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N Italy Zooarchaeological Dataset
<p>This dataset contains zooarchaeological data relevant to cattle, sheep/goat, and pigs from lowland northern Italy, and an associated R analysis and visualisation script. This dataset supports the journal article:<br>A. Trentacoste, A. Nieto-Espinet, S. Guimarães Chiarelli, and Valenzuela-Lamas. (2023). Systems change: Investigating climatic and environmental impacts on livestock production in lowland Italy between the Bronze Age and Late Antiquity (c. 1700 BC - AD 700). <em>Quaternary International </em>662–663:26-36.<em> </em><a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2022.11.005">https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2022.11.005</a></p> <p>The majority of the data were collected under the auspices of the ERC-Starting Grant ZooMWest – Zooarchaeology and Mobility in the Western Mediterranean: Husbandry production from the Late Bronze Age to the Late Antiquity (award number 716298), funded by the European Research Council Agency (ERCEA) under the direction of Sílvia Valenzuela-Lamas (2017–2022). This work built on previous data collection undertaken for Trentacoste's (2014) PhD thesis. The dataset was also expanded with support from a Gerda Henkel Stifling Scholarship (AZ 44/F/20) awarded to A. Trentacoste.</p> <p>The chronological timespan of the dataset is between the Middle Bronze Age and Late Antiquity (c. 1700 BC - AD 700). For details on the methodology underlying the creation of the dataset see Trentacoste et al. (2018) and Trentacoste et al. (2021).</p> <p>Zooarchaeological data were collected from published sources (see references file), with the exception of some data for the sites of Spina, Vidulis and Aquileia. Metadata for these sites were available in the published literature, but individual data were collected from the archive papers of Italian zooarchaeologist Alfredo Reidel (1925–2014). We are grateful to Francesco Boschin (Università degli Studi di Siena) for access to the archive.</p> <p>The dataset includes:</p> <ul> <li>Raw biometric data for post-cranial bones for cattle, sheep/goat, pigs, and wild boar on a specimen level. Measurement abbreviations follow Von den Driesch (1976) and Davis (1996; only humerus HT and HTC). File: NItaly_Livestock_Metric_Data.csv</li> <li>NISP (Number of Identified Specimens) data for site phases with over 100 identified cattle/sheep/goat/pig specimens. [This is a duplicate of the Supplementary Table 1 included with the journal article.] File: Supp01_Site_NISP_Landscape_Data.csv</li> <li>Location coordinates and information on environmental context: mean, min, and/or max values for a 5km radius for sites with NISP data. Elevation information was taken from Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM) terrain data from the U.S. Geological Survey (90m resolution; Jarvis et al., 2008). Precipitation data were from World Clim 2.1 (average monthly climate data for 1970–2000, 30 arc-sec; Fick and Hijmans, 2017), and solar irradiance data were from Global Solar Atlas 2.0 (9 arc-sec; developed and operated by Solargis s.r.o. on behalf of the World Bank Group, utilizing Solargis data, with funding provided by the Energy Sector Management Assistance Program (ESMAP); https://globalsolaratlas.info). Soil characteristics were derived from LUCAS topsoil data (500m; Ballabio et al., 2016): clay, silt, sand, and coarse fragments content (%), bulk density, and Available Water Capacity (AWC) for the topsoil fine earth fraction. [This is a duplicate of the Supplementary Table 1 included with the journal article.] File: Supp01_Site_NISP_Landscape_Data.csv</li> <li>Bibliographic information for each assemblage with indication of whether NISP and/or biometric data was used. File: NItaly_Livestock_References.csv</li> <li>R script file for the analyses and visualisations in the above journal article. File: NItaly_Livestock_SysChange_Script.R</li> </ul> <p>If you re-use this data, please cite this dataset and the associated journal articles as relevant.</p>
