The First Steps of Animal Domestication: New Archaeological Approaches (Proceedings of the 9th ICAZ Conference) - Hardcover

Helmer, D; Peters, Caradoc; Vigne, Jean-Denis

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1842171216 ISBN 13: 9781842171219

Publisher: Oxbow Books, 2005

Synopsis

It is no exaggeration to suggest that the domestication of animals was perhaps one of the most important developments in human history. It is a phenomenon that has transformed human life over the last 15,000 years, with the term 'domestic animal' being a familiar one to every person on the planet. And yet this fundamental state is still poorly understood in terms of its basic definitions and the processes that occurred to bring this state about, being seen by many simply as a 'state of being'. Given the central role of domestication in zooarchaeological research, it is no surprise that one of the major sessions at the ICAZ meting in Durham, 2002 was devoted to this issue. These papers look at the process of domestication and the wider context of what this has meant, and continues to mean, for us. This is a relatively new area of study and the contributions to this volume contain much new research.

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edited by J D Vigne, J Peters and D Helmer

About this edition

• Publisher: Oxbow Books
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 1842171216
• ISBN 13: 9781842171219
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 192