The Origin and Spread of Stock-Keeping in the Near East and Europe
James Conolly, 2012. https://doi.org/10.5284/1016121. How to cite using this DOI
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- DOI:https://doi.org/10.5284/1016121
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Overview
This data archive records the absolute number of identified specimens (NISP) by chronological phase from over six hundred sites in SW Asia and Europe. The archaeological dataset consists of published numbers of identified specimens (NISP) of faunal taxa. The full suite of potentially exploitable fauna as published at each site was recorded, including wild and domestic mammals, birds, fish, molluscs and crustaceans. These taxa were entered into a relational database at the level of identification published by the original analysts, whether to species or genera, or at the more general level of family (or 'type'), or according to body size (e.g. large/small mammal). Age and sex trends, biometric information, pathological signatures, and body part distribution were also recorded where available.
There is, as expected, significant variability in the level of detail and the accuracy of faunal recording at and even within sites. We decided at the onset not to a-priori second guess, adjust or modify the original analyst's classification scheme (e.g., to take into account improved understanding of the characteristics that may signify management or domestication of a particular taxa or specimen). Rather, we expected that our analysis of patterns and trends would identify outliers that could then be investigated and if necessary identified as candidates for mistaken or erroneously classified specimens. Our early publications (see http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2010.10.008 and http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0959683612437871 for details) provide examples.
