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Faunal Identification

Faunal Identification is the systematic determination of animal remains excavated from archaeological contexts to species level through comparative morphological analysis, distinguished from other archaeological identifications by its focus on non-human animal taxa and their skeletal or dental characteristics.

551

Publications

22.3K

Citations

1.5K

Authors

683

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

98

Variants

Zooarchaeological Identification

Parents

Children

Publications

551

Techniques for recognition of living foraminifera

W. R. Walton · 1952 · 476 citations

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Identification of hair and feather remains in the gut and faeces of stoats and weasels

M. G. Day · Journal of Zoology · 1966 · 429 citations

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Dietary separation of sympatric carnivores identified by molecular analysis of scats

Laura E. Farrell, Joseph Roman, Melvin E. Sunquist · Molecular Ecology · 2000 · 407 citations

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A proposal for a chorotype classification of the Near East fauna, in the framework of the Western Palearctic region

Augusto Vigna Taglianti, A. Audisio Paolo, Maurizio Biondi et al. · Biogeographia – The Journal of Integrative Biogeography · 1999 · 335 citations · Full text

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The use of tooth pits to identify carnivore taxa in tooth-marked archaeofaunas and their relevance to reconstruct hominid carcass processing behaviours

Manuel Domínguez‐Rodrigo, Ana M. Jimenez Piqueras · Journal of Archaeological Science · 2003 · 312 citations

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Authors

1.5K

  1. MB
    Michael Buckley

    University of Manchester, United Kingdom

    5 publications · 391 citations

    6

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  2. AC
    Andrew Chamberlain

    University of Sheffield, United Kingdom

    4 publications · 208 citations

    4

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  3. KA
    K. Ann Horsburgh

    University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa

    4 publications · 104 citations

    4

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  4. MD
    Manuel Domínguez‐Rodrigo

    Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain

    3 publications · 514 citations

    4

    h-index

  5. CD
    Christiane Denys

    Institut de Systématique, Évolution, Biodiversité, France

    3 publications · 102 citations

    4

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Institutions

683

  1. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    15 h-index

    56 publications

    2.8K citations

  2. University of Manchester

    Manchester, United Kingdom

    10 h-index

    21 publications

    1.1K citations

  3. Smithsonian Institution

    Washington, United States

    10 h-index

    18 publications

    635 citations

  4. Natural History Museum

    London, United Kingdom

    9 h-index

    16 publications

    410 citations

  5. National Museum of Natural History

    Washington, United States

    9 h-index

    13 publications

    447 citations

  6. Universidad Complutense de Madrid

    Madrid, Spain

    8 h-index

    15 publications

    1.5K citations

  7. Institut de Systématique, Évolution, Biodiversité

    Paris, France

    8 h-index

    10 publications

    282 citations

  8. University of Oxford

    Oxford, United Kingdom

    7 h-index

    14 publications

    742 citations

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Venues

  1. Journal of Archaeological Science

    29 publications · 2.6K citations

    23

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  2. Biodiversity Heritage Library (Smithsonian Institution)

    Repository · 16 publications · 390 citations

    13

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  3. International Journal of Osteoarchaeology

    11 publications · 437 citations

    11

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  4. Zootaxa

    10 publications · 201 citations

    10

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  5. American Antiquity

    7 publications · 420 citations

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