The York System: An integrated zooarchaeological database for research and teaching

Jennifer F. Harland, James H. Barrett, John Carrott, Keith Dobney and Deborah Jaques

Table of Contents

• Abstract
• Table of Contents
• List of Figures



• Introduction
• Background: The Original Environmental Archaeology Unit Database
• Designing the York System
• User requirements
• Structure
• The York System's Recording Protocol
• Introduction
• Approaches to recording
• Specimen level recording
• Taxa
• Elements
• Element fragmentation and the use of diagnostic zones
• Completeness and fragmentation
• Side
• Age and fish size
• Sex
• Measurements
• Weight
• Pathology and non-metrical variation
• Butchery and gnawing
• Texture and preservation
• Recovery level
• Others
• Context level recording
• Site level recording
• Quantification and reports
• Demonstration
• System Requirements and Installation - download the York System
• Conclusions and Further Work
• Acknowledgements
• Bibliography

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