Animal Bones and Archaeology: Guidelines for Best Practice

Animal Bones and Archaeology: Guidelines for Best Practice

Polydora Baker, Fay Worley, additional specialist contributors

These guidelines aim to promote high professional standards in zooarchaeological practice in project planning, excavation, reporting and achiving. The guidance supports archaeology advisors, project managers, field staff and zooarchaeologists through outlining the potential of animal bones from archaeological sites, highlighting the importance of archaeological methods and promoting understanding of zooarchaeological reports and datasets.

The guidelines are supported by Supplement 1: Key Reference Resources which is also available to download from this page.

• Animal Bones and Archaeology - Guidelines for Best Practice | PDF | 5.00 MB
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