Beastly Questions: Animal Answers to Archaeological Issues
Naomi Sykes, "Beastly Questions: Animal Answers to Archaeological Issues"
English | ISBN: 1474260691 | 2015 | 240 pages | EPUB | 2 MB
English | ISBN: 1474260691 | 2015 | 240 pages | EPUB | 2 MB
Zooarchaeology, the study of ancient animals, is a frequently side-lined subject in archaeology. This 'important and provocative' volume, now available in paperback, provides a crucial reversal of this bizarre situation - 'bizarre' because the archaeological record is composed largely of debris from human–animal relationships (be they in the form of animal bones, individual artifacts or entire landscapes) and many disciplines, including anthropology, sociology, and geography, recognise human–animal interactions as a key source of information for understanding cultural ideology.
By integrating knowledge from archaeological remains with evidence from texts, iconography, social anthropology and cultural geography,
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