Ethnozoology of the Maya Project Director: Kitty Emery Dr. Emery’s recent research on how the modern Maya use, save, and discard animal products has revealed some fascinating lessons that can apply to zooarchaeological research. For several years she has been doing ethnographic research among
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What is Environmental Archaeology? Environmental archaeology is the interdisciplinary study of past human interactions with the natural world – a world that encompasses plants, animals, and landscapes. We seek to reconstruct ancient environments associated with archaeological sites and the use of p
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Petexbatun: Zooarchaeological Clues to the Maya Collapse Project Zooarchaeologist: Kitty Emery What caused the „collapse“ of the ancient Maya? Was there actually any „collapse“ at all? This question has plagued Mesoamerican archaeologists since our first forays into the tropical rainforests
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We welcome visitors interested using the FLMNH-EAP collections to conduct academic and scientific research on the interaction of humans in modern and ancient environments of the circum-Caribbean, including southeastern North America, the Caribbean, Central America, and northern South America. Such v
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Zooarchaeology of the African Diaspora in St. Croix, USVI Excavations at Christiansted National Historic Park Project Investigators: Nicole Cannarozzi and Kitty Emery The National Park Service Southeastern Archaeological Conference (SEAC) in collaboration with the Slave Wrecks Project is suppor
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Sclerochronology Sclerochronology is the study of physical and chemical variations in the accretionary hard tissues of organisms, and the temporal context in which they formed. Sclerochronology focuses primarily upon growth patterns reflecting annual, monthly, fortnightly, tidal, daily, and sub
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Environmental remains from archaeological sites provide important information about the long history of human-environmental relationships. The data derived from environmental archaeology research not only provides us with a rich cultural perspective, but is also a vital source of biodiversity resear
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Project Archaeologist: Nicolas Delsol Before the arrival of the Europeans in the New World, native societies of Mesoamerica used very few domesticated species. They relied mainly on hunting to provide themselves with meat and other animal products. After the conquest of Mexico and Guatemala,
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The Environmental Archaeology Program Collections The Environmental Archaeology Program collections include modern comparative and archaeological specimens of zoological, botanical, and pedological materials. Our modern comparative collection represents over 13,000 individual specimens and forms th
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