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
“They can show this complex history from evidence we didn’t have before,” says Eduardo Corona Martinez, an archaeozoologist at the National Institute of Anthropology and History in Mexico City.
From Science Magazine ● Sep. 22, 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
Noel Amano, an archaeozoologist in Jena, worries those and future partners may be repelled by the controversy.
From Science Magazine ● Oct. 27, 2021
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
