Phoebe Liu

www.youtube.com/watch?v=2bEv... For decades we've worked to enhance the Sheffield Zooarch Lab & to see years of dedication destroyed by corporate executives who know the cost of everything and the value of nothing is heart breaking @watchingbrief.bsky.social #savesheffieldarchaeology

23.09.2025 09:20 — 👍 29    🔁 23    💬 2    📌 10

Our own Phoebe Liu has presented a poster based on her PhD research at the conference of the British Association for
Biological Anthropology and Osteoarchaeology. Well done Phoebe! Photos by @snakesandbones.bsky.social. @umbertoalbarella.bsky.social @zig-saa.bsky.social @zooarch.bsky.social

21.09.2025 07:27 — 👍 5    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 0

In search of draught cattle: An identification method Draught cattle, used for ploughing and carting, contributed to drive social transformations in prehistoric societies by replacing or complementing hum…

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... now available as open access @phoebe-liu.bsky.social @zooarchlabsheff.bsky.social

11.08.2025 16:03 — 👍 16    🔁 7    💬 0    📌 1

It’s been an amazing journey❤️ Huge thanks to everyone who’s been beside me along the way. I have enough cattle for now😂

03.07.2025 12:50 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

A&K #7 - This week we're moving outside of Europe to highlight this remarkable compendium of Neotropical Zooarchaeology, edited by our wonderful Argentinian colleagues Mariana Mondini, Sebastián Muñoz and Pablo Fernández

link.springer.com/book/10.1007...

02.05.2025 08:54 — 👍 13    🔁 5    💬 1    📌 0

Zooarchaeological evidence for Moslem and Christian improvements of sheep and cattle in Portugal This study of osteometric variation of sheep and cattle remains from archaeological sites in southern Portugal—the part that was once ruled by the Mos…

A&K #5 - We've got another domestication special for you this week! This time looking at the different ways Moslems and Christians improved sheep and cattle in Southern Portugal, read it here:

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

#zooarchaeology

16.04.2025 10:07 — 👍 5    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 0

Was the English medieval goat genuinely rare? A new morphometric approach provides the answer - Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences There are important gaps in the historical and archaeological evidence that have, so far, precluded us from reliably assessing the role of the goat in the English Middle Ages. This, in part, is the di...

A&K #4 - Are you intrigued by goats? Would you like to know more about their role in the British Middle Ages? Well you're in luck! This week we bring you an article from our own Lenny and Umberto which tackles why goats have been neglected in British archaeology:

link.springer.com/article/10.1...

10.04.2025 09:13 — 👍 41    🔁 9    💬 0    📌 2

A&K #3 - Our latest instalment discusses the introduction of the domestic horse to Ireland, using modern technology (radiocarbon measurements) to tackle an age old question - when did the horse first appear? Find it here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

@icaz-news.bsky.social

02.04.2025 12:54 — 👍 8    🔁 5    💬 0    📌 0

Having so much fun in the Animal Palaeopathology Working Group meeting 🐮🦴 @icaz-news.bsky.social

29.03.2025 09:31 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

oar.onroerenderfgoed.be/.../RELM/20/... It's great to see the book dedicated to our fantastic colleagues An Lentacker and Anton Ervynck, who have done so much for #zooarchaeology, published thanks to the efforts of Bea De Cupere et al. @icaz-news.bsky.social @zooarchlabsheff.bsky.social

22.03.2025 09:31 — 👍 10    🔁 4    💬 1    📌 1

Apologies, it seems this link doesn't allow downloads! Get your own copy of the paper here: authors.elsevier.com/a/1kau3_glky...

20.03.2025 10:54 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Spavin in modern and archaeological cattle: Reassessing its association with traction use To investigate the correlations of biological factors, including age, body size, and sex, with the occurrence of spavin, demonstrating that using spav…

A&K #2 - A piece of work from one of our own PhD students this week. I'm sharing this again because it will only be available on open access until the end of March so get it while you can!

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

18.03.2025 13:56 — 👍 5    🔁 3    💬 2    📌 0

#1 - 'Archaeozoological Analysis of the Fortified Settlement of Sand (10th Century AD, Lower Austria)' by Konstantina Saliari

This is a zooarchaeological analysis of the Early Medieval fortified settlement Sand, in Lower Austria, a fascinating site with lots of faunal remains.

10.03.2025 16:10 — 👍 8    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 1

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