Social zooarchaeology : humans and animals in prehistory /
Russell, Nerissa, 1957-
Social zooarchaeology : humans and animals in prehistory / Nerissa Russell. - 1 online resource
Bridewealth in the transition to herding.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Cover; SOCIAL ZOOARCHAEOLOGY; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of tables; Preface; 1 Beyond protein and calories; What is an animal?; ANTHROPOCENTRISM AND ANTHROPOMORPHISM; Animals and zooarchaeology; Beyond protein and calories, and even attrition; 2 Animal symbols; Animal metaphors; Art; ANIMAL DEITIES; Totems; THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF TOTEMISM; Taboos; TABOOS AS ETHNIC MARKERS; Sacred Cows; Pig taboos; THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF TABOO; Taboos at Çatalhöyük?; Animal combat: Constructing the wild; BULLFIGHTS AND BULL GAMES; OTHER ANIMAL COMBAT; Animal symbols and zooarchaeology. 3 Animals in ritualRitual treatment of animal remains; RESPECTING THE HUNTED; TROPHIES; HUNTING SHRINES; FUNERARY RITUAL; Food offerings for the afterlife; Remains of funerary feasts and sacrifices; Animal remains as symbols; Animals in funerary ritual; OTHER ANIMAL DEPOSITS; Abandonment deposits; Special deposits; Structured deposition; ANIMALS IN ARCHITECTURE; Foundation deposits; Installations; Other incorporations into architecture; AMULETS AND RITUAL PARAPHERNALIA; Sacrifice and ritual killing; EVIDENCE FOR SACRIFICE; Ethnography and history; Archaeology; EVALUATING SACRIFICE; Divination. ENTRAILSSCAPULIMANCY; KNUCKLEBONES; OTHER BODY PARTS; SUMMARY; Dancing with animals; The zooarchaeology of ritual; 4 Hunting and humanity; Hunters or scavengers?; MAN THE SCAVENGER; The prestige of hunting and meat; WHAT IS HUNTING?; Motivations for hunting; SUBSISTENCE HUNTING; RITUAL HUNTING; SPORT HUNTING; Hunters' attitudes to animals; The call of the wild; The archaeology of hunting; 5 Extinctions; Island extinctions; OCEANIA; MEDITERRANEAN; MADAGASCAR; CARIBBEAN; NORTH ATLANTIC; SUMMARY; Pleistocene overkill?; AUSTRALIA; NEW WORLD; OLD WORLD; PLEISTOCENE KILLERS; Timing of extinctions. Differential extinction of large animalsNaïveté; Big game hunters; Hunting as the cause of extinction; The rhetoric of extinction; 6 Domestication as a human-animal relationship; Definitions; BIOLOGICAL DEFINITIONS; Control of breeding; Symbiosis; SOCIAL DEFINITIONS; Property; QUESTIONING DOMESTICATION; Models of origins; COEVOLUTION; THE PET THEORY; THE WALKING LARDER; SECONDARY PRODUCTS; Wool; Dairy; Labor; RELIGION AND FEASTING; Sacrifice; Feasting; Shamanism; DOMINATION; Implications; TRANSFORMATIONS IN HUMAN SOCIETY; LINKS BETWEEN HUMAN-ANIMAL AND HUMAN-HUMAN RELATIONS. Studying domestication7 Pets and other human-animal relationships; The spectrum of human-animal relationships; Pets; PETS IN THE PAST; Neither wild nor domestic; TAMING; MANAGEMENT; ISLAND INTRODUCTIONS; Man's best friend; COMPANION; HUNTER; HERDER; GUARD; SCAVENGER; LABORER; FOOD AND FUR SOURCE; SYMBOL; PARIAH; SPECIAL CASE; 8 Animal wealth; The emergence of animal wealth; THE VALORIZATION OF ANIMAL WEALTH; Animals as money and capital; Implications for herding strategies; Wealth as a motivation for herding; DIFFICULTIES OF THE TRANSITION TO HERDING; Bridewealth; THE ORIGINS OF BRIDEWEALTH.
The first book to provide a systematic overview of social zooarchaeology, arguing that animals have always played a range of roles in human societies.
English.
9781139187787 (electronic book) 1139187783 (electronic book) 9781139019712 (electronic book) 1139019716 (electronic book) 9781139190374 (electronic book) 1139190377 (electronic book) 9781139185479 (electronic book) 1139185470 (electronic book) (hardcover) (hardcover) (paperback) (paperback) 1139179454 9781139179454 1107225108 9781107225107 1283378124 9781283378123 9786613378125 6613378127 1139189069 9781139189064
9786613378125
337812 MIL
Animal remains (Archaeology)
Human remains (Archaeology)
Social archaeology.
Human-animal relationships--History.
Prehistoric peoples.
Rites and ceremonies, Prehistoric.
Animals and civilization.
Restes humains (Archéologie)
Archéologie sociale.
Relations homme-animal--Histoire.
Rites et cérémonies préhistoriques.
Animaux et civilisation.
NATURE--Animals--Dinosaurs & Prehistoric Creatures.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Archaeology.
Animal remains (Archaeology)
Animals and civilization.
Human-animal relationships.
Human remains (Archaeology)
Prehistoric peoples.
Rites and ceremonies, Prehistoric.
Social archaeology.
Electronic books.
History.
