Mammal Remains from Archaeological Sites

cover of Mammal Remains from Archaeological Sites Southeastern and Southwestern United States

Publication information:

Stanley J. Olsen. 2004. Mammal Remains from Archaeological Sites, Pp. 174. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Peabody Museum Press

Abstract

This classic work provides a guide to the identification of nonhuman animal bones. Olsen illustrates various diagnostic characteristics of rodents and dogs; jaguars and other members of the cat family; the domestic horse, pig, and goat; and other animals whose bones are commonly found in archaeological sites in the southeastern United States.