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Faunal remains from Mahal Teglinos span the period from about 3000 to 1000 BC. They indicate that the arrival of cattle, sheep and goat in the region predates the occupatio n of the site, but the evidence available from other and older sites near Khashm-el-Girba does not suffice to document precisely the development of pastoralism and its consequences in the Southern Atbai. Among the limited mammalian game, the many gazelles and dikdiks point to steppe conditions, while the equally numerous buffalo remains suggest that this large bovid thrived in the seasonally inundated land along the Gash River.

The town of Sagalassos, located in south-western Turkey, was an important regional centre from the Hellenistic period to Late Antiquity. Since the 1990s, the site has been the subject of systematic interdisciplinary research focusing on industrial, commercial, and residential areas of the town. The aim of this paper is to present the results of the excavations of two residential complexes in the town, including a palatial mansion to the north of the Roman Baths and a late antique house/shop encroaching upon the east portico of the lower agora. These housing complexes provide evidence for the living conditions of both the upper and middle classes in Late Antiquity.

This chapter discusses the possible contribution of historical and archaeozoological data to the establishment of reference conditions. First, the methodology used by fishery biologists to evaluate and monitor water quality is presented in general terms. Then a case study shows the fishery research carried out through time in the Scheldt, a major river basin in Belgium. Lastly, the chapter describes the biological information that is relevant for the compliance with the water framework directive (WFD) and discusses the added value of historical and archaeozoological data from Flanders for an integrated approach to the evaluation of the quality of river basins. Keywords: archaeozoological data; fishery management; Flanders; Scheldt Basin; water framework directive (WFD)