Canadian Zooarchaeology Archive

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Publication Lifespan: 1992–2011

ISSN: 1923-2527

EISSN: 1923-2535

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Canadian Zooarchaeology (CZ) was established as a forum for Canadian zooarchaeologists. Recognizing the global reach of its readership, CZ broadened its scope to encompass issues of interest to faunal analysts worldwide. It published peer-reviewed research articles and reports on vertebrate and invertebrate faunal assemblages, along with news, letters, conference reports, and book reviews. Submissions were accepted and published in either English or French.

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A bird bone necklace from Amato, Acari Valley, Peru
(Canadian Zooarchaeology / Zooarchéologie canadienne, 2005) Valdez, Lidio M.
This paper reports the recent discovery of a bird bone necklace from Amato, an Early Intermediate Period site located in the Acari Valley of Peru. The necklace was found in association with an approximately 60 year-old adult male, around whom had been buried several dozen headless human individuals of different sexes and ages, the likely victims of ritual sacrifice. The necklace was made from about 200 carpometacarpus bones of a small bird species that remains to be identified. FR: Cet article rapporte la découverte récente d'un collier en os d'oiseau à Amato, un site datant de la Période Intermédiaire inférieure situé dans la vallée d'Acari, au Pérou. Le collier a été trouvé en association avec un homme d'environ 60 ans d'âge, autour duquel avaient été enterrés plusieurs douzaines d'individus acéphales, de sexes et d'âges différents, victimes probables d'un sacrifice rituel. Le collier est fabriqué d'environ 200 carpometacarpes, provenant d'un petit oiseau dont l'espèce qui n'a pas encore été identifié.
A preliminary study of methods for identifying archaeological sea urchin remains in the Pacific Northwest
(Canadian Zooarchaeology / Zooarchéologie canadienne, 2008) Campbell, Bruce
The remains of sea urchins are common at archaeological sites in the Pacific Northwest, providing valuable data for marine biologists and for archaeologists interested in the use of marine resources by early inhabitants of this region. However, archaeological urchin remains are typically fragmentary, limiting the applicability of traditional identification techniques. Methods have been developed recently to identify northeast Atlantic urchin remains to genus, to quantify the numbers harvested, to examine the manner in which they were prepared and to reconstruct their population structure. These methods are tested on three species of Pacific Northwest Strongylocentrotus urchins (the sole shallow-water echinoid genus) and are shown to be useful for species discrimination. Features on auricles and jaw elements, as well as the geometry of the jaws, may be characteristic of a particular species. In addition to permitting the identification of archaeological urchin remains, these distinguishing features may also shed some light on specialization and adaptation among these sea urchin species. FR: L'oursin est souvent présent dans les sites archéologiques du nord-est pacifique et représente donc une source importante de données sur les resources maritimes et leur utilisation dans le passé. Malheureusement, les restes d'oursin sont typiquemment mal conservés, ce qui restreint l'utilisation de techniques traditionnelles d'identification taxonomique pour cette classe. Des méthodes d'identification taxonomique pour les restes d'oursin ont été développées récemment dans le nord-est atlantique pour le calcul du nombre de restes, l'analyse des techniques de préparation et l'étude des structures de population. Dans cette étude, ces méthodes sont testées sur trois espèces du genre Strongylocentrotus de la côte du nord-est pacifique, démontrant leur utilité. Certains aspects des auricules et des éléments mandibulaires semblent caractériser les espèces et peuvent donc nous informer sur la spécialisation, l'adaptation et la spéciation des oursins.
A revised assessment of late period (AD 1 - European contact) fisheries at Namu, British Columbia
(Canadian Zooarchaeology / Zooarchéologie canadienne, 2008) Cannon, Aubrey; Densmore, Nadia
Analysis of fish remains from the 1970 University of Colorado excavations at Namu, British Columbia, is the basis for a revised assessment of patterns and trends in the site fisheries over the past 2000 years. The results are consistent with overall patterns at the site but show a previously unrecognized trend of early decline and later recovery of the salmon fishery. They also show a period of overall diversification of the fishery when numbers of salmon were at their lowest levels and confirm the use of ratfish as a marginal food resource in times of salmon shortage. FR: L'analyse des restes de poisson provenant de la fouille du site de Namu (Colombie-Britannique) menée en 1970 par l'université du Colorado mène à une révision des modèles d'exploitation de l'industrie de la pêche au cours des derniers 2000 ans. Les résultats de l'analyse de ce site sont consistants avec les modèles généraux mais démontrent aussi une tendance, jusqu'alors insoupçonnée, de déclin et puis de renouveau des pêcheries de saumon. Ils démontrent aussi une période de diversification générale des pêcheries quand la population de saumon est en baise, et confirment l'utilisation de la chimère d’Amérique comme ressource comestible bien que marginale en temps de pénurie.
