Anthropological approaches to zooarchaeology : complexity, colonialism, and animal transformations /

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"Animals in complex human societies are often both meal and symbol, related to everyday practice and ritual. People in such societies may be characterized as having unequal access to such resources, or else the meaning of animals may differ for component groups. Here, in this book, 28 peer-revi...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Campana, Douglas V. (Editor ), Crabtree, Pam J. (Editor ), deFrance, Susan D. (Editor ), Lev-Tov, Justin (Editor ), Choyke, Alice Mathea (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford, UK : Oakville, CT : Oxbow Books ; The David Brown Book Company, [2010]
Temas:
Animal remains (Archaeology)
Social archaeology.
Human-animal relationships.
Colonies.
Rites and ceremonies.
Archéologie sociale.
Relations homme-animal.
Rites et cérémonies.
colonies.
ceremonies.
rites.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Archaeology.
Dierlijke resten.
Mens-dier-relatie.
Archeologische vondsten.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:"Animals in complex human societies are often both meal and symbol, related to everyday practice and ritual. People in such societies may be characterized as having unequal access to such resources, or else the meaning of animals may differ for component groups. Here, in this book, 28 peer-reviewed papers that span 4 continents and the Caribbean islands explore in different ways how animals were incorporated into the diets and religions of many unique societies. The temporal range is from the Neolithic to the Spanish colonization of the New World as well as to modern tourist trade in indigenous animal art. The volume explores various themes including the interaction of foodways with complex societies, the interaction between diet and colonialism and the complex role that animals, and parts of animals, play in all human societies as religious, identity markers, or other types of symbols. Organized according to these themes, rather than geographic location or time period, the papers presented here crosscut such divisions. In so doing, this book presents an opportunity for scholars divided by geography especially, but also by temporal period, to explore each other's research and demonstrate that different archaeological settings can address the same problems cross-culturally."--
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xii, 274 pages) : illustrations, maps
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:9781842178812
1842178814

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