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###### **What is Zooarchaeology?** 

***Zooarchaeology:*** study of animal remains to elucidate past human life, in historic and prehistoric time (Diane Gifford-Gonzalez 2015). It is the “love child” of several disciplines and methods, including

- ***Zoology:*** study of living animals, for their own sakes.
- ***Paleontology:*** study of past animals and their evolution, for their own sakes.
- ***Faunal analysis:*** any study of animal remains, to elucidate any topic.

Zooarchaeology complements several sister disciplines, such as paleoethnobotany, paleoecology, and historical ecology. Multi-faceted studies combining these specializations help us understand how humans in the past navigated diet, interacted with (and manipulated) their environment, and exploited animal resources in early economies.