An experimental approach to understanding burnt fish bone assemblages within archaeological hearth contexts
(Canadian Zooarchaeology / Zooarchéologie canadienne, 2005) Steffen, Martina; Mackie, Quentin
The Richardson Island site, an early Holocene site located in Haida Gwaii, has produced an extensive lithic assemblage. The faunal assemblage from this highly stratified, raised beach site is derived from the contents of several hearth features and consists predominately of burnt fish bone. Compared to a roughly contemporaneous faunal assemblage from the nearby site of Kilgii Gwaay, the Richardson Island site has produced a paucity of large individuals for several common fish taxa – in particular, Sebastes sp. This paper describes an experimental approach to understanding the nature of the Richardson Island fish assemblage. Experimental burning of fish bones in a controlled laboratory setting and in simulated hearths was conducted to determine how the size, survivorship, and identifiability of fish elements would be affected by exposure to high temperatures and fire. The controlled burning of rockfish elements resulted in an average reduction in size of nine percent as well as the eventual disintegration of all otoliths. The experimental hearths illustrate the taphonomic complexity involved in the formation of burnt fish bone assemblages and in the quantification and interpretation of fish remains from hearth contexts. FR: Le site de Richardson Island, un site du début de l'Holocene localisé à Haida Gwaii, contient un assemblage lithique de grande taille. La faune de ce site côtier stratifié dérive de nombreux foyers et consiste surtout d'os de poisson brulé. En comparaison avec la faune du site contemporain de Kilgii Gwaay, Richardson Island a produit peu d'individus de grande taille parmis les taxons communs, tel Sebastes sp. Cet article décrit une approche expérimentale qui nous permet de comprendre la nature de l'ichthyofaune de Richardson Island. Une étude expérimentale de combustion d'os de poisson dans le laboratoire et dans des foyers reconstitués nous a permis de déterminer comment le feu et les hautes températures affectent la préservation différentielle de l'os. La combustion controlé d'éléments a donné une réduction moyenne de taille de 9% des os conservés et la désintégration des otolithes. Les foyers expérimentaux illustrent la complexité taphonomique des ichtyofaunes et les subtilités de l'interprétation des os de poisson provenant de foyers.
Artiodactyl skeletal part representation at middle period and Early Plateau Pithouse tradition sites on the Interior Plateau, British Columbia: a view from EdRh-31
(Canadian Zooarchaeology / Zooarchéologie canadienne, 2009) Badenhorst, Shaw
The earliest occupation of the site of EdRh-31 on the Interior Plateau of British Columbia dates to the Lochnore Phase of the early Plateau Pithouse Tradition. The faunal remains indicate that the people who occupied the site hunted artiodactyls, hunted or snared small animals such as hares, collected freshwater mussels and occasionally fished. Previous research on three sites roughly contemporaneous with EdRh-31 found that artiodactyl metapodials dominate the associated faunal assemblages, leading to the interpretation of these sites to be animal butchering camps. Analysis of the heavily fragmented EdRh-31 bone assemblage, however, suggests that the dominance of artiodactyl metapodials is not necessarily the result of cultural activity but may also reflect a suite of taphonomic processes. While not discounting the possibility that some of these sites functioned as butchering camps, this article draws attention to possible ambiguities in the interpretations of faunal assemblages. French version: L’occupation la plus ancienne du site EdRh-31, situé sur le plateau intérieur de la Colombie-Britannique, remonte à la phase Lochnore de la tradition Plateau Pithouse. Les restes fauniques indiquent que les occupants chassaient les artiodactyles, chassaient ou colletaient le petit gibier dont le lièvre, ramassaient des moules d’eau douce et pêchaient à l’occasion. Les recherches antérieures sur trois sites d’ancienneté similaire au EdRh-31 montrent que les métapodes d’artiodactyles dominent les collections fauniques, menant à l’interprétation de ces sites comme des camps de boucherie. Toutefois, l’analyse des ossements très fragmentés du site EdRh-31 ne conduit pas nécessairement à une explication culturelle pour la dominance des métapodes, qui peut aussi résulter de processus taphonomiques. Sans exclure la possibilité que certains de ces sites aient accueilli des activités de boucherie, cet article attire l’attention au potentiel d’ambiguïtés qui guette l’interprétation des collections fauniques.
