Fishes

Fishes is a practical introduction to the study of fish remains from archaeological sites designed for archaeologists and archaezoologists working in the field and in the laboratory. It provides clear guidelines for the identification of remains and how to interpret them. The authors discuss the importance of fishes in past economies and in archaeological research. They describe methods of extraction fish anatomy and classification with the aid of numerous line drawings. The book also includes a survey of fishes most likely to be represented in archaeological sites and describes the biology of fishes in order to help archaeozoologists make informed judgements about methods of exploitation size of fish caught and meat yield.