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Social zooarchaeology : humans and animals in prehistory /
"This is the first book to provide an overview and systematic examination of social zooarchaeology, a new approach that takes a holistic veiw of human-animal relations in the past. Until very recently, zooarchaeology was heavily focused on diet and subsistence economy, especially for prehistori...
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| Format: | Printed Book |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2012.
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Table of Contents:
- Beyond protein and calories
- Animal symbols
- Animals in ritual
- Hunting and humanity
- Extinctions
- Domestication as a human-animal relationship
- Pets and other human-animal relationships
- Animal wealth
- Meat beyond diet
- Studying human-animal relations.