Download or read book Osteology for the Archaeologist written by Stanley J. Olsen and published by Peabody Museum Press. This book was released on 1979 with total page 197 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This comparative analysis aids the fieldworker in identifying fossil proboscidean bones from early man sites. It also describes the skulls, mandibles, and posteranial skeletons of forty families of birds frequently found in archaeological excavations in the United States.