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ArchaeoZoolo] R E V U E I N T E R N A T I O N A L E D ' A R C H E O Z O O L O G I E Vol. I (2) ACTES DU y CONGRES INTERNATIONAL D' ARCHEOZOOLOGIE B O R D E A U X - A O Ü T 1986 THE ACTS OF THE FIFTH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF ARCHAEOZOOLOGY B O R D E A U X - A U G U S T 1986 1987 LA PENSEE SAUVAGE, EDITIONS Photo de couverture: Thomas F. Kehoe. © 1987, La Pensee Sauvage, Editions Tous droits r e s e r v i s p o u r tous p a y s ISBN: 2-85919-064-3 Direcleur de la publication : Allan Geoffroy SOMMAIRE Pierre DUCOS : Editorial 7 Methods Wietske P R U M M E L : Atlas for identification of foetal skeletal elements of Cattle, Horse, Sheep and Pig. Part 2 11 Joris PETERS : Cuboscaphoids, naviculo-cuboids, language barriers and the use of standardised osteological nomenclatures in archaeozoological studies 43 Achilles GAUTIER : Taphonomic groups : How and Why ? 47 Christiane D E N Y S , Denis G E R A A D S , Jean-Jacques H U B L I N , Haiyan T O N G : Methode d'etude taphonomique des microvertebres. Application au site Pleistocene de Tighenif (Ternifine, Algerie) 53 Strategies Tine T R O L L E - L A S S E N : Human exploitation of für animals in Mesolithic Denmark - a case study 85 Graeme B A R K E R : Prehistoric subsistence and economy in northern Italy. The contribution of archaeozoology 103 Caroline GRIGSON : Different herding strategies for sheep and goats in the Chalcolithic of Beersheva 115 Domestication Alfred M U Z Z O L I N I : Les premiers moutons sahariens d'apres les figurations rupestres 129 Patrice M E N I E L : L'elevage en Gaule. Les structures de l'elevage en France septentrionale ä la fin de l'Age du Fer 149 Social Life Anneke T. C L A S O N : Reintroduction and the archaeozoologist 169 Regional Studies Jesus A L T U N A , Koro M A R I E Z K U R R E N A : Les macromammiferes du paleolithique moyen et superieur ancien dans ia region cantabrique 179 Jordi E S T E V E Z : Dynamique des faunes Prehistoriques au N-E de la peninsule Iberique 197 Michel R A I M B AULT, Claude G U E R I N , Martine F A U R E : Les Vertebres du gisement neolithique de Kobadi (Mali) 219 ArchaeoZoologia R E V U E INTERNATIONALE d 'ARCHEOZOOLOGIE D 1 R E C T E U R D E R E D A C T I P N I E D I T O R : Pierre DUCOS, Laboratoire d'Arch6ozoologie, F-07460 Saint-Andr6-de-Cruzieres. Institut du Quaternaire de l'Universite* de Bordeaux I. France. N U M E R O R E A L I S E A V E C L A C O O P E R A T I O N D E : Colette LUONG, Marie MATTHEWS, Sebastian PAYNE, Christine TAILLAND. C O R R E S P O N D A N T S : A u s t r a l i a : Sarah Colley (Dpt. of Prehistory, Australian National University, A.C.T. 2600, Canberra). Belgique : Joris Peters (Lab. voor Paleontologie, Krijaslaan 281/S8, 9000 Gent.) Espagne : Koro Mariezkurrena (Soc. de Ciencias Aranzadi, 20003 Donostia/S an Sebastian). H o l l a n d e : Hylke Buitenhuis (Biologisch-Archaeologisch Instituut, Poststraat 6 Groningen). H o n g r i e : Alice Choyke et Läszlö Bartosiewicz (Archeological Institute, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest). M e x i q u e : Oscar Polaco (Dpto de Prehistoria, I.N.A.H. Moneda 16, Mexico 06060 D.F.). Suide : Leif Jonsson (Riks-antikvarieambetet, Box 102 59, S - 434 01 Kungsbacka). Suisse : Jorg Schibier (Labor f. Urgeschichte, Petergraben 9-11, CH 4051 Basel). T u r q u i e : E. Deniz (Depart. of Medical Biology, University of Ankara). U . K . : Sebastian Payne (9 Wilberforce road, Cambridge CB3 OEQ, England). U S A . : Thomas F. Kehoe (Milwaukee Public Museum, Milwaukee, Wis.). R E S P O N S A B L E D g PUßUCATIQN: Allan GEOFFROY. A D M I N I S T R A T I O N / A B O N N E M E N T S : Editions La Pense'e Sauvage, B.P. 141, F 38002 Grenoble Cedex. Abonnement / S u b s c r i p t i o n 1987 Tout abonnement commence avec le premier nume'ro de l'anne'e en cours. Particuliers / I n d i v i d u a l Subscribers 450 FF Institutions / Institutionell Subscribers 600 FF Joindre le r t g l e m e n t ä la commande, etabli ä Vordre des Editions L a Pensee Sauvage, B.P. 1 4 1 , F 38002 Grenoble Cedex. Return to : P a y m e n t to the order o/La Pens£e Sauvage, Publishers. Cuboscaphoids, naviculo-cuboids, language barriers and the use of standardised osteological nomenclatures in archaeozoological studies. Joris Peters* RESUME L'ICAZ et certains chercheurs concernäs ont tent£ de