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zooarchaeology
ZOH-oh-ar-kee-OL-oh-jee
ˌzoʊoʊˌɑːrkiːˈɒlədʒiːListen
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zooarchaeology
Dictionary meaning
analysis of animal remains recovered from archaeological sites to reconstruct past human-animal relationships, diet, hunting strategies, domestication processes, and environmental conditions; analysts identify species, estimate ages and sexes, detect butchery marks, and quantify the relative abundance of taxa; also called archaeozoology
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