Present and future of the techniques applied to seasonality studies

• Published in: Journal of Heredity
• Main Authors: Sánchez Flores, Antonio Jesús, Arriaza, Mari Carmen, Sainz de los Terreros, José Yravedra
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: Spanish
• Published: Ediciones Complutense 2018
• Subjects: Seasonality; Zooarchaeology; Teeth; Archaeological sites; Estacionalidad; Zooarqueología; Dientes; Yacimientos arqueológicos; Fósiles; Rangifer
• Online Access: https://revistas.ucm.es/index.php/CMPL/article/view/62587

In the mid-twentieth century, the methods of seasonality studies emerged to try to establish the time of year, and the occupation time, in which the archaeological sites were inhabited. However, the limitations of these techniques, based fundamentally on fossil skeletal remains, have hindered the in...