The main purpose of a zooarchaeological comparative collection is
a. to help zooarchaeologists identify archaeofaunas.
b. to determine whether cutmarks on animal bones were made historically or prehistorically.
c. to distinguish between natural carnivore tooth marks and cutmarks made by humans.
d. to identify the types of fauna living at and around a site at the time it was occupied prehistorically.
e. to trace the evolutionary history of animal species
Question 2
Archaeologists who analyze faunal remains are commonly known as
a. palynologists.
b. zooarchaeologists.
c. paleoecologists.
d. paleoethnobotanists .
e. faunal archaeologists
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Table 6.1 illustrates the main regime types and their differences. It breaks the regimes into four
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