Zooarchaeology is the study of animalremains from archaeological sites. The remains primarily consist of the hard parts of the body such as bones, teeth and shells. Such remains represent the food refuse of ancient populations as well as the use of animals transportation, decoration, or pets. Zooarchaeology helps complete our picture of the way of life of ancient people and the kind of environments they inhabited. Phyla Porifera (sponges) Ctenophora (comb jellies) Cnidaria Placozoa Bilateria Acoelomorpha Orthonectida Rhombozoa Myxozoa Superphylum Deuterostomia Chordata (vertebrates, etc. ... With regard to living things, a body is the integral physical material of an individual, and contrasts with soul, personality and behavior. ... Archaeology or sometimes in American English archeology (from the Greek words αρχαίος = ancient and λόγος = word/speech) is the study of human cultures through the recovery, documentation and analysis of material remains, including architecture, artefacts, biofacts, human remains, and landscapes. ... With regard to living things, a body is the integral physical material of an individual, and contrasts with soul, personality and behavior. ... Grays illustration of a human femur, a typically recognized bone. ... The hard, rigid outer calcium carbonate covering of certain animals is called a shell. ...
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The division of the cattle carcasses as found in the Odeon: the red coloured parts were sold together with the skin (lower part of legs) or with the meat (e.g.
The material was recovered at the end of the campaign in the Odeon's Corridor 1, thrown in there when the building was abandoned and used as a butcher's dump (see Archaeozoology: August 21-25, 2005).
If the processing of these animals is similar to that of the ovicaprines, they will leave few traces at the slaughtering place, as the animal would have been sold in portions with its bones.
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