MALDI-TOF-MS reference spectra and sequence data for domesticated equids (horse and donkey) collagen for Zooarchaeology by Mass Spectrometry (ZooMS)
<p>MALDI-TOF-MS spectra of extracted collagen from modern reference and archaeological bone samples to develop markers for Zooarchaeology by Mass Spectrometry (ZooMS) to distinguish between Equus species. For each sample digestions were done in both trypsin and chymotrypsin separately. Information about the species of the samples can be found in 'sample metadata.csv' file. Information on the extraction and digestion protocol can be found in the associated manuscript. The sequence data contains alignments of the proteins COL1A1 and COL1A2 for available Equus collagen protein sequences. More information on these files can be found in the corresponding manuscript to this dataset.<br> </p>
MALDI-TOF-MS spectra of archaeological bone fragments from Bandicoot Bay, Barrow Island (Australia) for ZooMS (Zooarchaeology by Mass Spectrometry)
<p>MALDI-TOF-MS spectra for archaeological bone fragments from Bandicoot Bay, Barrow Island, Western Australia. All spectra are uploaded in .mzml format. </p>
FIG. 4 in A zooarchaeological study of Rangifer tarandus (Linnaeus, 1758) from the Croxton site in Brooks Range, Alaska, and implications for utility analysis
FIG. 4. — Split caribou (Rangifer tarandus (Linnaeus, 1758)) right metatarsal with impacts on opposing surfaces. After being split and discarded, the bone
FIG. 1 in A zooarchaeological study of Rangifer tarandus (Linnaeus, 1758) from the Croxton site in Brooks Range, Alaska, and implications for utility analysis
FIG. 1. — Map showing the locations of the Croxton archaeological site and the modern village of Anaktuvuk Pass along the north slope of the Brooks Mountain Range, Alaska, United States.
FIG. 2 in Animal food during the Late Prehispanic Period at Sierras of Córdoba, Argentina. A zooarchaeological view from Boyo Paso 2
FIG. 2. — Plain view of the archaeological floor from Boyo Paso 2 with the excavation units, post-molds and key features.
FIG. 4 in Animal food during the Late Prehispanic Period at Sierras of Córdoba, Argentina. A zooarchaeological view from Boyo Paso 2
FIG. 4. — Weathering profile for Lama cf. L. guanicoe (Müller, 1776) bones from Boyo Paso 2 (Córdoba, Argentina) (N=79).
FIG. 3 in Gaming and divination pieces, markers of ownership, or all three? Zooarchaeology and the interpretation of knuckle bones found in tombs of the Iberian necropolis of El Poblado (Coimbra del Barranco Ancho, Murcia, Spain)
FIG. 3. — Minimum number of individuals (MNI) calculated from the astragali assemblage of Sheep (Ovis Aries Linnaeus, 1758), Goat (Capra hircus Linnaeus, 1758), Roe deer (Capreolus capreolus Linnaeus, 1758), Red deer (Cervus ela- phus Linnaeus, 1758) and Pig (Sus scrofa Linnaeus, 1758).
FIG. 6 in Gaming and divination pieces, markers of ownership, or all three? Zooarchaeology and the interpretation of knuckle bones found in tombs of the Iberian necropolis of El Poblado (Coimbra del Barranco Ancho, Murcia, Spain)
FIG. 6. — Some examples of modified bone or ivory objects from Tomb 43. A, B, two imitation astragali in "plantar" and "lateral" view; C, different faces of the ivory dice recovered (according to Blasco Martín 2016: 249). Scale bar: 1 cm. Photo credit: J. Gómez Carrasco.
FIG. 4. — Tomb 116 in Gaming and divination pieces, markers of ownership, or all three? Zooarchaeology and the interpretation of knuckle bones found in tombs of the Iberian necropolis of El Poblado (Coimbra del Barranco Ancho, Murcia, Spain)
FIG. 4. — Tomb 116, "Triangular pyramid" shaped knuckle bones (caprines). Scale bar: 1 cm. Photo credit: J. Gómez Carrasco.
