The Emergence of Zooarchaeology

摘要: This chapter reviews the emergence of zooarchaeology in Europe and Americas, with some discussion other regions. Though vertebrate evidence played a pivotal role establishing human antiquity prompted prehistoric archaeology 1860s, for century thereafter, animal specimens from archaeological excavations were given to specialists disciplines. In 1950s 1960s, zoologists, paleontologists, veterinary interested human-animal relations began training young archaeologists identification, taxonomy, analytic methods. Archaeofaunal analysis became central elucidating early hominin behavior, origins farming, complex societies. archaeozoologists zooarchaeologists intensified international communication on research topics methods common interest, International Council Archaeozoology (ICAZ) had its first conferences. Over 1970s 1980s, few conferences workshops, as well quadrennial ICAZ meetings, enhanced numbers rapidly grew. Notwithstanding continuance national traditions, twenty-first zooarchaeological researchers are part global community converging methodological interests.