Proceedings of the First Zooarchaeology Conference in Portugal: Held at the Faculty of Letters, University of Lisbon, 8th-9th March 2012

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This volume comprises 15 articles - the result of presentations made at the first International Conference on Zooarchaeology which took place in Lisbon in 2012. This meeting was attended by researchers - PhD students, archaeologists, biologists and zooarchaeologists - studying animal remains from Portugal's past. The papers in this book comprise a wide range of themes and include material from various periods; the common denominator being their Lusitanian origin. The articles describe faunal remains dating from the Paleolithic to modern times and from various aspects, some purely zooarchaeological, others archaeological and combine a spectrum of methods of study, classical osteology/zooarchaeology, ancient DNA, and even written sources. The volume starts with an article about Paleolithic artefacts, followed by articles about Mesolithic Muge and Algarve and ends the prehistoric period with a discussion about Bronze age animal remains. The Roman period is also well represented as the Medieval and Modern periods, both with specific site-studies and other more wide-ranging ones that summarize work carried out in specific geographical areas. The volume finishes with an article about the situation of Zooarchaeology as a profession and scientific area of study in present-day Portugal. Here we are presented with the latest results from the younger generation of Portuguese zooarchaeologists as well as several more experienced in this field. With this small volume it is hoped to put Portuguese zooarchaeology 'on the map'. Front Cover Title Page Copyright Table of Contents FOREWORD: The Zooarchaeology in Portugal – 150 years of bones… Exploitation of bone and antler in the Upper Palaeolithic of Portugal So many rabbits! Small animal’s dietary role in the Mesolithic shellmidden of Cabeço da Amoreira (Muge, Central Portugal) – preliminary results Study of the mammals recovered in Cabeço da Amoreia (Muge – Portugal): State of the art Mesolithic and Neolithic shell middens in Western Algarve: Issues in ecology, taphonomy and economy The inclusion of faunal remains in Bronze Age funerary practices in Southern Portugal. Montinhos 6 - a case study In death as in life. Ties between man and animals in the recent prehistory of lower Alentejo: two case studies from Alto de Brinches 3 and Torre Velha 3 (Serpa, Alentejo, Portugal) Mammal remains from the Governor's House (Belém Tower, Lisbon) and Rua dos Correeiros (Baixa, Lisbon) in the context of fish processing factories in Lusitania Animal bones from the Roman site of Tróia (Grândola, Portugal): mammal and bird remains from the fish-salting workshop 2 (2007/08) The faunal assemblage from a roman well in the villa of São Miguel de Odrinhas (Sintra, Portugal). A preliminary view on the archaeological context A contribute to know the dietary habits in Tavira. From the Iron Age to the Modern Period What did the Romans and Moslems eat in Conimbriga (Portugal)? The animal bones from the 1990’s excavations Zooarchaeological perspective of the Islamic sites in Algarve: Current State of Knowledge At table with the nuns: the mammals of 17th century Santa-Clara-a-Velha Monastery (Coimbra, Portugal) Early European knowledge and trade of Neotropical mammals: a review of literary sources between 1492 and the first two decades of the 16thcentury On the origin of the Iberian Chameleons On archaeofauna experts and commercial archaeology in Portugal: present scenario and considerations