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Record Nr.

UNINA9910451598503321

Autore

Clutton-Brock Juliet

Titolo

Animals as domesticates [[electronic resource] ] : a world view through history / / Juliet Clutton-Brock

Pubbl/distr/stampa

East Lansing, : Michigan State University Press, c2012

ISBN

1-62895-050-1

1-60917-314-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (203 p.)

Collana

The animal turn

Disciplina

636.08

636.08/2

636.082

Soggetti

Domestic animals - History

Animals and civilization

Human-animal relationships - History

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 143-175) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Foreword by James A. Serpell; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Eurasia after the Ice; 2. Settlement and Domestication in Eurasia; 3. Arrival of Domesticates in Europe; 4. Domesticates in Ancient Egypt and Their Origins; 5. Domesticates of the Ancient Israelites, Assyrians, and Scythians; 6. Domesticates in the Classical World of Greece and Rome; 7. Domesticates in Ancient India and Southeast Asia; 8. Domesticates in Oceania; 9. Domesticates in Africa South of the Sahara; 10. Domesticates in the Americas; Conclusions

Appendix: Nomenclature of the Domestic Animals and Their Wild ProgenitorsNotes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Drawing on the latest research in archaeozoology, archaeology, and molecular biology, Animals as Domesticates traces the history of the domestication of animals around the world. From the llamas of South America and the turkeys of North America, to the cattle of India and the Australian dingo, this fascinating book explores the history of the complex relationships between humans and their domestic animals. With expert insight into the biological and cultural processes of



domestication, Clutton-Brock suggests how the human instinct for nurturing may have transformed relationsh