Bear hunting at the Pleistocene/Holocene transition on the northern northwest coast of North America
(Canadian Zooarchaeology / Zooarchéologie canadienne, 2005) McLaren, Duncan; Wigen, Rebecca J.; Mackie, Quention; Fedje, Daryl W.
Recent discoveries on the northern Northwest Coast of North America provide evidence of bear hunting dating to the Pleistocene/Holocene transition. This paper describes the faunal assemblage from the Kilgii Gwaay wet site in southern Haida Gwaii. This assemblage includes a high proportion of remains of black bear. Ethological data, ethnographic sources, and the archaeological record are examined in order to provide an interpretative context for this assemblage and others in this region. The significance of bear hunting, the use of different hunting strategies, the economic utility of bears, bear ceremonialism, and the occurrence of bear bones at other Pleistocene archaeological sites are discussed. Evidence from Kilgii Gwaay suggests that bear hunting at the Pleistocene/Holocene transition on the northern Northwest Coast had both economic and ceremonial significance.
Canadian Zooarchaeology / Zooarchéologie canadienne, No. 1 (1992)
(University of Victoria Libraries, 1992) Stewart, Kathlyn; Rick, Anne M.
This issue contains: - Editor's Note by Kathlyn Stewart (p. 1) - Current Research and Publications (By Researcher's Province of Affiliation) by Kathlyn Stewart (p. 2-13) - Faunal remains from the privy pit at woodside house, the boyhood home (1886-1893) of William Lyon Mackenzie King by Anne M. Rick (p. 14-15) - Recent Publications by Kathlyn Stewart (p. 16) - Forthcoming Conferences by Kathlyn Stewart (p. 16) - Requests, Exchanges, Notices by Kathlyn Stewart (p. 16)
Canadian Zooarchaeology / Zooarchéologie canadienne, No. 10 (1996)
(University of Victoria Libraries, 1996) Stewart, Kathlyn; Cox Thomas, Stephen; Muir, Jeffrey; Burke, Ariane; Leblanc, Leola
This issue contains: - Editor's Note by Kathlyn Stewart (p. 1) - Differentiation of selected frog (Rana) and toad (Bufo) bones using morphological and osteometric traits by Stephen Cox Thomas (p. 2-8) - Zooarchaeological presentations in honour of Dr. H.G. Savage – summary of the papers at the CAA, May 1996 by Kathlyn Stewart, Jeffrey Muir (p. 17-20) - Crimean faunal program by Ariane Burke (p. 9-11) - Zooarchaeological report from Konispol Cave, Albania by Leola Leblanc (p. 11-15) - A brief summary of the cervid pit found at the Watford site (AlGu-5) by Jeffrey Muir (p. 16-17) - Recent Publications by Kathlyn Stewart (p. 21-23) - Forthcoming Conferences by Kathlyn Stewart (p. 23-24) - Requests, Exchanges, Notices by Kathlyn Stewart (p. 24)
Canadian Zooarchaeology / Zooarchéologie canadienne, No. 11 (1997)
(University of Victoria Libraries, 1997) Stewart, Kathlyn; Stewart, Frances L.; Friesen, Max; Gilbert, Steve; Campbell, David
This issue contains: - Editor's Note by Kathlyn Stewart (p. 1) - Obituary - Dr. Howard Savage by Frances L. Stewart & Max Friesen (p. 2-4) - Perch Skeleton by Steve Gilbert (p. 5-9) - The Skeleton of the Heart by David Campbell (p. 15-17) - Case Studies in Environmental Archaeology, edited by Reitz, Elizabeth, Lee A. Newsom and Sylvia J. Scudder (1996), reviewed by Frances L. Stewart (p. 10-15) - Recent Publications by Kathlyn Stewart (p. 18-19) - Forthcoming Conferences by Kathlyn Stewart (p. 19-20) - Requests, Exchanges, Notices by Kathlyn Stewart (p. 20)
Canadian Zooarchaeology / Zooarchéologie canadienne, No. 12 (1997)
(University of Victoria Libraries, 1997) Stewart, Kathlyn; Cooper, Janet; Walker, Ernest G.; Choyke, Alice
