## Credits

Please cite as: Harland, J.F., Barrett, JH., Carrott, J., Dobney, K. and Jaques, D. 2003. 'The York System: An integrated zooarchaeological database for research and teaching', Internet Archaeology

- Database constructed and developed by Jennifer Harland, originally as part of her MSc thesis in Archaeological Information Systems at the University of York, 2001, supervised by James Barrett
- Work on the database continued thanks to a grant from the Fund for Innovation and Development in Learning and Teaching, organised by Harold Mytum of the Department of Archaeology
- Based on the recording protocols of:
  - mammals and birds: Keith Dobney, Deborah Jaques and Cluny Johnstone, then of the Enviornmental Archaeology Unit, University of York
  - fish: James Barrett
- Following earlier database work by various employees of the Environmental Archaeology Unit, including John Carrott
- Illustrations provided by:
  - Keith Dobney, Kevin Rielly, Cluny Johnstone, Mark Beech, original mammal and bird zone diagrams
  - James Barrett and Jayne Oltmann (Barrett 1997), original fish zone definitions, using base drawings after Cannon (1987)
  - Jennifer Harland, large mammal metapodials, horse femur and metapodials (after von den Driesch 1976 and Hillson 1992); sheep/goat teeth, redrawn digitally (after Payne 1987); digitisation and, in some cases, alteration of original zone diagrams
  - Annie Grant, cattle and pig teeth wear stages (1982)
  - J. Watt et al. (1997), Inge Bødker Enghoff (1994), Arturo Morales and Knud Rosenlund (1979), and Andrew Jones (1991) for fish measurement illustrations
  - Terry O'Connor, bones photograph used on switchboard and elsewhere
  - Sven Schroder, fish infrapharyngeal
- Help and advice provided by:
  - Terry O'Connor
  - Phil Piper, micromammals, reptiles, amphibians
  - Cluny Johnstone, equids
- Testing and comments provided by several of the above, plus:
  - Bob Harland and Tom Riley
  - And several MSc Zooarchaeology students over three academic years, including Charlie Stokes and Rachel Gamble
- Computer help and advice provided by Dave Stott and Keith Westcott