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Introduction to Zooarchaeological Method and Theory: a Special Issue Honoring R. Lee Lyman

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The Society for American Archaeology presented R. Lee Lyman with the Fryxell award for Interdisciplinary Excellence in Zooarchaeology in 2011. Lyman has produced over 120 journal articles or book chapters, and four single-authored books on the topic, and this issue honors his contributions to zooarchaeological method and theory with six original pieces by his peers. Arguably, his greatest impact has been in the field of vertebrate taphonomy and the development of a means to measure density-mediated bone attrition, but of equal importance was emphasis in the discipline that unit selection, or what one measures, should be linked to a particular research question. Lyman's work has also stressed the importance of making zooarchaeology relevant to modern issues of conservation biology.

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  1. Department of Anthropology, University of California, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA, 95616-8522, USA

    Christyann M. Darwent

  2. Department of Anthropology, Portland State University, Portland, OR, USA

    Virginia L. Butler

  3. Department of Anthropology, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, USA

    Michael J. O’Brien

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All publications by Lyman referenced in the text are included in the Appendix.

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Bibliography of R. Lee Lyman's publications related to zooarchaeology. Numbers in brackets behind the publications indicate the number of citations (http://scholar.google.com, accessed 8 December 2012).

Books

Lyman, R. L. (1991a). Prehistory of the Oregon coast: the effects of excavation strategies and assemblage size on archaeological inquiry. San Diego: Academic Press. [39]

Lyman, R. L. (1994a). Vertebrate taphonomy. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. [1,194]

Lyman, R. L. (1998a). White goats, white lies: the abuse of science in Olympic National Park. Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press. [16]

Lyman, R. L., & Cannon, K. P., Eds. (2004a). Zooarchaeology and conservation biology. Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press. [51]

Lyman, R. L. (2008a). Quantitative paleozoology. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. [99]

Wolverton, S., & Lyman, R. L., Eds. (2012a). Conservation biology and applied zooarchaeology. Tucson: University of Arizona Press.

Journal Articles and Book Chapters

Lyman, R. L. (1977). Analysis of historic faunal remains. Historical Archaeology, 11, 67–73. [25]

Lyman, R. L. (1978). Prehistoric butchering techniques in the lower Granite Reservoir, southeastern Washington. Tebiwa, 13, 1–25. [7]

Lyman, R. L. (1979a). Available meat from faunal remains: a consideration of techniques. American Antiquity, 44, 536–546. [57]

Lyman, R. L. (1979b). Faunal analysis: an outline of method and theory with some suggestions. Northwest Anthropological Research Notes, 13, 22–35. [8]

Lyman, R. L. (1979c). Archaeological faunal analysis: a bibliography. Pocatello: Occasional Papers of the Idaho Museum of Natural History, 31.

Lyman, R. L. (1980a). Inferences from bone distributions in prehistoric sites in the lower Granite Reservoir area, southeastern Washington. Northwest Anthropological Research Notes, 14, 107–123.

Lyman, R. L. (1980b). Bivalve molluscs in southern plateau prehistory: a discussion and description of three genera. Northwest Science, 54, 121–136. [8]

Lyman, R. L. (1982a). Archaeofaunas and subsistence studies. Advances in archaeological method and theory, 5, 331–393. [44]

Lyman, R. L. (1982b). Nomenclature in faunal studies: a response to Olsen and Olsen. American Antiquity, 47, 179–180.

Lyman, R. L. (1982c). More on Theropithecus at Olorgesailie: age structure and mortality. Current Anthropology, 23, 349–351.

Lyman, R. L. (1983). Prehistoric extralimital records for Pappogeomys castanops (Geomyidae) in northwestern New Mexico. Journal of Mammalogy, 64, 502–505. [3]

Lyman, R. L., & Livingston, S. D. (1983). Late Quaternary mammalian zoogeography of eastern Washington. Quaternary Research, 20, 360–373. [19]

Lyman, R. L. (1984a). Bone density and differential survivorship of fossil classes. Journal of Anthropological Archaeology, 3, 259–299. [329]

Lyman, R. L. (1984b). Broken bones, bone expediency tools, and bone pseudotools: lessons from the blast zone around Mount St. Helens, Washington. American Antiquity, 49, 315–333. [24]

Lyman, R. L. (1984c). A model of large freshwater clam exploitation in the prehistoric southern Columbia Plateau culture area. Northwest Anthropological Research Notes, 18, 97–107. [10]

Lyman, R. L. (1985a). Bone frequencies: differential transport, in situ destruction, and the MGUI. Journal of Archaeological Science, 12, 221–236. [141]

Lyman, R. L. (1985b). Comment on “taphonomy at a distance: Zhoukoudian—the cave home of Beijing man?” by L. R. Binford and C. H. Ho. Current Anthropology 26:434.

