باستان جانورشناسی به بررسی و مطالعه بازمانده های جانوری (از قبیل: استخوان، دندان، صدف حلزون ها، پوسته ی برخی سخت پوستان و خارپوستان و گاهی مو، پوسته خارجی حشرات و قسمت های گوناگونی که ممکن است تحت شرایط ویژه ای محفوظ بمانند) مکشوفه از حفاری های باستان شناسی می پردازد و با تجزیه و تحلیل ساختاری این بقایا به اطلاعاتی در مورد محیط، معیشت، اقتصاد و رفتار مردمان دوران گذشته دست می یابد.
در باستان جانورشناسی می توان نتایجی درباره کارهای فرهنگی باستان شناختی به دست آورد،...می توان نقش جانوران بخصوصی را در حالات مذهبی و یا ارزش های فرهنگی پیشنهاد کرد که همراهی ساده و دلسوزانه بشر از جانوران را نمایش می دهد.
استخوان های حیوان یافت شده از مکان های باستان شناختی که متعلق به مجموعه ای از بقایای جانوری یک منطقه و محدوده[۱] است، با روش های تعریف شده در باستان جانورشناسی مورد مطالعه و بررسی قرار می گیرد. مطالعه و بررسی در باستان جانورشناسی در ساده ترین شکلش عبارت است از جدول بندی گونه های جانوری موجود در یک مجموعه که وجود یا عدم وجود بقایای پستانداران، ماهی ها، پرندگان، خزندگان و یا دوزیستان در مجموعه جانوری یک محدوده با مطالعه و بررسی ریخت شناسی[۲] هر استخوان تعیین می شود، و قبل از شناخت گونه های جانوری می توان اجزای استخوان بندی[۳]یک گونه را تعریف کرد، که در ادامه به بحث در مورد آنها می پردازیم.
[1] . Faunal
[۲] . Morphology
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Zooarchaeological analysis, at its simplest, consists of a tabulation of the taxons present in an assemblage. The presence/absence of mammal, fish, bird, reptile, or .......
بقایای استخوانی پناهگاه یالبندان I در ناحیه عباس آباد تنکابن ...
این جانب بررسی مختصری از این مکان داشته ام و علاوه بر سفالهای محلی دوران اسلامی به بقایای استخوانی کوچک (تصویر بالا) برخوردم. این استخوانها متعلق به خفاش است. که شامل استخوان های Femur ُ Radiusُ Pelvis می باشند.
اسكلت كامل يك كرگدن، اين حيوان نخستين بار در عصر ائوسن از دوره ترشياري، در اولين مرحله دوران چهارم زمين شناسي(۵۴تا۳۸ ميليون سال پيش) ظاهر شد و همچنان اما اندكي با دشواري به حيات خود ادامه مي دهد !!!
Fat has been cast as a villain in our modern, Western society, but for many economies, past and present, the availability of foods rich in fat could mean the difference between life and death. But fat has more to offer than nutrition; fats can be used in waterproofing, as lubrication, and as a base for other items such as perfumes and cosmetics. This variety of use means that fats have been a valuable trading commodity for thousands of years. The various ways in which fats can be utilised has important implications for the archaeological record. The physical method(s) of extracting the fat from a dead animal will leave differing signs on the carcass, while the removal of fats while an animal is alive (such as milking) has been the focus of much ethnographic research. Then there is the matter of how the fats are stored... and so on. The zooarchaeological study of fats is a complex, interdisciplinary area of archaeology. The nineteen papers in this volume represent a firm foundation for further research into the past exploitation of this heroic substance.
Comments on The zooarchaeology of fats, oils, milk and dairying
In Mulville and Outram's volume, no... bone has been left unturned to get closer to 'the ever diverse and creative strategies that humans have adopted to exploit animals resources'. The battery of approaches... has opened new vistas on products such as fertiliser, bone, marrow, fat and grease, milk, cheese, wool fuel, lighting, glue, waterproofing and binding agents in art. Mulville and Outram's book brings together studies from Patagonia to eastern Africa, with a number of papers from the Scottish Isles a stimulating incursion into the many and devious means by which 'the human intellect dupes that of a cow' or any other animal for that matter. A fitting tribute to Andrew Sherratt's secondary products revolution.
Any archaeologist would find his or her sustanence amongst the papers... For inspiration (read) Fats...
Antiquity 80 (2006)
Zooarchaeology (or Archaeozoology) is the study of animal remains from........