Author Question: The main purpose of a zooarchaeological comparative collection is a. to help zooarchaeologists ... (Read 16 times)

brutforce · **on:** Jul 20, 2018

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