Lyman, R. L. (1986a). On the analysis and interpretation of species list data in zooarchaeology. Journal of Ethnobiology, 6, 67–81. [9]

Lyman, R. L. (1986b). On the Holocene history of Ursus in eastern Washington. Northwest Science, 60, 67–72. [3]

Lyman, R. L. (1987a). Archaeofaunas and butchery studies: a taphonomic perspective. Advances in Archaeological Method and Theory, 10, 249–337. [113]

Lyman, R. L. (1987b). On the analysis of vertebrate mortality profiles: sample size, mortality type, and hunting Pressure. American Antiquity 52:125–142. [75]

Lyman, R. L. (1987c). Zooarchaeology and taphonomy: a general consideration. Journal of Ethnobiology, 7, 93–117. [18]

Lyman, R. L. (1987d). On zooarchaeological measures of socioeconomic position and cost-efficient meat purchases. Historical Archaeology, 21, 58–66. [20]

Lyman, R. L. (1987e). Hunting for evidence of Plio-Pleistocene hominid scavengers. American Anthropologist, 89, 710–715. [7]

Lyman, R. L., & O’Brien, M. J. (1987). Plow-zone zooarchaeology: fragmentation and identifiability. Journal of Field Archaeology, 14, 493–498. [33]

Lyman, R. L. (1988a). Zoogeography of Oregon coast marine mammals: the last 3000 years. Marine Mammal Science, 4, 247–264. [36]

Lyman, R. L. (1988b). Significance for wildlife management of the late Quaternary biogeography of mountain goats (Oreamnos americanus) in the Pacific Northwest U.S.A. Arctic and Alpine Research, 20, 13–23. [18]

Lyman, R. L. (1988c). Was there a “last supper” at Last Supper Cave? In D. K. Grayson (Ed.), Danger Cave, Last Supper Cave, and Hanging Rock Shelter: the faunas (pp. 81–104). American Museum of Natural History Anthropological Papers 66(1). [7]

Lyman, R. L., Clark, L. A. & Ross, R. E. (1988). Harpoon stone tips and sea mammal hunting on the Oregon and northern California Coast. Journal of California and Great Basin Anthropology, 10, 73–87. [11]

Lyman, R. L. (1989a). Seal and sea lion hunting: a zooarchaeological study from the southern Northwest Coast of North America. Journal of Anthropological Archaeology, 8, 68–99. [24]

Lyman, R. L. (1989b). Taphonomy of cervids killed by the 18 May 1980 volcanic eruption of Mount St. Helens, Washington, U.S.A. In R. Bonnichsen & M. Sorg (Eds), Bone modification (pp. 149–167). Orono: University of Maine Center for the Study of Early Man. [19]

Lyman, R. L., & Fox, G. L. (1989). A critical evaluation of bone weathering data as an indication of bone assemblage formation. Journal of Archaeological Science, 16, 293–317. [92]

Lyman, R. L. (1991b). Taphonomic problems with archaeological analyses of animal carcass utilization and transport. In J. R. Purdue, W. E. Klippel, & B. W. Styles (Eds.), Beamers, bobwhites, and blue-points: tributes to the career of Paul W. Parmalee (pp. 125–138). Springfield: Illinois State Museum Scientific Papers 23. [21]

Lyman, R. L. (1991c). Late Quaternary biogeography of the pygmy rabbit (Brachylagus idahoensis) in eastern Washington. Journal of Mammalogy, 72, 110–117. [26]

Lyman, R. L. (1991d). The Holocene history of the red fox (Vulpes vulpes) in eastern Washington. Northwest Science, 65, 22–26.

Lyman, R. L. (1991e). Subsistence change and pinniped hunting. In M. C. Stiner (Ed.) Human predators and prey mortality (pp. 189–199). Boulder, Colorado: Westview Press. [8]

Lyman, R. L. (1992a). Anatomical considerations of utility curves in zooarchaeology. Journal of Archaeological Science, 19, 7–22. [66]

Lyman, R. L. (1992b). Prehistoric seal and sea-lion butchering on the southern Northwest Coast. American Antiquity, 57, 246–261. [39]

Lyman, R. L. (1992c). Influences of mid-Holocene altithermal climates on mammalian faunas and human subsistence in eastern Washington. Journal of Ethnobiology, 12, 37–62.

