ANTH 535 Floral and Faunal Analysis
An introduction to methods for recovering, identifying, and interpreting the "ecofacts" in plant and animal remains from archaeological sites. As much as the artifacts that people made and left behind, zooarchaeology and ethnobotany from urban sites to shipwrecks provide valuable additional information about past lifeways, environments, subsistence practices and diet. The course will include fieldtrips to local research facilities and specimen collections that archaeologists consult.