REVIEWS: An Introduction to Zooarchaeology. DIANE GIFFORD-GONZALEZ,. 2018. Springer International Publishing, New York. xxiii + 604 pp., 133 b/w illustrations, 4 illustrations in color. $99.00 (hardcover), ISBN 978-3-319-65680-9. Also available in paper, ISBN 978-3-030-09746-2, and ebook, ISBN 978-3-319-65682-3. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-65682-3

Many also used animals for transporting goods or people and for pulling carts and plows. [...]animal bones tend to be ubiquitous in the archaeological record. [...]zooarchaeology students and instructors, as well as others interested in understanding human–animal interactions, did not have many comprehensive resources. The following chapter reviews attempts to measure nutritional utility values (meat, marrow, and bone grease, among others) of different body parts to elucidate humans’ decisions regarding animal selection, transport, and discard.