubo): a fish bone accumulator on Pleistocene cave sites? Journal of Taphonomy 8(4): 281-290.

Russ, H., R. E. Donahue & A. K. G. Jones 2008. Trout Processing in the Upper Palaeolithic? In N. Sykes and C. Newton (eds) Food and Drink in Archaeology I: University of Nottingham Postgraduate Conference 2007: 167-169. Totnes: Prospect Books.

Russ, H. & A. K. G. Jones 2009. Late Upper Palaeolithic fishing in the Fucino Basin, central Italy, a detailed analysis of the fish remains from Grotta di Pozzo. Environmental Archaeology 14(2): 151-158.

Russ, H. & A. K. G. Jones 2011. Fish bones in cave deposits; how did they get there? Cave and Karst Science 38(3): 57-60.

Trueman, C. N., M. J. Benton & M. R. Palmer 2003. Geochemical taphonomy of shallow marine vertebrate assemblages. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 197(3-4): 151-169.

Van Neer, W. & A. M. Morales 1992. "Fish Middens": Anthropogenic accumulations of fish remains and their bearing on archaeoichthyological analysis. Journal of Archaeological Science 19: 683-695.

Zohar, I. & M. Belmaker 2005. Size does matter: methodological comments on sieve size and species richness in fishbone assemblages. Journal of Archaeological Science 32: 635-641.

Zohar, I., M. Belmaker, D. Nadel, S. Gafny, M. Goren, I. Hershkovitz & T. Dayan 2008. The living and the dead: How do taphonomic processes modify relative abundance and skeletal completeness of freshwater fish? Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 258(4): 292-316.

Zohar, I., T. Dayan, E. Galili & E. Spanier 2001. Fish processing during the early Holocene: A taphonomic case study from coastal Israel. Journal of Archaeological Science 28: 1041-1053.

From: Jillian Garvey <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Tuesday, 12 February 2013, 8:36
Subject: [ZOOARCH] Fish identification and taphonomy references

Dear list,

I am studying Late Pleistocene (freshwater) fish bone from heaths at Lake Mungo, Australia, and are after the best general guide for fish bone identification, and also any general fish taphonomy references? If you have a PDF that would be even better.

Thank you in advance,

Jillian

Dr Jillian Garvey

ARC DECRA Fellow
Archaeology Program

CRICOS Provider 00115M

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