TY  - SER
AU  - Rosengren, Erika
TI  - Holocene book review: Paleozoology and Paleoenvironments: Fundamentals, Assumptions, Techniques
PY  - 2020///
PB  - Sage, 
N2  - This book describes how mammal subfossil remains from archaeological and palaeontological sites can be used to reconstruct past climates, floras and habitats. The main focus of the volume is a description and critical evaluation of analytical techniques applied to palaeozoological remains for the purpose of palaeoenvironmental reconstructions. The techniques described encompass both those based on presence/absence and abundance data of species in subfossil assemblages as well as so called taxon-free characterisations. How they have been used previously as well as their potential application for reconstructing ancient environmental conditions in the future is illustrated using faunal data from archaeological and palaeontological sites from South Africa and North America, examples that have been selected because of their familiarity to the authors, although Faith and Lyman stress the applicability of the techniques to a variety of assemblages from different times and geographical locations around the world. In addition, an extensive review of the ecological fundamentals and analytical assumptions is given in the book, which will constitute an invaluable resource for students and professionals in the field of zooarchaeology, palaeontology and palaeoecology
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1177/0959683619885779
ER  -