Birds Reptiles Amphibians Fish

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BirdsReptilesAmphibiansFish
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or what, how and why?

• Identification (ID)
• Quantification (MNI NISP)
• Using Data for Archaeological Analysis

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INDENTIFICATION

• ID uses a combination of factors
• Environmental and archaeological context
• Character of the bone size, colour, texture etc
• Specific diagnostic element morphology

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Size, texture and colour
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IDENTIFICATIONS variation in skeletal elements
between classes
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BIRDS class aves
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REPTILES snakes, lizards, turtles, tortoises
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Iguana
Snake
Crocodile Turtle
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AMPHIBIANS frogs and salamanders
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FISH bony and cartilaginous
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VERTEBRAEcentrum

• Bird saddle shaped
• Snake ball and socket
• Lizard, Goanna ball socket elliptical
• Tortoise ball socket
• Fish both concave
• Shark flat/concave hollow

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• snake goanna turtle
• fish

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Teeth
mammals, crocodile
bony fish
reptiles amphibians
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Teeth

• Lizard, Snakes, Skinks

• Fish

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