
Dogs and People in Social, Working, Economic or Symbolic Interaction
L. Snyder(Author)
Oxbow Books (Publisher)
Published on 31. August 2016
Book
Paperback/Softback
160 pages
978-1-78570-399-7 (ISBN)
Description
This, the final title to be published from the sessions of the 2002 ICAZ conference, focuses on the role of man's best friend. As worker or companion, the dog has enjoyed a unique relationship with its human master, and the depth and variety of the papers in this fascinating collection is a testament to the interest that this symbiotic arrangement holds for many scholars working in archaeology today. The book covers an eclectic range of subjects, such as considering dogs as animals of sacrifice and animal components of ancient and modern religious ritual and practice; dogs as human companions subject to loving care, visual/symbolic representation, deliberate or accidental breed manipulation; as working dogs; and finally as co-inhabitors of uman dwelling paces and co-consumers of human food resources. While many of the papers in this volume have a predominant focus, they also demonstate that the relationships between humans and dogs are rarely, if ever singular or simple. Instead these relationships are complex, often combining the practical, the ideological and the symbolic.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 294 mm
Width: 206 mm
Thickness: 12 mm
Weight
440 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-78570-399-7 (9781785703997)
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