Zooarchaeology

Indiana University Zooarchaeology Laboratory - Profile of this laboratory whose purpose is to accumulate skeletal remains of indigenous animal species to facilitate identification of faunal materials from Indiana and contiguous states.
http://www.indiana.edu/~zooarch/home.html

Florida Museum of Natural History - Zooarchaeology Comparative Collection - Skeletons of vertebrates and exoskeletons of mollusks and crustaceans from the southeastern United States, the West Indies, the circum-Caribbean area, and northwestern South America. Collection databases and contact information.
http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/databases/zooarch/intro.htm

Wyoming State Archaeologist's Office Zooarchaeology Lab - The laboratory is primarily designed to provide comparative osteological specimens to zooarchaeologists working in Wyoming and the surrounding region. Species lists and related links.
http://wyoarchaeo.state.wy.us/zooarchlab.html

NABO: Zooarchaeology Working Group - NABO is an interdisciplinary, international, non-governmental regional research cooperative that works to serv e scholars interested in the interactions of humans and changing landscapes across the North Atlantic region
http://www.geo.ed.ac.uk/nabo/zooarch.html

Alaska Consortium of Zooarchaeologists - Volunteer organization dedicated to improving the comparative collection at the University of Alaska Anchorage. Offers workshops, presents papers, sponsors symposia, and produces publications.
http://www.akzooarch.org/

Computerised Bone Templates - Presents an approach to the computerized recording of graphical zooarchaeological data using digital image templates and graphic software packages.
http://www.archaeographica.com

Canadian Zooarchaeology - A forum for topics of interest to zooarchaeologists working in Canada, and abroad. Regular and special feature articles are complemented by a variety of listings and exchanges.
http://www.nature.ca/prodserv/journals/canzooarch_e.cfm#targ2

International Journal of Osteoarchaeology - Provides a forum for the publication of papers dealing with all aspects of the study of human and animal bones from archaeological contexts. Including coverage in the following key areas: palaeopathology, physical anthropology, epidemiology, chemical analysis, exploitation of animal resources, taphonomy.
http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/5488/home

Zooarchaeology Information and Resources - Provides links to faunal analysis resources for zooarchaeology professionals across North America. Includes books, references, and web links.
http://www.zooarch.com

Grahame Clark Laboratory for Zooarchaeology - Profile of the laboratory at the University of Cambridge. Includes staff profiles and brief descriptions of research projects.
http://www.arch.cam.ac.uk/clark/

MSc in Zooarchaeology - Overview of University of York graduate program.
http://www.york.ac.uk/depts/arch/gsp/zooarch/welcome.htm

ArchNet: Faunal Resources - Links related to identification of animal remains.
http://archnet.asu.edu/topical/Selected_Topics/Faunal%20&%20Zooarchaeology.php

University of Alberta Zooarchaeology Laboratory - The Zooarchaeology Reference Collection consists of over 700 animal skeletons of Alberta and arctic vertebrate species, domesticates, and a small number of mollusc specimens. Specimens list, resources for students and instructors, and volunteer programs.
http://www.ualberta.ca/~sharpham/zooarch2.htm

Did Carolina Dogs Arrive With Ancient Americans? - From National Geographic, Carolina Dog live much like the dogs of ancient times, suggesting to researchers that they may be America's most primitive dogs with roots that could stretch back across the ancient Asia-America land bridge. <small>(March 11, 2003)</small>
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2003/03/0311_030311_firstdog.html

Archaeozoology in New Zealand - Contains detailed information on several current research projects in New Zealand.
http://www.cs.otago.ac.nz/research/foss/Archaeozoology/index.htm

University of Maine Zooarchaeology Laboratory - The zooarchaeology laboratory includes an extensive modern comparative skeletal collection of Northeastern and Southwestern fauna. Current research projects and contact information.
http://climatechange.umaine.edu/Research/facilities/zoo/

UCLA Zooarchaeology Laboratory - Profile of this laboratory which maintains a collection of fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals, native and domestic, from California, Central America, and Peru.
http://www.sscnet.ucla.edu/ioa/labs/zooarch/zooarch.html

BoneCommons - Online community for zooarchaeology.
http://www.alexandriaarchive.org/icaz/icazForum/index.php

Bibliography of Foodways and Zooarchaeology on Historical Sites - Compiled by William Hampton Adams.
http://www.mtsu.edu/~kesmith/TNARCHNET/Pubs/foodbib.html

Ancient Biomolecules Centre - University of Oxford research center in the Departments of Zoology and Biological Anthropology. Projects include research on Phylogenetics, Pathogens, and Beringian permafrost.
http://www.chem.ox.ac.uk/oxfordtour/abc/index.html

Archeozoo - Collaborative content site organized around sections that can contain numerous articles and links.
http://www.archeozoo.org/en

