Steve,
As on of Blumenschine's subjects for the "blind tests"
in your reference list, I will throw in the following:
Butchery analysis is difficult to learn by reading
journal articles alone. Having a teacher like
Blumenschine and a comparative collection is key for
learning this (any many other related) analysis.
-April
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April M. Beisaw, RPA
Zooarchaeology and Taphonomy Consulting
http://www.taphonomy.com
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--- Steve Ashby <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> It's interesting to see what the limits of butchery
> anlysis might be. See:
>
> Blumenschine 1996. ?Blind Tests of Inter-analyst
> Correspondence and
> Accuracy in the Identification of Cut Marks,
> Percussion Marks, and Carnivore
> Tooth Marks on Bone Surfaces?, Journal of
> Archaeological Science 23:493-507.
>
> Gobalet, K.W. 2001. ?A Critique of Faunal Analysis:
> Inconsistency among
> Experts in Blind Tests?, Journal of Archaeological
> Science 28:377-86.
>
>
> If you are looking at interpretation as well as
> identification, it rather
> depends what contexts you want to look at: high
> level society, or
> hunter-gatherers, for example?
>
> It may be interesting to look at skinning marks
> (e.g. on dogs and cats).
>
> For understanding meat distribution, Pam Crabtree's
> papers are very useful:
>
> Crabtree, P.J. 1990. ?Zooarchaeology and Complex
> Societies: Some Uses of
> Faunal Analysis for the Study of Trade, Social
> Status and Ethnicity?,
> 155-205 in M.B. Schiffer (ed.), Archaeology: Method
> and Theory 2., Tucson,
> University of Arizona Press.
>
> Crabtree, P.J. 1996. ?Production and Consumption in
> an Early Complex
> Society: Animal Use in Middle Saxon East Anglia?,
> World Archaeology 28
> (1):58-75.
>
> Also plenty of things by Terry O'Connor, and Mark
> Maltby.
>
>
> For fish, a good starting point is:
>
> Barrett, J.H., Nicholson, R.A., and Cerón-Carrasco,
> R. 1999.
> ?Archaeo-ichthyological Evidence for Long-term
> Socioeconomic Trends in
> Northern Scotland: 3500 BC to AD 1500?, Journal of
> Archaeological Science
> 26:353-88.
>
>
>
> Some interesting work on bone destruction has been
> done by Alan Outram, (I
> think in J.Arch Sci).
>
> Hope something in here is of use
>
> Steve
> -----Original Message-----
> From: DEBZ <[log in to unmask]>
> To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: Thursday, October 18, 2001 3:33 PM
> Subject: Butchery
>
>
> >Hello,
> >Im currently doing research for my undergraduate
> dissertation on the
> >identification of butchery marks on animal bone
> assemblages. I was
> >wondering if anyone on the list can give me any
> references to any good
> >publications?
> >
> >Thanks DEBZ
> >
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