Dear Alzola,
I defined zones for fish bones in an internal Fishlab document some
years ago, which have been incorporated into the graphical interface of
the York System zooarchaeological database programmed by Jen Harland
(see below). If you choose not to use the database itself, the zone
diagrams can be printed from the html help file. These diagrams are
based on a gadid (cod family) standard, but can be applied to any
species with comparable morphology. A more detailed set showing
inter-taxonomic variability is in the works, but it may be some time
before it is published.
The York system includes bird and mammal zones based on earlier
Environmental Archaeology Unit standards developed by Dobney et al. If
you contact Jen ([log in to unmask]) directly she has also worked on a
custom version with some reptile zones developed for work at Niah Cave.
The York System is currently available to download from Internet
Archaeology (by subscription). A Version 2, correcting a number of minor
glitches in the original, has also been produced and will soon be
available on-line through a dedicated website. The Internet Archaeology
reference and URL is:
Harland, J. F., J. H. Barrett, J. Carrott, K. Dobney, and D. Jaques.
2003. The York System: An integrated zooarchaeological database for
research and teaching. Internet Archaeology 13:
http://intarch.ac.uk/journal/issue13/harland_index.html.
All the best,
James
www.fishlab.org
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Subject: [ZOOARCH] Diagnostic Zones
Dear All,
Could anyone recommend a good source for diagnostic zones of bird,
reptile and fish bones?
Thanks!
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A. Alzola Romero, MPhil
St Peter's College, Oxford OX1 2DL
United Kingdom
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