Where in the World? Part Three: The Zooarchaeology of the Americas - Animals 47

Welcome to episode three of a miniseries focusing on the zooarchaeology of various world regions. This episode is centred around American zooarchaeology, focusing on the natural history and anatomy of the most prominent wild and domesticated species found throughout North and South America. Tune in for beaver-pretenders, bison-cattle hybrids and even more moose/elk arguments!

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  • Miller, G. R. (2003). Food for the dead, tools for the afterlife: Zooarchaeology at Machu Picchu. In Burger, R. L., and Salazar, L. C. (eds.), The 1912 Yale Peruvian Scientific Expedition Collections from Machu Picchu: Human and Animal Remains.

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  • https://historicjamestowne.org/collections/artifacts/faunal-material/

  • https://blog.nature.org/science/2017/11/20/tracing-the-wild-origins-of-the-domestic-turkey/

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