Supplemental Material: Methane seeps as refugia during ash falls in the Late Cretaceous Western Interior Seaway of North America

Additional information on sample collection and stratigraphy of the site, faunal analysis and data standardization, and stable isotope analysis, and supplemental tables of raw and transformed datasets.<br>

Supplemental Material: Methane seeps as refugia during ash falls in the Late Cretaceous Western Interior Seaway of North America

Additional information on sample collection and stratigraphy of the site, faunal analysis and data standardization, and stable isotope analysis, and supplemental tables of raw and transformed datasets.<br>

Chapter Two: Preliminary Findings from the Faunal Assemblage from Eleon

A relatively small, but well-preserved, assemblage of faunal remains centred on an apparent refuse heap in the southwest quadrant of Eleon has been analyzed to determine the relative representation of domesticated and wild taxa, as well as mortality profiles for sheep and goats. Although the total number of identified specimens is small, at 1059 fragments, several patterns that warrant further analysis have emerged in the data. The representation of deer among these remains is higher than at other sites on the Greek mainland. Lower-utility elements such as metapodials and tibiae are better represented than meatier portions of the skeleton, suggesting that entire carcasses were being processed on site. Mortality profiles developed from sheep and goat mandibles indicate a distinct management strategy for each species, with a large number of very young and juvenile goats, compared with many more mature sheep. Overall, the faunal remains from this deposit suggest a varied economy in the post-palatial period, exploiting a wide range of species for both primary and secondary animal products. Further faunal analysis at Eleon is warranted to allow comparisons across time periods and between locations at the site.

Animal husbandry from the Middle Bronze Age through the Iron Age in the Shephelah—faunal remains from the new excavations at Lachish

Lachish (Tell ed-Duweir) is located in the southern part of the Judean foothills, known as the Shephelah, and is one of the larger and most extensively excavated multi-period sites in the southern Levant. We present the faunal results of the first three seasons of the most recent excavations, the Austrian-Israeli Expedition to Tel Lachish. The expedition focusses on two areas of the tell encompassing the Middle Bronze Age III through the Iron Age II, area S (deep section) and area P (palace area). The aims for the faunal analysis are threefold: comparing the results between the two areas, seeing how our results compare to previous analyses, and comparing Lachish to other synchronous sites in the Shephelah. We observe differences in subsistence strategies between the areas in addition to diachronic differences. Ovicaprids dominate all assemblages, but we see shifts in the sheep to goat ratio and mortality profiles through time indicating changes in subsistence strategies. Our new results largely agree with the results from previous analyses, showing the value of previous studies and their potential compatibility with newer research. A synchronic comparison of Lachish within the Shephelah shows the occupants of the site were largely self-sufficient but possibly engaged in an exchange of resources in the vicinity.

Ecological and faunal analysis of dragonflies (Odonata) of suborders Zygoptera, Caloptera in Republic of Ingushetia

In this work, we adhere to the systematics proposed by the school of odonatologists B.F.Belyshev, that is, the order is subdivided into three suborders: Anizoptera, Zygoptera and Caloptera. In this article, we first characterize the suborders Zygoptera, Caloptera. The article provides a systematic composition and an overview of taxa common in the RI. [one]. On the basis of literature sources, brief characteristics of suborders, families and genera are given, and the problems of taxonomy and nomenclature of individual species and basic information on the distribution of taxa found in the study area are discussed. Analysis of the existing stream of literary information on dragonflies indicates that there are still problems, the solution of which requires close attention. First of all, this is the lack of research on the Caucasian regional odonatofaunas.