Publisher's Synopsis
Insights from California Archaeology. How does the practice of archaeology benefit from faunal analysis? Michael Glassow and Terry Joslins Exploring Methods of Faunal Analysis Insights from California Archaeology addresses this question. Contributors to this volume demonstrate how faunal remains can be used to elucidate subsistence, settlement, technological systems, economic exchange, social organization, adaptation to variability in resource distribution and abundance, and the impacts of historic land use. The sheer prevalence of faunal remains in California archaeological sites means that most
