Clark Laboratory
Zooarchaeology
Zooarchaeology is the study of animal remains from archaeological sites. Through such research we are better able to understand the role of animals in past human environments, and the interactions between the two. As a discipline, zooarchaeology spans all archaeological periods and draws upon many varying theoretical and practical aspects of academic research.
Combining biology, zoology, anthropology and archaeology, the study of faunal material can address a diverse range of questions from all over the world. From the debates over hunting or scavenging practices of Lower Palaeolithic hominids in Africa, through the domestication of certain animal species, to experimental butchery of modern specimens, zooarchaeologists are constantly striving for a greater knowledge of the relation between humans and their environments. Within the Laboratory the diversity includes such projects as shell isotopic analysis, seasonality of marine molluscs, the study of bone technology, and palaeopathology.
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