CC79.5.A5 / R87 2012
930.1
Social zooarchaeology : humans and animals in prehistory / Nerissa Russell. - 1 online resource
Bridewealth in the transition to herding.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Cover; SOCIAL ZOOARCHAEOLOGY; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of tables; Preface; 1 Beyond protein and calories; What is an animal?; ANTHROPOCENTRISM AND ANTHROPOMORPHISM; Animals and zooarchaeology; Beyond protein and calories, and even attrition; 2 Animal symbols; Animal metaphors; Art; ANIMAL DEITIES; Totems; THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF TOTEMISM; Taboos; TABOOS AS ETHNIC MARKERS; Sacred Cows; Pig taboos; THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF TABOO; Taboos at Çatalhöyük?; Animal combat: Constructing the wild; BULLFIGHTS AND BULL GAMES; OTHER ANIMAL COMBAT; Animal symbols and zooarchaeology. 3 Animals in ritualRitual treatment of animal remains; RESPECTING THE HUNTED; TROPHIES; HUNTING SHRINES; FUNERARY RITUAL; Food offerings for the afterlife; Remains of funerary feasts and sacrifices; Animal remains as symbols; Animals in funerary ritual; OTHER ANIMAL DEPOSITS; Abandonment deposits; Special deposits; Structured deposition; ANIMALS IN ARCHITECTURE; Foundation deposits; Installations; Other incorporations into architecture; AMULETS AND RITUAL PARAPHERNALIA; Sacrifice and ritual killing; EVIDENCE FOR SACRIFICE; Ethnography and history; Archaeology; EVALUATING SACRIFICE; Divination. ENTRAILSSCAPULIMANCY; KNUCKLEBONES; OTHER BODY PARTS; SUMMARY; Dancing with animals; The zooarchaeology of ritual; 4 Hunting and humanity; Hunters or scavengers?; MAN THE SCAVENGER; The prestige of hunting and meat; WHAT IS HUNTING?; Motivations for hunting; SUBSISTENCE HUNTING; RITUAL HUNTING; SPORT HUNTING; Hunters' attitudes to animals; The call of the wild; The archaeology of hunting; 5 Extinctions; Island extinctions; OCEANIA; MEDITERRANEAN; MADAGASCAR; CARIBBEAN; NORTH ATLANTIC; SUMMARY; Pleistocene overkill?; AUSTRALIA; NEW WORLD; OLD WORLD; PLEISTOCENE KILLERS; Timing of extinctions. Differential extinction of large animalsNaïveté; Big game hunters; Hunting as the cause of extinction; The rhetoric of extinction; 6 Domestication as a human-animal relationship; Definitions; BIOLOGICAL DEFINITIONS; Control of breeding; Symbiosis; SOCIAL DEFINITIONS; Property; QUESTIONING DOMESTICATION; Models of origins; COEVOLUTION; THE PET THEORY; THE WALKING LARDER; SECONDARY PRODUCTS; Wool; Dairy; Labor; RELIGION AND FEASTING; Sacrifice; Feasting; Shamanism; DOMINATION; Implications; TRANSFORMATIONS IN HUMAN SOCIETY; LINKS BETWEEN HUMAN-ANIMAL AND HUMAN-HUMAN RELATIONS. Studying domestication7 Pets and other human-animal relationships; The spectrum of human-animal relationships; Pets; PETS IN THE PAST; Neither wild nor domestic; TAMING; MANAGEMENT; ISLAND INTRODUCTIONS; Man's best friend; COMPANION; HUNTER; HERDER; GUARD; SCAVENGER; LABORER; FOOD AND FUR SOURCE; SYMBOL; PARIAH; SPECIAL CASE; 8 Animal wealth; The emergence of animal wealth; THE VALORIZATION OF ANIMAL WEALTH; Animals as money and capital; Implications for herding strategies; Wealth as a motivation for herding; DIFFICULTIES OF THE TRANSITION TO HERDING; Bridewealth; THE ORIGINS OF BRIDEWEALTH.
The first book to provide a systematic overview of social zooarchaeology, arguing that animals have always played a range of roles in human societies.
English.
9781139187787 (electronic book) 1139187783 (electronic book) 9781139019712 (electronic book) 1139019716 (electronic book) 9781139190374 (electronic book) 1139190377 (electronic book) 9781139185479 (electronic book) 1139185470 (electronic book) (hardcover) (hardcover) (paperback) (paperback) 1139179454 9781139179454 1107225108 9781107225107 1283378124 9781283378123 9786613378125 6613378127 1139189069 9781139189064
9786613378125
337812 MIL
Animal remains (Archaeology)
Human remains (Archaeology)
Social archaeology.
Human-animal relationships--History.
Prehistoric peoples.
Rites and ceremonies, Prehistoric.
Animals and civilization.
Restes humains (Archéologie)
Archéologie sociale.
Relations homme-animal--Histoire.
Rites et cérémonies préhistoriques.
Animaux et civilisation.
NATURE--Animals--Dinosaurs & Prehistoric Creatures.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Archaeology.
Animal remains (Archaeology)
Animals and civilization.
Human-animal relationships.
Human remains (Archaeology)
Prehistoric peoples.
Rites and ceremonies, Prehistoric.
Social archaeology.
Electronic books.
History.
CC79.5.A5 / R87 2012
930.1