Explore: Mammal Remains (archaeology)

A mammal (from Latin mamma 'breast') is a vertebrate animal of the class Mammalia (/məˈmeɪli.ə/). Mammals are characterised by the presence of milk-producing

of biological remains from archaeological sites. In the United States it is the scientific study of human remains from archaeological sites. The term

1.6 ha. Artifacts include abundant lithic materials, groundstone, large-mammal bone, and red ocher. Notably absent are ceramics and permanent architecture

"Sea mammal hunters of Chukotka, Bering Strait: recent archaeological results and problems". In Peter Rowley-Conwy (ed.). Arctic Archaeology. Routledge

around 50,000 years ago onwards, most large mammal species became extinct, including 80% of all mammals greater than 1,000 kilograms (2,200 lb), while

archaeological finds, the human remains at the site were able to be dated with environmental, geological, and archaeological methods. Human remains at

skull fragment, and archaeological remains from old land surfaces. The material from spring contexts represents mainly the remains of ancient carnivore

in the 1975 excavations were 97 mammal bones. White-tailed deer (Odocoileus) accounted for 70% of the mammal remains, while collared peccary (Tayassu

observe the fragments of the bones from reptiles, mammals, amphibians, and birds around an archaeological site. Thus, they will gather context clues on how

Kabwe 1 may have inhabited a cavern and butchered mainly large hoofed mammals. The Kabwe site probably featured miombo woodlands and dambos, like in