A Compiled Archaeobiological Dataset for Central Asia's Chalcolithic through Bronze Age: macrobotanical and zooarchaeological data transcribed, standardized, and summarized from original publications
<p>This dataset contains archaeobotnaical and zooarchaeological data that have been compiled, transcribed, standardized, and summarized from original published data sources. Original data publications are given herein as a List of References (Microsoft Word file). These publications appeared between 1960-2022, presenting data in various formats, in various languages, and in scientific works that included journals, books, and conference proceedings - .</p> <p>Data have been compiled and are given in two Microsoft Excel files, one corresponding to archaeobotanical data and one to zooarchaeological data. On the first tab (worksheet) of each of these files, original publication sources are given in a summarized reference (Author, Year, Table/Figure Number) that corresponds to the full bibliographic reference in the accompanying List of References file. This first tab (worksheet) also summarizes additional information on the archaeological context of each dataset, collection and analysis methods (when reported), and the availabilty of other relevant and/or corresponding datasets. The remaining tabs (worksheets) in each file, organized alphabetically by author last name, tabularize the original data in a standardized format; these data are compiled and transcribed as necessary from the various formatting of original data sources, though they keep the original reported species names, table ordering, and numerical data. In the cases where totals were obviously erroneous or superceded by later or additional analyses, transcription notes have been offered directly in the worksheet.</p> <p>A fair number of these data sources are now out of print, have no digital distribution, and are otherwise difficult to access physically and/or linguistically. Accordingly, the sole aim in compiling these data here is to facilitate their widespread availablity, proper citation, and increased use within the international community of archaeological scientists working in Central Asia in the present day. Other scholars are encouraged to utilize these compiled datasets for foundational regional data and extended analyses, and to add to and expand these datasets going forward.</p>
MALDI-TOF-MS spectra of modern Australian marsupials for ZooMS (Zooarchaeology by Mass Spectrometry)
<p>MALDI-TOF-MS spectra of extracted collagen from modern Australian marsupials. These spectra were used to develop peptide markers for Zooarchaeology by Mass Spectrometry (ZooMS). All spectra are uploaded in .mzml format.</p> <p>One sample per species was also analyzed with LC-MS/MS (indicated in the metadata file). The LC-MS/MS data is available at PXD027107 through MassIVE (doi:10.25345/C5TC2H). Information about the species and sample numbers can be found in the metadata file.</p>
FIG. 1 in Commercial zooarchaeology of the 'modern' era: a survey of attitudes and practices
FIG. 1. – Has the company you carry out work for ever excavated sites with contexts dated after AD 1750?
FIG. 8 in Commercial zooarchaeology of the 'modern' era: a survey of attitudes and practices
FIG. 8. – Are you ever presented with faunal assemblages for analysis from urban contexts dating after AD 1750?
FIG. 3 in Commercial zooarchaeology of the 'modern' era: a survey of attitudes and practices
FIG. 3. – Are you ever involved with the planning of excavation and analysis strategies for sites with 'modern' era material?
FIG. 9 in Commercial zooarchaeology of the 'modern' era: a survey of attitudes and practices
FIG. 9. – If you are presented with assemblages from urban contexts dating from 1750 or later, is it a routine practice of the commercial company, or is it exceptional? If exceptional, what criteria are used for making such a decision?
FIG. 1 in Caravans, camel wrestling and cowrie shells: towards a social zooarchaeology of camel hybridization in Anatolia and adjacent regions
FIG. 1. — Drawing, second half of the fifteenth century, Istanbul, Topkapı Sarayı Library (After Adamova 2004: fig. 2).
FIG. 2 in Caravans, camel wrestling and cowrie shells: towards a social zooarchaeology of camel hybridization in Anatolia and adjacent regions
FIG. 2. — Location of place names mentioned in the text (circles, ancient place names, numbers refer to sites according to Table 2; squares, modern place names).
FIG. 2 in Food taboos in medieval Iberia: the zooarchaeology of socio-cultural differences
FIG. 2. — Comparison of chicken and goose Number of Identified Specimens (NISP) % in Santa Marta-Pancorbo (left) with contemporary sites from the region. Salvatierra (Grau-Sologestoa 2015), Vitoria (Castaños et al. 2011, 2012, 2013) and Orduña (Cajigas et al. 2003) are towns; Desolado de Rada is a rural settlement (Castaños & Castaños 2003). Abbreviations:LMA, Late Middle Ages; ModE, Modern Era; Trans, Transition.
FIG. 1 in Food taboos in medieval Iberia: the zooarchaeology of socio-cultural differences
FIG. 1. — Comparison of cattle and pig Number of Identified Specimens (NISP) % in Santa Marta-Pancorbo (left) with contemporary sites from the region. Salvatierra (Grau-Sologestoa 2015), Vitoria (Castaños et al. 2011, 2012, 2013) and Orduña (Cajigas et al. 2003) are towns; Desolado de Rada is a rural settlement (Castaños & Castaños 2003). Abbreviations:LMA, Late Middle Ages; ModE, Modern Era; Trans, Transition.
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