archaezoology
noun
the analysis and interpretation of animal remains found at archaeological sites
archaeozoologist
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a word derived from
archaezoology.
Example Sentences
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It fell to Martijn van Haasteren, an archaeozoologist at the Cultural Heritage Agency of the Netherlands, to sort through them.
From New York Times ● Mar. 21, 2024
University of Tübingen archaeozoologist Gabriele Russo says this individual might have been isolated and struggling to feed itself.
From Science Magazine ● Oct. 11, 2023
Still, hunts could be for subsistence or self-defense in a prized cave, says Sabine Gaudzinski-Windheuser, an archaeozoologist at the Leibniz Center for Archaeology who was also not part of the research team.
From Science Magazine ● Oct. 11, 2023
“Most of the time I’m dealing with fragments, with broken things,” said Bea De Cupere, an archaeozoologist at the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences and a co-author of the study.
From New York Times ● Jan. 18, 2023
Dairying, says Roz Gillis, also an archaeozoologist at the Paris museum, “may have been one of the reasons why human populations began trapping and keeping ruminants such as cattle, sheep and goats”.
From Nature ● Jul. 31, 2013
