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Taphonomy and interpretation / edited by Jacqueline P. Huntley and Sue Stallibrass

Contributor(s): Huntley, Jacqueline P | Stallibrass, Sue | Association for Environmental ArchaeologyMaterial type: TextTextSeries: Symposia of the Association for Environmental Archaeology ; no. 14Publication details: Oxford [England] : Oakville, Ct. : Oxbow Books ; Available from D. Brown Book Co., c2000 Description: vii, 110 p. : ill., maps ; 30 cmISBN: 184217004XSubject(s): Archaeology -- Methodology -- Congresses | Taphonomy -- Congresses | Environmental archaeology -- Congresses | Archaeology -- Philosophy -- Congresses
Contents:
Interpreting prehistoric cultivation using the combined evidence of plant remains and soils : an example from northern Scotland / Stephen P. Carter and Timothy G. Holden -- Palynological taphonomy in understanding vegetation history and human impact in the Lairg area, Sutherland / Melanie Smith -- Pollen preservation analysis as a necessity in Holocene palynology / Richard Tipping -- Dark earth and obscured stratigraphy / Elizabeth J. Sidell -- Through a taphonomic glass, darkly : the importance of cereal cultivation in prehistoric Britain / Peter Rowley-Conwy -- Otter (Lutra lutra L.) spraint : an investigation into possible sources of small fish bones at coastal archaeological sites / Rebecca A. Nicholson -- The butcher, the cook and the archaeologist / P.R.G. Stokes -- Detecting the nature of materials on farms from Coleoptera : a number of taphonomic problems / David N. Smith -- Experimental taphonomy / Louise van Wijngaarden-Bakker -- Why did the chicken dig a hole? Some observations on the excavation of dust baths by domestic fowl and their implications for archaeology / Keith Dobney, Allan Hall and Michael Hill -- Arthropod remains as indicators for taphonimic processes : an assemblage from 19th century burials, Broerenkerk, Zwolle, the Netherlands / Tom Hakbijl -- Context level interpretaion of animal bones through statistical analysis / Marta Moreno Garcia and James Rackham -- Towards describing the nature of the chief taphonomic agent / Bob Wilson
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"These papers were originally presented at the 1993 annual conference of the Association for Environmental Archaeology, held at Durham University 18th-21st September 1993"--P. [v]

Includes bibliographical references

Interpreting prehistoric cultivation using the combined evidence of plant remains and soils : an example from northern Scotland / Stephen P. Carter and Timothy G. Holden -- Palynological taphonomy in understanding vegetation history and human impact in the Lairg area, Sutherland / Melanie Smith -- Pollen preservation analysis as a necessity in Holocene palynology / Richard Tipping -- Dark earth and obscured stratigraphy / Elizabeth J. Sidell -- Through a taphonomic glass, darkly : the importance of cereal cultivation in prehistoric Britain / Peter Rowley-Conwy -- Otter (Lutra lutra L.) spraint : an investigation into possible sources of small fish bones at coastal archaeological sites / Rebecca A. Nicholson -- The butcher, the cook and the archaeologist / P.R.G. Stokes -- Detecting the nature of materials on farms from Coleoptera : a number of taphonomic problems / David N. Smith -- Experimental taphonomy / Louise van Wijngaarden-Bakker -- Why did the chicken dig a hole? Some observations on the excavation of dust baths by domestic fowl and their implications for archaeology / Keith Dobney, Allan Hall and Michael Hill -- Arthropod remains as indicators for taphonimic processes : an assemblage from 19th century burials, Broerenkerk, Zwolle, the Netherlands / Tom Hakbijl -- Context level interpretaion of animal bones through statistical analysis / Marta Moreno Garcia and James Rackham -- Towards describing the nature of the chief taphonomic agent / Bob Wilson