Snapshots of Digital Scholarship in Zooarchaeology

Introduction to the Special Issue

Dados Bibliográficos

ID6144601
AutoresIain Mckechnie (0000-0002-4989-2711, Simon Fraser University), Sarah Whitcher Kansa (0000-0001-7920-5321, Alexandria Archive Institute), Wolverton (0000-0002-9143-7149, University of North Texas)
Ano2015
Volume6
Fascículo2
Páginas218-223
Data de publicação2015-12-18
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoEthnobiology Letters (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 2159-8126 • E-ISSN: 2159-8126
EditoraSociety of Ethnobiology (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.14237/ebl.6.2.2015.556
OpenAlexW2204331331
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas2
Referências citadas18

Special Issue on Digital Zooarchaeologysharing landscape include approaches to data access, aggregation, and preservation (e.g., DINAA 1 , tDAR 2 , ADS 3 , CARD 4 , SPARC 5 ); and refinements in the application of digital methods (geometric morphometrics, 3D modeling, GIS).Many parallel initiatives undoubtedly exist in ethnobiology often on more localized community focused scales.This special issue features the work of a diverse group of researchers employing digital techniques in zooarchaeology (a.k.a.archaeozoology).Zooarchaeology is the study of animal remains in the archaeological record (e.g., bones, teeth, shells, antlers, horns, and similar tissues, as well as biomolecular remains, such as proteins and ancient DNA).The study of these remains informs understanding of past human activities and human influenced environments.Seven papers by eighteen authors from Europe and North America showcase digital research spanning three continents that includes research on fish, mammals, and birds as well as an introspective examination of zooarchaeologists themselves.These papers emerged from a symposium at the International Council for Archaeozoology conference, which took place at the Museo de Historia Natural de San Rafael in Mendoza, Argentina in September of 2014.This gathering of the global community of zooarchaeologists offered a chance to showcase new techniques and technologies that address a variety of key research questions. Improved Data SharingA prominent theme explored in this special issue is the improvement of data sharing across zooarchaeological research settings and digital platforms.While 'big-data' approaches aim to standardize large-scale datasets, archaeologists are also realizing the im-"Anthropology begins with people and ends with people, but in between there is plenty of room for computers

Archaeology · Environmental ethics · Political science · Scholarship · Sociology · Zooarchaeology · Anthropology · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies · Geographies of human-animal interactions · History · Law · Philosophy