Lyman, R. L., Houghton, L. E., & Chambers, A. L. (1992a). The effect of structural density on marmot skeletal part representation in archaeological sites. Journal of Archaeological Science, 19, 557–573. [59]

Lyman, R. L., J. M. Savelle, & P. Whitridge. (1992b). Derivation and application of a meat utility index for phocid seals. Journal of Archaeological Science, 19, 531–555. [40]

Lyman, R. L. (1993). Density-mediated attrition of bone assemblages: new insights. In J. Hudson (Ed.), From bones to behavior (pp. 324–341). Center for Archaeological Investigations Occasional Paper, 21. Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Press. [36]

Lyman, R. L. (1994b). Relative abundances of skeletal specimens and taphonomic analysis of vertebrate remains. Palaios, 9, 288–298. [40]

Lyman, R. L. (1994c). Quantitative units and terminology in zooarchaeology. American Antiquity, 59, 36–71. [120]

Lyman, R. L. (1994d). The Olympic mountain goat controversy: a different perspective. Conservation Biology, 8, 898–901. [11]

Lyman, R. L. (1995a). On the evolution of marine mammal hunting on the west coast of North America. Journal of Anthropological Archaeology, 14, 45–77. [30]

Lyman, R. L. (1995b). Determining when rare (zoo)archaeological phenomena are truly absent. Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory, 2, 369–424. [13]

Lyman, R. L. (1995c). A study of variation in the prehistoric butchery of large artiodactyls. In E. Johnson (Ed.), Ancient peoples and landscapes (pp. 233–253). Lubbock: Museum of Texas Tech University. [10]

Lyman, R. L. (1995d). Zooarchaeology of the Moses Coulee Cave (45DO331) spoils pile. Northwest Anthropological Research Notes, 29, 141–176. [4]

Lyman, R. L. (1995e). Inaccurate data and the Olympic National Park mountain goat controversy. Northwest Science, 69, 234–238. [3]

Lyman, R. L. (1995f). Comment on “intraspecific prey choice by Amazonian hunters” by Michael Alvard. Current Anthropology 36:808–809.

Lyman, R. L. (1996). Applied zooarchaeology: the relevance of faunal analysis to wildlife management. World Archaeology, 28, 110–125. [40]

Dixon, S. L., & Lyman, R. L. (1996). On the Holocene history of elk (Cervus elaphus) in eastern Washington. Northwest Science, 70, 262–272. [9]

Savelle, J. M., Friesen, T. M., & Lyman, R. L. (1996). Derivation and application of an otariid utility index. Journal of Archaeological Science, 23, 705–712. [24]

Lyman, R. L. (1997). Prehistoric dental abnormalities in Microtus cf. pennsylvanicus of eastern Washington. Current Research in the Pleistocene, 14, 147–149.

Lyman, R. L. (1998b). Plateau ungulates. In G. Gibbon (Ed.) Archaeology of prehistoric Native America: an encyclopedia (pp. 666–667). Levittown, Pennsylvania: Garland Publishing.

Wolverton, S., & Lyman, R. L. (1998). Measuring late Quaternary ursid diminution in the Midwest. Quaternary Research, 49, 322–329. [12]

Harpole, J. L., & Lyman, R. L. (1999). The Holocene biogeographic history of elk (Cervus elaphus) in western Washington. Northwest Science, 73, 106–113. [6]

Lyman, R. L. (2001). Vertebrate faunal remains from 45CA426, component II. Archaeology in Washington, 8, 69–76.

Lyman, R. L., Power, E. & Lyman, R. J. (2001). Ontogeny of deer mice (Peromyscus maniculatus) and montane voles (Microtus montanus) as owl prey. American Midland Naturalist, 146, 72–79. [6]

Lyman, R. L. (2002a). Taphonomic agents and taphonomic signatures. American Antiquity, 67, 361–365. [4]

Lyman, R. L. (2002b). Cultural resource management-driven spatial samples in archaeology: an example from eastern Washington. Journal of Northwest Anthropology, 36, 51–67.

Lyman, R. L. (2002c). Taxonomic identification of zooarchaeological remains. The Review of Archaeology, 23(2), 13–20.

