Anthropological approaches to zooarchaeology : complexity, colonialism, and animal transformations / edited by D. Campana [and others].

Published: Oxford, UK ; Oakville, CT : Oxbow Books, [2010]
Copyright Date: ©2010
Physical Description: xii, 274 pages : illustrations, maps ; 31 cm
Additional Creators: Campana, Douglas V.

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Machine generated contents note: pt. I Archaeozoology and Social Complexity / Justin Lev-Tov -- 1.A Bird's Eye View of Ritual at the Cahokia Site / Lucretia S. Kelly -- 2.The Organization of Animal Production in an Early Urban Center: The Zooarchaeological Evidence from Early Bronze Age Titris Hoyuk, Southeastern Turkey / Haskel J. Greenfield -- 3.Animal-Derived Artefacts at Two Pre-Columbian Sites in the Ancient Savannas of Central Panama. An Update on their Relevance to Studies of Social Hierarchy and Cultural Attitudes Towards Animals / Maximo Jimenez -- 4.Body Parts, Placements and People in an Iron Age Town in Bulgaria / Sue Stallibrass -- 5.Status and Diet at the Workers' Town, Giza, Egypt / Richard Redding -- 6.Chiefly Fare or Who's Feeding the Cacique? Equality in Animal Use at the Tibes Ceremonial Center, Puerto Rico / Susan D. deFrance -- 7.A Plebeian Perspective on Empire Economies: Faunal Remains from Tel Miqne-Ekron, Israel / Justin Lev-Tov -- 8.Continuity and Change in Faunal Consumption Patterns at the Pre-Inka and Inka Site of Yoroma, Bolivia / Sonia Alconini -- 9.Living on the Frontier: "Scythian" and "Celtic" Animal Exploitation in Iron Age Northeastern Hungary / Erika Gal -- pt. II Zooarchaeology and Colonialism / Douglas V. Campana -- 10.Archaeozoology and Colonialism: An Introduction / Douglas V. Campana -- 11.Craving for Hunger: A Zooarchaeological Study at the the Edge of the Spanish Empire / Maria X. Senatore -- 12.Zooarchaeology in the Spanish Borderlands of the American Southwest: Challenges and Opportunities / Diane Gifford-Gonzalez -- 13.Animal Husbandry at Pimeria Alta Missions: El Ganado en el Sudoeste de Norteamerica / Barnet Pavao-Zuckerman -- 14.The Adoption and Use of Domestic Animals at Zuni / Jonathan Driver -- 15."Romanizing" Ancient Carthage: Evidence from Zooarchaeological Remains / Michael MacKinnon -- 16.Animal Keeping and Roman Colonization in the Province of Panonia Inferior, Western Hungary / Kyra Lyublyanovics -- 17.Zooarchaeology and Colonialism in Roman Britain: Evidence from Icklingham / Pam J. Crabtree -- pt. III Animal Transformations / Alice Choyke -- 18.The Bone is the Beast: Animal Amulets and Ornaments in Power and Magic / Alice Choyke -- 19.Skeletal Manipulations of Dogs at the Bronze Age Site of Szazhalombatta-Foldvar in Hungary / Sabine Sten -- 20.Bovid Skulls in Southeastern European Neolithic Dwellings: The Case of the Subterranean Circular Room at Promachon-Topolnica in the Strymon Valley, Greece / Katerina Trantalidou -- 21.Symbolism of Sharks for Fisher-Gatherer Groups from the Sao Paulo Coast, Brazil / Manoel M. B. Gonzalez -- 22.Tupilak Transformations: Traditional Ivory Objects as Modern Souvenirs / Margaret E. Sims -- 23.The Birds and Animals in Ancient Armenian Art / Ninna Manaseryan -- 24.The Transformations of the Quetzal Bird / Carmen Aguilera -- 25.Pets in Pots: Superstitious Belief in a Medieval Christian (12th--14th century) Village in Hungary / Marta Daroczi-Szabo -- 26."Left" is "Right": The Symbolism behind Side Choice among Ancient Animal Sacrifices / Michael MacKinnon -- 27.The Composition and Interpretation of Associated Bone Groups from Wessex / James Morris.

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9781842173909 (hardback)
1842173901 (hardback)

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Includes bibliographical references.

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UP-PAT copy: Purchased with funds from the Paterno Libraries Endowment; 2010.

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