Looking at the leftovers: What was for dinner in 19th Century Detroit?

As part of the Unearthing Detroit Project, Sarah Beste and Slava Pallas have designed a research project on the faunal remains from Sector J, Feature4 of the Renaissance Center. Faunal analysis, also called zooarchaeology, is the study of animal bones. Sarah and Slava are generating a quantitative and qualitative interpretation of the food consumption practices belonging to the residents who once lived in the footprint of the Renaissance Center site. Their study is an extension of a 1978 faunal analysis conducted by Karen Mudar on the remains from other Sectors.

Read the full blog post at http://unearthdetroit.wordpress.com/2015/01/20/410/.

unearthdetroit.wordpress.com/2015/01/20/410/

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