Avian OsteologyDescription (968 2500) Revised second edition of the classic text, spiral bound. Avian Osteology by B. Miles Gilbert, Larry D. Martin, and Howard G. Savage has been an essential resource for North American zooarchaeologists since its introduction in the early 1970s. At the time of initial publication, avian taxonomy relied heavily on morphological observations, but advances in DNA analyses have revolutionized our understanding of taxonomic