standardiser les procddures de men-suration pour difförentes groupes de verte'bre's. Un effort comparable devrait etre fait pour la nomenclature ostäologique. Jusqu'ici, nous sommes mis en presence de terminologies cterivees de diverses disciplines : anatomie physique, me*decine humaine ou ve'te'rinaire, Paläontologie, etc. L'utilisation de diffierentes langues s'ajoutant ä cela, on aboutit ä une grande confusion. Nous voudrions proposer ici Tusage d'une terminologie anatomique uniforme, comme l'a fait 1'Association Internationale des Anatomistes v6t6rinaires pour les animaux domestiques ( N o m i n a A n a t o m i c a Veterinariä) et pour les oiseaux ( N o m i n a A n a t o m i c a Avium). ABSTRACT A plea is made for the use of standardised osteological nomenclatures in archaeo-zoological analyses. Key words : Osteology, Osteological terminology, Archeozoological reporting. One of the most important results of former ICAZ-conferences (Budapest 1971; Groningen 1974) has been the agreement to develop a measuring guide, in order to promote and standardise the taking of measurements of animal bones recovered from archaeological sites. It was also agreed that A . von den Driesch and J. Boessneck (University of Munich) would work out this project, which resulted in the well known measuring guide by von den Driesch (1976). As a consequence, measurements on osseous remains from a great number of sites, investigated by different archaeozoologists, can now be compared. In the following, we would like to defend the view that a comparable standardisation can be achieved, without much difficulty, for the terminology (i.e. the names) used to list or describe bones from archaeological sites. * Institut für Paleoanatomie, Domestikationsforschung und Geschichte der Tiermedizin der Universität München, Schellingstraße 10,8 München 40. R.F.A. ARCHAEOZOOLOG1A , Vol. 12, pp. 43-46, 1987 44 JORIS PETERS U p to now, we are confronted in archaeozoological reports wi th terminologies adopted from several disciplines : physical anthropology, human medicine, veterinary science, vertebrate biology, palaeontology etc. Moreover, the languages and traditions of the various European and other scholars can add substantially to the confusion of terms. A n example of this is given in Table 1, based on several text books, including, among others, Sisson and Grossman (1953), Cornwall (1956), Grasse (1967), Bass (1971), Romer and Parsons (1977), Vaughan (1978), Feneis (1982). It summarizes some of the names available to describe carpal and tarsal bones. Many more could be added, if one takes into account vernacular names in the different languages. This is only one example of how the use of several terminologies may create confusion. Moreover, if articles are written without little reference to Latin terms, a lot of interesting data can remain unknown, just because of language barriers ! To avoid confusion and to stimulate the free circulation of archaeozoological data, a standardised nomenclature may prove of great help. The anatomical terminology, adopted by the International Committee on Veterinary Gross Anatomical Nomenclature in its Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria (3rd. ed., 1983) would serve this purpose very well. A l l the descriptive terms are in Latin but this is not a disadvantage : Latin can be considered a more or less political neutral language. The fact that the terminology has been developed for domestic mammals is no objection. The anatomical names are directly applicable to representatives of several important mammalian Orders : O r y c t o l a g u s (Lagomorpha); Rattus> M u s (Rodentia); C a n i s , F e l i s (Carnivora); Equus (Perissodactyla); Sus, B o s 9 Ovis, C a p r a (Artiodactyla). These names can in many cases be used without much problems for genera of the same Orders. For species or genera of other mammalian Orders, the terminology problem presents itself mainly as a transposition exercise, because detailed drawings of their skeletal parts are available (see among others : Grasse 1967; Pales and Lambert 1971; Walker 1985), labeled with the names as used by the various authors. It should perhaps also be stressed here that most of the archaeozoological research focuses on remains of domestic mammals. Archaeozoological samples frequently yield, besides mammals, remains of other vertebrates. As to the