Animals and Inequality in the Ancient World
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Animals and Inequality in the Ancient World

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Animals and Inequality in the Ancient World

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Animals and Inequality in the Ancient World explores the current trends in the social archaeology of human-animal relationships, focusing on the ways in which animals are used to structure, create, support, and even deconstruct social inequalities.

The authors provide a global range of case studies from both New and Old World archaeology—a royal Aztec dog burial, the monumental horse tombs of Central Asia, and the ceremonial macaw cages of ancient Mexico among them. They explore the complex relationships between people and animals in social, economic, political, and ritual contexts, incorporating animal remains from archaeological sites with artifacts, texts, and iconography to develop their interpretations.

Animals and Inequality in the Ancient World presents new data and interpretations that reveal the role of animals, their products, and their symbolism in structuring social inequalities in the ancient world. The volume will be of interest to archaeologists, especially zooarchaeologists, and classical scholars of pre-modern civilizations and societies.

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Yes, you can access Animals and Inequality in the Ancient World by Benjamin S. Arbuckle, Sue Ann McCarty, Benjamin S. Arbuckle,Sue Ann McCarty in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Social Sciences & Archaeology. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Copyright
  3. Contents
  4. Figures
  5. Tables
  6. Acknowledgments
  7. 1 Animals and the State
  8. 2 Entering the Underworld
  9. 3 The Luxury of Variety
  10. 4 Shifting Patterns of Maya Social Complexity through Time
  11. 5 Animals as Symbols, Animals as Resources
  12. 6 The Parrots of Paquimé
  13. 7 Ritual, Cuisine, and Commensal Politics at Chaco Canyon, New Mexico
  14. 8 Pelts and Provisions
  15. 9 Animals and Social Change
  16. 10 Inequality and the Origins of Wool Production in Central Anatolia
  17. 11 Tracing Inequality from Assur to KĂŒltepe/Kanesh
  18. 12 Animal, Human, God
  19. 13 Inequality on the Surface
  20. 14 Pythons, Pigs, and Political Process in the Hueda Kingdom, Benin, West Africa AD 1650–1727
  21. 15 “Tails” of Romanization
  22. 16 Wool Production, Wealth, and Trade in Middle Saxon England
  23. 17 The Rhetoric of Meat Apportionment
  24. Contributors
  25. Index