Implications• This paper reviews the knowledge of the history of the dog in western Europe
acquired through archaeozoology.• The first part examines the question of domestication of …

Methods Mammal bone assemblages can be used for inter-site comparisons (with the
caveat that the counting methods in each sample have to be similar), and are capable of …

The identification of domestic equid remains is a recurrent issue and an intense subject of
discussion in zooarchaeological studies. Indeed, despite historical sources describing the …

ABSTRACT A review of the archaeological and historical records reveals several lines of
evidence that people have had close relationships with felids. Almost 40% of felid species …

Integrating zooarchaeological and ancient textual datasets for cattle provides a more
comprehensive picture of breed developments for Roman Italy. Widespread increases in …

A survey and analysis of skeletal pathologies from dog remains at Roman archaeological
sites in the Mediterranean context reveals patterns of osteological health and welfare that in …

The purpose of this article is threefold:(1) to provide a brief historical overview of human and
nonhuman osteological studies in classical archaeology to get a sense of why and how the …

Approximately twenty temple excavations have yielded significant assemblages of animal
bones. All come from Romano-Celtic temples in southern Britain, with the exception of four …

The first evidence for the domestication of donkeys (Equus asinus) dates back to at least
6000-5000 BP in Northeast Africa, and their dispersion is attributed to the ancient Romans …

Land per capita was one important determinant of height in the Malthusian world 0 to 1800
AD A second factor was specialization in milk cattle agriculture. It had two positive effects on …