fish, amphibian, and reptilian bones, we are certain that representative works on their anatomical terminology exist. However, our experience with these groups and our knowledge of the available literature dealing with fish, amphibians and reptiles is limited. We therefore do not want to make suggestions as to the terminology which should be preferred. For birds, however, an anatomical guide with the correct osteological terminology has been published by the International Committee on Avian Anatomical Nomenclature, entitled N o m i n a A n a t o m i c a Avium (Baumel, 1979). The advantages, following from the use of the N o m i n a Anatomica Veterinaria, appear to be valid also for archaeozoological work on birds. A final word about the use of latin terminologies and descriptions in articles. We understand that many authors use preferentially common language so as to avoid reports which become too technical for non-specialists. This does not prevent them to include between brackets the "correct" latin names where necessary : (1) in their inventories, (2) for their detailed osteomorphological descriptions and (3) to explain figured specimens. According to us, this would stimulate, or at least enable, archaeozoologists to read or look at publications in other languages then their own. For example, the archaeozoological papers published in Polish, by the Poznan-schöol, make their Contents more or less FOR A STANDARDIZED N O M E N C L A T U R E 45 accessible through the use of Latin tables etc. (see for example Sobocinski 1975), which one can combine with the Information obtained from the summaries in other language than Polish. To conclude, we are convinced that the use of a standardised anatomical terminology, as adopted in the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria for mammals and in the Nomina Anatomica Avium for birds, would contribute greatly to the accessibility of archaeozoological reports from all over the world. Such a standardisation of the terminology concerning bones and their morphology fits well with a major aim of the ICAZ : to maximise the exchange of information through archaeozoological reports, which, technically seen, are more of less comparable. Acknowledgements We are indebted to Prof. Dr A . 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Os c a r p i ulnare Os triquetrum, T r i q u e t r a l , Os cuneiforme, Cuneiform, Pyramidal, C u b i t a l , Driehoeksbeen, Os c a r p i accessorium Os pisiforme, P i s i f o r m , Sus-carpien, Erwtebeen, Erbsenbein, ... Os c a r p i centrale C e n t r a l , Os multangulum accessorium, Accessorisch veelhoekigbeen, ... Os carpale I Os trapezium, Trapezium, Multangulum majus, D i s t a l c a r p a l I, Groot veelhoekigbeen, Os carpale II Os trapezoideum, Trapezoid, Multangulum minus, D i s t a l c a r p a l I I , K l e i n veelhoekigbeen, ... Os carpale III Os capitatum, C a p i t a t e , Magnum, Grand os, Troisieme carpien, Kopbeen, ... Os carpale IV Os hamatum, Hamate, Unciform, Os crochu, D i s t a l carpal IV, Haakbeen, ... Ossa t a r s i : Talus Talus, Astragalus, T i b i a l e , Os t a r s i t i b i a l e , Katrolbeen, Sprungbein, ... Calcaneus Calcaneus, Os c a l c i s , Os t a r s i f i b u l a r e , P6ron6al, Hielbeen, Fersenbein, ... Os t a r s i centrale Os naviculare pedis, Navicular, Scapholde, Centrale, Scheepvormig been, Kahnbein, ... Os t a r s a l e I Os cuneiforme mediale, Entocunei forme, Internal cuneiform, D i s t a l t a r s a l 1, Inneres K e i l b e i n Os t a r s a l e II Os cuneiforme intermedium, Mesocuneiform, Middle cuneiform, Deuxieme cuneiforme, .. . Os t a r s a l e I I I Os cuneiforme l a t e r a l e , Ectocuneiform, Os cuneiforme tertium, Buitenste cuneiform, ... Os t a r s a l e IV Os cuboideum, Cuboid, Tarsiens 4+5, D i s t a l t a r s a l IV, Teerlingbeen, Würfelbein, ... Some fusions : Os carpale II+III Os trapezoideo-capitatum, Os magnum, Magnum, ... Os centroquartale Os naviculocuboideum, Os c e n t r o t a r s a l e , Scaphocuboide, ... Os t a r s a l e II+III Os Table 1. Synonyms of carpal and tarsal bones, excerpted from English, French, Netherlandish and German texts. 

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Cuboscaphoids, naviculo-cuboids, language barriers and the use of standardised osteological nomenclatures in archaeozoological studies

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