Lyman, R. L. (2002d). Foreword. In W. D. Haglund & M. H. Sorg (Eds.), Advances in forensic taphonomy (pp. xiii–xv). Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press.

Lyman, R. L., Harpole, J. L., Darwent, C. M., & Church, R. R. (2002). Prehistoric occurrence of pinnipeds in the lower Columbia River. Northwestern Naturalist, 83, 1–6. [10]

Lyman, R. L., & Wolverton, S. (2002). The late prehistoric–early historic game sink in the northwestern United States. Conservation Biology, 16, 73–85. [34]

Darwent, C. M., & Lyman, R. L. (2002). Detecting the postburial fragmentation of carpals, tarsals, and phalanges. In W. D. Haglund & M. H. Sorg (Ed.), Advances in forensic taphonomy (pp. 355–377). Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press. [18]

Lyman, R. L. (2003a). The influence of time averaging and space averaging on the application of foraging theory in zooarchaeology. Journal of Archaeological Science, 30, 595–610. [51]

Lyman, R. L. (2003b). Pinniped behavior, foraging theory, and the depression of metapopulations and nondepression of a local population on the southern Northwest Coast of North America. Journal of Anthropological Archaeology, 22, 376–388. [37]

Lyman, R. L., & Lyman, R. J. (2003). Lessons from temporal variation in the mammalian faunas from two collections of owl pellets in Columbia County, Washington. International Journal of Osteoarchaeology, 13, 150–156. [8]

Lyman, R. L., Power, E., & Lyman, R. J. (2003). Quantification and sampling of faunal remains in owl pellets. Journal of Taphonomy, 1, 3–14. [18]

Lyman, R. L., & Wadley, R.. (2003). Sustainable yield and conservation goals. Science, 301, 309.

Lyman, R. L., & Zehr, J. (2003). Archaeological evidence of mountain beaver (Aplodontia rufa) mandibles as chisels and engravers on the Northwest Coast. Journal of Northwest Anthropology, 37, 89–100.

Church, R. R., & Lyman, R. L. (2003). Small fragments make small differences in efficiency when rendering grease from fractured artiodactyl bones by boiling. Journal of Archaeological Science, 30, 1077–1084. [31]

Lyman, R. L. (2004a). Aboriginal overkill in the intermountain west of North America: zooarchaeological tests and implications. Human Nature, 15, 169–208. [11]

Lyman, R. L. (2004b). The concept of equifinality in taphonomy. Journal of Taphonomy, 2, 15–26. [12]

Lyman, R. L. (2004c). Late-Quaternary diminution and abundance of prehistoric bison (Bison sp.) in eastern Washington State, U.S.A. Quaternary Research, 62, 76–85. [16]

Lyman, R. L. (2004d). Prehistoric biogeography, abundance, and phenotypic plasticity of elk (Cervus elaphus) in Washington State. In R. L. Lyman & K. P. Cannon (Eds.) Zooarchaeology and Conservation Biology, (pp. 136–163). Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press. [14]

Lyman, R. L. (2004e). Identification and paleoenvironmental significance of late Quaternary ermine (Mustela erminea) in the central Columbia Basin, Washington, Northwestern USA. The Holocene, 14, 553–562.

Lyman, R. L. (2004f). Biogeographic and conservation implications of late Quaternary pygmy rabbits (Brachylagus idahoensis) in eastern Washington. Western North American Naturalist 64:1–6. [11]

Lyman, R. L. (2004 g). Comment on “zooarchaeological measures of hunting pressure and occupation intensity in the Natufian: implications for agricultural origins” by N. Munro. Current Anthropology, 45 (Supplement), S26–S27.

Lyman, R. L., & Ames, K. M. (2004). Sampling to redundancy in zooarchaeology: lessons from the Portland Basin, northwestern Oregon and southwestern Washington. Journal of Ethnobiology, 24, 329–346. [12]

Lyman, R. L., & Bassett, K. (2004). Late-Pleistocene female Bison antiquus from central Missouri. Current Research in the Pleistocene, 21, 99–100.

