Hesban 13:  Faunal Remains:
Taphonomical and Zooarchaeological Studies of the Animal Remains from Tell Hesban and Vicinity

edited by Oystein S. LaBianca (Andrews University) and Angela von den Driesch (University of Maximilian).

This volume is devoted to the presentation of the zooarchaeological analysis of the nearly 100,000 animal bones uncovered in the excavations at Tell Hesban. 

Contents: The development of bone work on the Hesban expedition; Ethnoarchaeological and Taphonomical investigations in the village of Hesban; the nature of Zooarchaeological records of Tell Hesban; the effects of post-deposition on the preservation and interpretation of bone sample; a case study; final report on Zooarchaeological investigation of animal bone finds from Tell Hesban, Jordan; evidence of deer in the early historical period of Tell Hesban, Jordan; bones of the weasel- Mustela-Nivalis Linne, from Tell Hesban, Jordan; birds, reptiles and amphibians; fish remains from Tell Hesban, Jordan.

Contributors: Joachim Boessneck (University of Munich), Angela von den Driesch (University of Maximillian), Lori A. Haynes (Andrews University), Oystein S. LaBianca (Andrews University), Johannes Lepiksaar (Museum of Natural History, Sweden), and Herman Linder (University of Munich).

ISBN 0-943872-29-4  1995  236 pages, $45.99

Click here for the link to Hesban 13 at the Andrews University Press.

Edited 4/7/05 tlc