Group Travel for Participants in the Sixth International Conference on Archaeozoology, Washington, DC, May 21-25, 1990

第六届国际生态动物学会议将于1990年5月21-25日在华盛顿举行。迄今为止，已有400多人表示有兴趣参加，大多数人计划提交论文。该国家科学基金会将为至少20名参与者提供旅费和生活费。考古动物学是一门关于分析和解释考古遗址中的动物遗迹的学科。对这些动物群的分析为考古学家提供了几种重要的信息。它提供了不同的史前群体的饮食洞察。随着国家等复杂社会的发展，动物遗迹为经济和市场体系的发展以及政治权力的集中提供了重要数据。它们还揭示了史前狩猎和放牧策略以及这些策略如何随着时间的推移而发展。最后，对动物遗骸的分析为过去的气候和环境以及它们如何受到人类群体的影响提供了重要证据。由于考古动物学是一个广泛的知识领域，在旧世界和新世界都有许多从业者，因此沟通是极其重要的。本理事会会议为满足这一需要提供了一个非常成功的途径，华盛顿会议也不应例外。NSF的支持将确保提交最重要的论文。美国科学将从中受益，因为美国研究人员将接触到目前在世界其他地区进行的最重要的工作。

The sixth International Conference of Archaeozoology (ICAZ) will be held in Washington, DC on May 21-25, 1990. To date, over 400 individuals have expressed interest in attending and most plan to present papers. This National Science Foundation will provide travel and subsistence expenses for a minimum of 20 participants. Archaeozoology is a discipline concerned with the analysis and interpretation of zoological remains from archaeological sites. Analysis of such fauna provides several kinds of crucial information to archaeologists. It provides insight into the diet of different prehistoric groups. As complex societies such as states develop, faunal remains yield crucial data on the development of economic and market systems and the centralization of political authority. They also shed light on prehistoric hunting and herding strategies and how these developed over time. Finally, analysis of faunal remains provides importance evidence on past climates and environments and how they were affected by human groups. Because archaeozoology is a broad intellectual field with many practitioners in both the Old and New Worlds, communication is extremely important. The ICAZ conferences have offered an very successful way to meet this need, and the Washington meeting should prove no exception. NSF support will assure that the most important papers will be presented. American science will benefit because U.S. researchers will be exposed to the most significant work now carried out in other parts of the world.