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ZooMS (Zooarchaeoology by Mass Spectrometry) is a biomolecular technique for determining the taxon of origin for archaeological bone and osseous tool assemblages. ZooMS helps identify patterns in taxa selection, giving evidence of strategies in Palaeolithic and prehistoric industries. When situated within a chaîne opératoire perspective, ZooMS analysis can reveal opportunistic, technologically strategic, or ideologically strategic raw material selection patterns. In doing so, ZooMS uncovers otherwise imperceptible practices and processes at Palaeolithic and prehistoric timescales, and spotlights strategic and ideological dimensions of otherwise technological artifact classes. This review outlines a rationale and pathways for integrating ZooMS into wider studies of social decision making and environmental understanding in the deep human past.
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Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports is aimed at archaeologists and scientists engaged with the application of scientific techniques and methodologies to all areas of archaeology. The journal focuses on the results of the application of scientific methods to archaeological problems and debates. It will provide a forum for reviews and scientific debate of issues in scientific archaeology and their impact in the wider subject. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports will publish papers of excellent archaeological science, with regional or wider interest. This will include case studies, reviews and short papers where an established scientific technique sheds light on archaeological questions and debates.
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