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020			_a9781139019712 (ebook)
020			_z9780521767378 (hardback)
020			_z9780521143110 (paperback)
040			_aUkCbUP _beng _erda _cUkCbUP _dBD-SySUS.
050	0	0	_aCC79.5.A5 _bR87 2012
082	0	0	_a930.1 _223
100	1		_aRussell, Nerissa , _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aSocial Zooarchaeology : _bHumans and Animals in Prehistory / _cNerissa Russell.
264		1	_aCambridge : _bCambridge University Press, _c2011.
300			_a1 online resource (562 pages) : _bdigital, PDF file(s).
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
500			_aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 04 Apr 2016).
520			_aThis is the first book to provide a systematic overview of social zooarchaeology, which takes a holistic view of human-animal relations in the past. Until recently, archaeological analysis of faunal evidence has primarily focused on the role of animals in the human diet and subsistence economy. This book, however, argues that animals have always played many more roles in human societies: as wealth, companions, spirit helpers, sacrificial victims, totems, centerpieces of feasts, objects of taboos, and more. These social factors are as significant as taphonomic processes in shaping animal bone assemblages. Nerissa Russell uses evidence derived from not only zooarchaeology, but also ethnography, history and classical studies, to suggest the range of human-animal relationships and to examine their importance in human society. Through exploring the significance of animals to ancient humans, this book provides a richer picture of past societies.
650		0	_aAnimal remains (Archaeology)
650		0	_aHuman remains (Archaeology)
650		0	_aSocial archaeology
650		0	_aPrehistoric peoples
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _z9780521767378
856	4	0	_uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139019712
942			_2Dewey Decimal Classification _ceBooks
999			_c38053 _d38053