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SUMMARY:On the wing: Morphological variation in the osteology of Anatidae 
 (excluding Anserinae) of the Levant - Dr Ashleigh Haruda\, University of O
 xford
DTSTART:20231201T131500Z
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CONTACT:Rosie Crawford
DESCRIPTION:Haruda\, A.\, Mazzucato\, C.\, Yeomans\, L.\n\nAccurate identi
 fication of waterfowl in archaeological assemblages of the Levant has the 
 potential to unlock new methods of past environmental reconstruction. Spec
 ies have differing habitat preferences and migration patterns\, and theref
 ore identifying the palaeoecological presence of avian resources is key to
  addressing how prehistoric people responded to climatic and environmental
  realignments across the Pleistocene-Holocene boundary. However\, the iden
 tification of osteological remains of ducks from archaeological and palaeo
 ntological contexts is notoriously challenging. We address this by present
 ing new geometric morphometric methods (GMM) protocols on wing elements fr
 om over twenty Palaearctic species to improve identification of waterfowl.
  This is an ideal starting point to expand the utilisation of GMM in avifa
 unal research and test applicability to a notoriously difficult taxonomic 
 group.\n\n*This event is in person\, but will be streamed at: https://zoom
 .us/j/95506595957?pwd=S0tzL2ZJcUp5eDRxNmpxYWpaL0VZUT09*\n
LOCATION:Seminar Room\, McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research\, D
 owning Site
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