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Dear Zooarchers, Registration is now open for our three-day Understanding Zooarchaeology Short Course, which is taking place for the eighth time in the Department of Archaeology, University of Sheffield. It is an ideal introductory, or refresher , course for anyone with an interest in the field. When: 7 - 9 th April 201 4 Cost : £1 80 /£1 2 0 (student/unwaged) The course will include lectures, discussion and hands on practical classes. Participants will begin to develop the skills necessary to: • U nderstand the principles of excavating animal bones. • Care for and store bones after excavation. • Identify different species from their bones and teeth. • Age and sex bones. • Recognize taphonomy, butchery and pathology. • Understand how zooarchaeological material is analysed and quantified. • Interpret site reports and zooarchaeological literature. For further information please see: http://www.shef.ac.uk/archaeology/research/zooarchaeology-lab/short-course You can contact us at : [log in to unmask] To register please go to: http://onlineshop.shef.ac.uk/browse/extra_info.asp?compid=1&modid=1&deptid=5&catid=40&prodvarid=468 We have had excellent feedback from participants on past courses. Andrew Lawson, Trainee Biological Curator at Manchester Museum, who attended one of our previous course s gives his review in his blog: http://traineecurator.wordpress.com/2012/04/23/sheffield-zooarchaeology- training-course/ You can also follow us on Facebook at: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Sheffield-Zooarchaeology-Short-Course/100619023380021?ref=hl Please forward this information to anyone who you think might be interested. Apologies for cross-posting Many thanks, The Zooarchaeology Team, University of Sheffield -- Umberto Albarella Department of Archaeology University of Sheffield Northgate House West Street Sheffield S1 4ET United Kingdom Telephone: (+) 44 (0) 114 22 22 943 Fax: (+) 44 (0) 114 27 22 563 http://www.sheffield.ac.uk/archaeology/people/albarella For MSc in Osteoarchaeology see: http://www.shef.ac.uk/archaeology/postgraduate/masters/courses-available/osteoarchaeology For Zooarchaeology short course see: http://www.shef.ac.uk/archaeology/research/zooarchaeology-lab/short-course For Archaeologists for Global Justice (AGJ) see: http://agj.group.shef.ac.uk/ "only when the last tree has died and the last river been poisoned and the last fish been caught we will realise we cannot eat money"