Late Prehistoric Subsistence in Central Indiana - Report on the faunal remains from three prehistoric sites in Indiana by Rexford C. Garniewicz.
http://www.gbl.indiana.edu/abstracts/97/97_ap3bun.html

The Fish Bones from Orford, Suffolk - Report prepared by Mark Beech and Charlie Stokes for the Suffolk County Council Archaeological Service. Includes abstract and link to order full report.
http://www-users.york.ac.uk/~mjb117/orford.htm

Zooarchaeology In Sarasota County - Popular press article which serves as an introduction to zooarchaeology.
http://www.co.sarasota.fl.us/historical_resources/archaeology/zooarch.asp

Seasonality Bibliography - A selected bibliography of studies related to determining seasonality from bone remains.
http://www.uta.edu/anthropology/seasonality/bibliography.html

English Heritage Professional Zooarchaeology Group - Aim is to facilitate the exchange of ideas between those within universities and those working within units or as freelancers.
http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/server/show/nav.9066

Dig Discovery is Oldest 'Pet Cat' - From BBC, oldest known evidence of people keeping cats as pets may have been discovered by archaeologists. <small>(April 8, 2004)</small>
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/3611453.stm

Archaeofauna - Publishes yearly papers of archaeozoological nature, in the widest sense of the term not just in the strictly biological one. Includes abstracts of all ten volumes produced to date.
http://www.uam.es/otros/paleofau/RevistaArchaeofauna.htm

ICAZ Animal Palaeopathology Working Group - Palaeopathology forum and downloadable bibliography [DOC format].
http://www.apwg.supanet.com/

Caerwent Animal Bone Remains - Kevin Smith's Dissertation on the faunal remains recovered from 4th century deposits in the Romano-British town of Caerwent.
http://archaeology.kevsfx.com

Bioarchaeological References - A bibliography of papers on identifying and interpreting biological remains from archaeological sites in terms of human usage, biogeography, and paleoecology. Compiled by the Laboratory for Environmental Biology, a research division of the Centennial Museum.
http://www.utep.edu/leb/baref/biblio.htm

The Palaeopathology of Horse Husbandry - Presentation of this research project being carried out at the McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, University of Cambridge.
http://www.arch.cam.ac.uk/~ml12/project/

Domestication Revisited: Its Implications for Faunal Analysis - Abstract of a Journal of Field Archaeology paper by Howard Hecker.
http://www.bu.edu/jfa/Abstracts/H/HeckerH_9_2.html

ABCml: Analysis of Bone Counts by Maximum Likelihood - Software that implements a statistical method for analysis of bone counts from archaeological or paleontological sites. Java version of the software and documentation.
http://www.anthro.utah.edu/~rogers/abcml/

University of Oregon Zooarchaeology - Profile of the zooarchaeology program including staff and comparative collection information.
http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~mmoss/Zooarchaeology-at-Oregon/

Ethnozoology Index - An exhibit in Minnesota State University's EMuseum with information on Egyptian, Roman, Mexican and Wisconsin ethnozoology with links.
http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/cultural/ethnoarchaeology/ethnozoology/

Marine Turtle Exploitation in Bronze Age Oman - Paper by Christine Mosseri-Marlio, published in the Marine Turtle Newsletter.
http://www.seaturtle.org/mtn/archives/mtn81/mtn81p7.shtml

Research into the Aurochs - Research to retrace the history, morphology and ecology of the extinct aurochs (Bos primigenius).
http://members.chello.nl/~t.vanvuure/oeros/oeros.html

International Council for Archaeozoology - ICAZ is an international organization for those interested in studying the rich history of human/animal interactions through the analysis of archaeological animal bones.
http://www.alexandriaarchive.org/icaz/

Colorado State University Zooarchaeology - Collection of pages related to L.C. Todd's zooarchaeology class. Includes information on coding animal bones and bison osteology.
http://lamar.colostate.edu/~lctodd/zooarch.htm

Cetacean Zooarchaeology Research Network - Informal network of individuals whose research interests include cetacean remains in archaeological contexts.
http://www.kanazawa-med.ac.jp/~hum-sci/cetarch.htm

Contribution of Archaeozoology to Landscape Archaeology - Paper whose principal argument is that information provided by animal bones about ancient landscapes is indirect but critical (RTF File).
http://192.167.112.135/NewPages/COLLANE/TESTIQDS/paesaggio/08.rtf

Binghamton University Archaeological Analytical Research Facility - Specimens represent taxa from the Northeastern United States, and include examples from South America, West Africa, and the Arctic. Species list and contact information.
http://bingweb.binghamton.edu/~pstahl/AARF.html

California State University Chico Zooarchaeology Lab - Skeletons of mammals, birds, and fish typical of Northern California and the Western Great Basin, where most of Chico State's archaeological research takes place. Detailed facility profile.
http://www.csuchico.edu/pub/inside/archive/97_11_06/top_story2.html