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LISTSERV Web Interface 16.52024-03-19T00:38:09ZMayfield-Loomis, Jay2024-03-19T00:38:03+00:002024-03-19T00:38:03+00:00Request for ID help - Avianhttps://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/wa-jisc.exe?A2=ZOOARCH;a37f727e.2403Hello all!<br><br>I was wondering if anyone had any ideas on what this may belong to? Its associated with Queen Anne's Revenge so it's likely something along the coast of eastern North America or Europe (around France).<br><br>Thanks,<br>Jay Pearson, Elizabeth2024-03-18T15:09:25+00:002024-03-18T15:09:25+00:00Re: [WCC EXTERNAL]RE: [ZOOARCH] Re: [ZOOARCH] Selection strategies for archiving animal bone assemblageshttps://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/wa-jisc.exe?A2=ZOOARCH;35ee3023.2403Hi Polydora,<br><br>Thanks very much. I must have overlooked this, but it is useful.<br><br>It definitely is true that many museums have little capacity to help a researcher with specialist material, so if the accompanying documentation (mentioned in the guidelines) are sent with the animal bone, it will help a great deal – we have a form to fill in for archiving projects which we could improve with some prompts. I suspect that the more we’re challenged with this issue (I know it’s regrettable), but the more we’re likely to end up with a degree of consensus. [...]Baker, Polydora2024-03-18T09:43:32+00:002024-03-18T09:43:32+00:00Re: [WCC EXTERNAL]Re: [ZOOARCH] Selection strategies for archiving animal bone assemblageshttps://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/wa-jisc.exe?A2=ZOOARCH;1270e2b7.2403Hi Liz and all, adding to this thread abit late, and echoing many of the comments and concerns, we provide some guiding principles regarding retention in the Animal Bones and Archaeology Guidelines (https://historicengland.org.uk/images-books/publications/animal-bones-and-archaeology/):<br>• minimising loss of information<br>• be developed for specific circumstances (eg site type, preservation, etc)<br>• involve a range of experts (eg biochem) to assess impact of a policy – this would consider information potential in the light of developing methodologies, developing theory, improved understanding of archaeological record, eg through regional reviews and frameworks, rerecording using comparable methods, testing previous hypotheses, previous inadequate reporting)<br>• consider [...]