Palaeobiological Investigations: Research Design, Methods and Data Analysis

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Cover Page Copyright Page Table of Contents PALAEOBIOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS: EDITORIAL NOTES ON DISTINGUISHING BUTCHERY FROM OTHER POST-MORTEM DESTRUCTION: A METHODOLOGICAL EXPERIMENT APPLIED TO A FAUNAL SAMPLE FROM ROMAN LINCOLN. ASSESSING VARIATIONS IN IRON AGE AND ROMAN BUTCHERY PRACTICES: THE NEED FOR QUANTIFICATION. RUBY AND HOW MANY SQUIRRELS? THE DESTRUCTION OF BONES BY DOGS. A METHODOLOGY FOR RECORDING THE PATHOLOGY AND OTHER ANONA.LIES OF UNGULATE MANDIBLES FROM ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITES. ASSESSING THE ROLE OF PIGS FROM FAUNAL DEBRIS ON ARCHAEOLOGICAL SETTLEMENTS. SOME EFFECTS OF PRESERVATIONAL BIASES ON INTERPRETATIONS OF ANIMAL BONES. THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPLICATIONS OF CHANGEOVER RATES IN VERTEBRATE FAUNAS. DEGRADED BONES, FEATURE TYPE AND SPATIAL PATTERNING ON AN IRON AGE OCCUPATION SITE IN OXFORDSHIRE, ENGLAND. OUTDOORS - INDOORS? THE OUTDOOR COMPONENT OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL INSECT ASSEMBLAGES. TRICHURID OVA IN ARCHAEOLOGICAL DEPOSITS: THEIR VALUE AS INDICATORS OF ANCIENT FAECES. SEASONALITY FROM SHELLS: AN EVALUATION OF TWO TECHNIQUES FOR SEASONAL DATING OF MARINE MOLLUSCS. LAND SNAIL ANALYSIS IN ARCHAEOLOGY: THEORY AND PRACTICE. FLANDRIAN MOLLUSCAN BIOSTRATIGRAPHY AND ITS APPLICATION TO DRY VALLEY INFILL DEPOSITS IN EAST SUSSEX. PAST AND PRESENT DISTRIBUTIONS OF HYDROBIA ULVAE (PENNANT), GASTROPODA, AND MACON& BALTHICA (L.), BIVALVIA, ALONG THE SOUTHERN SHORES OF 'THE SEVERN ESTUARY IN RELATION TO WATER POLLUTION, FIELD SURVEY AND LABORATORY METHODS. RECENT ADVANCES IN POLLEN EXTRACTION TECHNIQUES: A BRIEF REVIEW. THE PROBLEM OF THE TIME SPAN REPRESENTED BY POLLEN SPECTRA IM PODZOL TURVES, WITH EXAMPLES FROM THE ROMAN SITES AT BAR HILL AND MULLINS, CENTRAL SCOTLAND. EVIDENCE FOR CROP PLANTS FROM NORTH-EAST ENGLAND: AN INTERIM OVERVIEW WITH DISCUSSION OF NEW RESULTS. GRAZING DAMAGE TO SCOTS PINE (PINUS SYLVESTRIS) BY RED DEER (CERVAS KLEPHAS) IN HIGHLAND SCOTLAND DURING THE MID-FLANDRIAN: A SHORT NOTE.