This issue contains: - Editor's Note by Kathlyn Stewart (p. 1) - Tribute to Howard Savage by Janet Cooper (p. 2) - Zooarchaeological research on the Canadian Prairies by Ernest G. Walker (p. 3-12) - The worked bone research group by Alice Choyke (p. 13-14) - ICAZ Conference Results by Kathlyn Stewart (p. 14) - Recent Publications by Kathlyn Stewart (p. 14-15) - Forthcoming Conferences by Kathlyn Stewart (p. 15-17) - Requests, Exchanges, Notices by Kathlyn Stewart (p. 18-19)
Canadian Zooarchaeology / Zooarchéologie canadienne, No. 13 (1998)
(University of Victoria Libraries, 1998) Friesen, Max; Cosette, Evelyne; Stewart, Frances L.; Latta, Martha A.; Stewart, Kathlyn
This issue contains: - Editor's Note by Max Friesen (p. 2) - Ph.D. Abstract: Assemblages zooarchéologiques et stratégies de subsistence des groupes de chasseurs-pêcheurs du site Hector Trudel (Québec) entre 500 et 1000 de notre ère (1995) by Evelyne Cosette (p. 3) - Ph.D. Abstract: Proto-Huron/Petun and Proto-St. Lawrence Iroquian Subsistence as Culturally Defining (1997) by Frances L. Stewart (p. 4) - Fishing at the Auger Site by Martha A. Latta (p. 5-17) - Papers delivered at spring conferences: Canadian Archaeological Association by Kathlyn Stewart (p. 17) - Papers delivered at spring conferences: Society for American Archaeology by Kathlyn Stewart (p. 18) - Update for ICAZ 1998 by Kathlyn Stewart (p. 19) - Requests, Exchanges, Notices by Kathlyn Stewart (p. 20)
Canadian Zooarchaeology / Zooarchéologie canadienne, No. 14 (1998)
(University of Victoria Libraries, 1998) Stewart, Kathlyn; Murray, Maribeth S.; Peach, K.; Needs-Howarth, Suzanne
This issue contains: - Editor's Note by Kathlyn Stewart (p. 1) - Ph.D. Abstract: Economic Change in the Palaeoeskimo Prehistory of the Fox Basin, NWT (1996) by Maribeth S. Murray (p. 2) - Ph.D. Abstract: Faunal Exploitation at the Forks: 3000 B.P. to 1860 A.D. by K. Peach (p. 3-4) - Zooarchaeology in Canada by Kathlyn Stewart (p. 4-15) - An Overview of the 8th International Council for Archaezoology by Suzanne Needs-Howarth (p. 16-19) - Recent Publications by Kathlyn Stewart (p. 20-22) - Forthcoming Conferences by Kathlyn Stewart (p. 22-23) - Requests, Exchanges, Notices by Kathlyn Stewart (p. 24)
Canadian Zooarchaeology / Zooarchéologie canadienne, No. 15 (1999)
(University of Victoria Libraries, 1999) Stewart, Kathlyn; Naughton, Donna; Stewart, Frances L.; Needs-Howarth, Suzanne; Martin, Terrance J.
This issue contains: - Editor's Note by Kathlyn Stewart (p. 1) - An injured deer limb from a neutral Iroquoian site by Frances L. Stewart (p. 2-3) - Canadian university courses with zooarchaeology content by Donna Naughton (p. 4-10) - Recent Publications by Kathlyn Stewart (p. 15-16) - Update for ICAZ 1999-05-03 by Kathlyn Stewart (p. 10-13) - ICAZ fish remains working group session by Suzanne Needs-Howarth & Terrance J. Martin (p. 13-14) - Call for papers - SHA by Kathlyn Stewart (p. 14) - Requests, Exchanges, Notices by Kathlyn Stewart (p. 16)
Canadian Zooarchaeology / Zooarchéologie canadienne, No. 16 (1999)
(University of Victoria Libraries, 1999) Stewart, Kathlyn; Naughton, Donna; Stewart, Frances L.; Burke, Ariane
This issue contains: - Editor's Note by Kathlyn Stewart (p. 1) - Faunal papers at the 1999 CAA annual meeting in Whitehorse, Yukon by Frances L. Stewart (p. 2-3) - A zooarchaeologist on sabbatical by Ariane Burke (p. 3-4) - Bones of know-aged beaver and bear: a photo essay by Donna Naughton - Recent Publications by Kathlyn Stewart (p. 18-19) - Forthcoming Conferences by Kathlyn Stewart (p. 17-18) - Requests, Exchanges, Notices by Kathlyn Stewart (p. 19)
Canadian Zooarchaeology / Zooarchéologie canadienne, No. 17 (2000)
(University of Victoria Libraries, 2000) Stewart, Kathlyn; Naughton, Donna; Morlan, Richard E.; Morrison, David E.
