Survey on Reference collections and Digital Resources
Following on from the AFR above and as part of a presentation for the 16th ICAZ fish
conference. A selection of results will be posted later - anyone who uses fish reference
collections, online digital resources, digitised/pdf guides and keys etc etc, feel
free to take part, I am leaving it open for the time being. Fishbone-Resources-Survey
page link here
Links - more to come, please tell me of others!
Osteobase - Hosted by the MNHN - French museum of natural history, this is a similar
resource but with a different slant to the AFR project - more species, excellent
photos, English and French versions. It seems that many people do not know of this
website so take a look.
Bone Base Baltic Sea - A useful resource for fish of the area - various information
and a download of a cd photo resource (create the cd by burning an iso file).
Sydney fish library - images of modern and archaeological fishbones from Sydney
area, compiled by Sarah Colley Includes species of wide distribution and those similar
to other areas.
NABONE gadid manual - digital images of elements of five North Atlantic gadids.
Sadly this was never expanded further. Links to other NABONE items.
Portland State University fish bone images - useful for this area of the USA but
also handy for general reference to species in same genus/family. Links to other
zooarch including collections database.
Hawaiian fish bone key from the Bishop Museum - key using Lucid and digital images,
also nice anatomical labels listed under ‘types of remains’.
OSTEO - bones of fresh water species worldwide (but mostly limited to those in Madrid
NH collection?).
Archaeological Fish Resources
This is a collaborative project based in Britain including workshops and online
digital resources to aid archaeozoologists identifying fishbones, passing on skills
and knowledge to the new generation.