Lyman, R. L., & Cannon, K. P. (2004b). Applied zooarchaeology, because it matters. In R. L. Lyman & K. P. Cannon (Eds.) Zooarchaeology and conservation biology (pp. 1–24). Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press. [9]

Lyman, R. L. (2005a). Analyzing cutmarks: lessons from artiodactyl remains in the northwestern United States. Journal of Archaeological Science, 32, 1722–1732. [34]

Lyman, R. L. (2005b). Zooarchaeology. In H. D. G. Maschner & C. Chippendale (Eds.) Handbook of Archaeological Methods (pp. 835–870). Lanham, MA: AltaMira Press. [3]

Lyman, R. L., & O’Brien, M. J. (2005). Within-taxon morphological diversity as a paleoenvironmental indicator: late-Quaternary Neotoma in the Bonneville Basin, northwestern Utah. Quaternary Research 63:274–282. [9]

Lyman, R. L. (2006a). Paleozoology in the service of conservation biology. Evolutionary Anthropology, 15, 11–19. [40]

Lyman, R. L. (2006b). Identifying bilateral pairs of deer (Odocoileus sp.) bones: how symmetrical is symmetrical enough? Journal of Archaeological Science, 33, 1237–1255. [5]

Lyman, R. L. (2006c). Archaeological evidence of anthropogenically induced twentieth-century diminution of North American wapiti (Cervus elaphus). American Midland Naturalist, 156, 88–98. [5]

Lyman, R. L. (2006d). Late prehistoric and early historic abundance of Columbian white-tailed deer, Portland Basin, Washington and Oregon, U.S.A. Journal of Wildlife Management, 70, 278–282. [4]

Gompper, M. E., Petrites, A. E., & Lyman, R. L. (2006). Cozumel Island fox (Urocyon sp.) dwarfism and possible divergence history based on subfossil bones. Journal of Zoology 270:72–77. [6]

Lyman, R. L. (2007a). Prehistoric mink (Mustela vison) trapping on the Northwest Coast (USA). Journal of Field Archaeology, 32, 91–95.

Lyman, R. L. (2007b). The Holocene history of pronghorn (Antilocapra americana) in eastern Washington State. Northwest Science, 81, 104–111.

Lyman, R. L., & Ames, K. M. (2007). On the use of species-area curves to detect the effects of sample size. Journal of Archaeological Science, 34, 1985–1990. [9]

Lyman, R. L. (2008b). Spondyloarthropathy in cervical vertebrae of late prehistoric black bear from northwestern Oregon, USA. Ursus, 19, 194–197.

Lyman, R. L. (2008c). Climatic implications of latest Pleistocene and earliest Holocene mammalian sympatries in eastern Washington State, USA. Quaternary Research, 70, 426–432. [5]

Lyman, R. L. (2008d). (Zoo)archaeological refitting: a consideration of methods and analytical search radius. Journal of Anthropological Research, 64, 229–248.

Lyman, R. L. (2008e). Estimating the magnitude of data asymmetry in paleozoological biogeography. International Journal of Osteoarchaeology, 18, 85–94. [7]

Lyman, R. L. (2009). The Holocene history of bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis) in eastern Washington State, northwestern USA. The Holocene, 19, 143–150.

Wolverton, S., Lyman, R. L., Kennedy, J. H., & La Point, T. W. (2009). The terminal Pleistocene extinctions in North America, hypermorphic evolution, and the dynamic equilibrium model. Journal of Ethnobiology, 29, 28–63. [9]

Lyman, R. L. (2010a). Taphonomy, pathology and paleoecology of the terminal Pleistocene Marmes Rockshelter (45FR50) “big elk” (Cervus elaphus), southeastern Washington State, USA. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, 47, 1367–1382.

Lyman, R. L. (2010b). Paleozoology's dependence on natural history collections. Journal of Ethnobiology, 30(1), 126–136.

Lyman, R. L. (2010c). What taphonomy is, what it isn't, and why taphonomists should care about the difference. Journal of Taphonomy, 8, 1–16. [5]

Lyman, R. L. (2010d). New record of moose (Alces alces) in southeastern Washington State. Northwest Science, 84, 99–102.

Lyman, R. L. (2010e). Mandibular hypodontia and osteoarthritis in prehistoric bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis) in eastern Washington State, USA. International Journal of Osteoarchaeology, 20, 396–404.

Lyman, R. L. (2010f). Prehistoric anthropogenic impacts to local and regional faunas are not ubiquitous. In R. M. Dean (Ed.), The archaeology of anthropogenic environments (pp. 108–128). Center for Archaeological Investigations Occasional Paper 37. Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Press.

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Darwent, C.M., Butler, V.L. & O’Brien, M.J. Introduction to Zooarchaeological Method and Theory: a Special Issue Honoring R. Lee Lyman. J Archaeol Method Theory 20, 365–380 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10816-013-9171-x

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