This issue contains: - Editor's Note by Kathlyn Stewart (p. 1) - The unicorn's secret by Richard E. Morlan & David A. Morrison (p. 2-4) - Bones of known-aged deer: a photo essay of front leg bones by Donna Naughton (p. 5-14) - Recent Publications by Kathlyn Stewart (p. 16) - Forthcoming Conferences by Kathlyn Stewart (p. 15-16) - Requests, Exchanges, Notices by Kathlyn Stewart (p. 16)
Canadian Zooarchaeology / Zooarchéologie canadienne, No. 18 (2000)
(University of Victoria Libraries, 2000) Stewart, Kathlyn; Naughton, Donna
This issue contains: - Editor's Note by Kathlyn Stewart (p. 1) - Transitions in zooarchaeology: a summary of the CAA conference by Kathlyn Stewart (p. 2-4) - Bones of known-aged dogs: a photo essay of front leg bones by Donna Naughton (p. 5-18) - Recent Publications by Kathlyn Stewart (p. 19-20) - Forthcoming Conferences by Kathlyn Stewart (p. 19) - Requests, Exchanges, Notices by Kathlyn Stewart (p. 20)
Canadian Zooarchaeology / Zooarchéologie canadienne, No. 19 (2001)
(University of Victoria Libraries, 2001) Stewart, Kathlyn; Orchard, Trevor J.; Wigen, Rebecca J.; Christensen, Tina
This issue contains: - Editor's Note by Kathlyn Stewart (p. 1) - Environmental archaeology in Gwaii Haanas by Trevor J. Orchard (p. 2-8) - Pacific Identifications Inc.: a west coast success story by Kathlyn Stewart (p. 9-11) - Fauna from Prince Rupert harbour sites, British Columbia: preliminary findings by Kathlyn Stewart (p. 12-15) - The fauna from Cohoe Creek: an early shell midden in Haida Gwaii by Rebecca J. Wigen & Tina Christensen (p. 16-19) - Recent Publications by Kathlyn Stewart (p. 20) - Forthcoming Conferences by Kathlyn Stewart (p. 20)
Canadian Zooarchaeology / Zooarchéologie canadienne, No. 2 (1992)
(University of Victoria Libraries, 1992) Stewart, Kathlyn; Brink, Jack
This issue contains: - Editor's Note by Kathlyn Stewart (p. 1) - Organizations which conduct zooarchaeological analysis by Kathlyn Stewart (p. 2-3) - Unpublished Faunal Reports by Kathlyn Stewart (p. 3-17) - A Guide to the Identification of Postcranial Bones of Bos taurus and Bison bison, by Balkwill, D. McCuaig and S. L. Cumbaa (1992), reviewed by Jack Brink (p. 17-20) - Forthcoming Conferences by Kathlyn Stewart (p. 20) - Requests, Exchanges, Notices by Kathlyn Stewart (p. 20)
Canadian Zooarchaeology / Zooarchéologie canadienne, No. 20 (2002)
(University of Victoria Libraries, 2002) Stewart, Kathlyn; Naughton, Donna; Crockford, Susan J.; Cumbaa, Stephen L.; Brown, Moira W.; White, Bradley N.
This issue contains: - Editor's Note by Kathlyn Stewart and Donna Naughton (p. 1) - An ICAZ 2002 Report by Susan J. Crockford (p. 2-3) - Not the last word on dog origins by Susan J. Crockford (p. 3-5) - Zooarchaeological and molecular perspectives on Basque whaling in 16th Century Labrador by Stephen L. Cumbaa, Moira W. Brown & Bradley N. White (p. 6-15) - Recent Publications by Kathlyn Steward (p. 16)
Canadian Zooarchaeology / Zooarchéologie canadienne, No. 21 (2003)
(University of Victoria Libraries, 2003) Stewart, Kathlyn; Naughton, Donna
This issue contains: - Editor's Note by Kathlyn Stewart and Donna Naughton (p. 1) - Darlene McCuaig Balkwill: a career as a bone picker (p. 6-13) - A review of Dogs through time: an archaeological perspective (Crockford, 2000) by Kathlyn Stewart (p. 2-5) - Recent Publications (p. 15) - Forthcoming Conferences (p. 14) - Requests, Exchanges, Notices (p. 16)

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