I can't speak to whether or not such a database exists yet for Europe. But I do know that Russ Graham and Eric Grimm are revitalizing (and updating!) the FaunMap database. The new version will include a huge range of paleoecological data, including vertebrate faunas, beetle data, pollen, etc.
The updated version is called "Neotoma," and can be found at www.neotomadb.org
I've been working the past two years on getting Alaskan data input (hoping to go "live" with at least some of the data before the end of the year). If it hasn't already been done for the European data, I'm sure Graham and Grimm would love for someone to take on the task.....
---Mike
Michael A. Etnier, PhD
Applied Osteology
Bellingham, WA
www.appliedosteology.com
and
Department of Anthropology
University of Washington
Seattle, WA
http://faculty.washington.edu/metnier/
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> From: "François Lanoë" <[log in to unmask]>
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> Subject: [ZOOARCH] FAUNMAP - equivalent in Europe?
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> Dear Zooarchers,
>
> Reading Grund and colleagues (2012), and their interesting application of the FAUNMAP database to an archaeological question - I was wondering if such a database existed for Europe? I would be glad if anyone has information on this.
>
> Best,
> François
>
>
> FAUNMAP: http://www.museum.state.il.us/research/faunmap/aboutfaunmap.html
>
> Grund, B. S., Surovell, T. A. & Lyons, S. K. Range sizes and shifts of North American Pleistocene mammals are not consistent with a climatic explanation for extinction. World Archaeology 44, 43-55 (2012).
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> François B.J. Lanoë
> Ph.D. Student
> School of Anthropology
> University of Arizona
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