Humans, Animals, and the Craft of Slaughter in Archaeo-Historic Societies
Author:   Krish Seetah (Stanford University, California)
Publisher:   Cambridge University Press
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Pages:   276
Publication Date:   25 October 2018
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Humans, Animals, and the Craft of Slaughter in Archaeo-Historic Societies


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Author:   Krish Seetah (Stanford University, California)
Publisher:   Cambridge University Press
Imprint:   Cambridge University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 18.40cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 26.10cm
Weight:   0.770kg
ISBN:  

9781108428804


ISBN 10:   1108428800
Pages:   276
Publication Date:   25 October 2018
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Part I. Butchery as Craft and Social Praxis: 1. Animal bodies, human technology; 2. Conceptualising 'butchery'; 3. Thinking practically; 4. Craft, practice, and social boundaries; 5. Intellectualizing practice: bridging analogy and technology; 6. The materiality of butchery; Part II. The Butchers' Practice in Archaeo-Historic Societies: 7. Studying cut marks in historic archaeological contexts; 8. Problematising butchery studies; 9. Harnessing the power of the cut mark record; 10. Humans, animals, and the butchers' craft in Roman and medieval Britain; 11. Connecting complex butchering to complexity in society; 12. Beyond butchery.

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Krish Seetah is Assistant Professor of Anthropology at Stanford University. He brings vocational experience as a professional butcher to his research on environmental archaeology, especially human-animal interactions, and the ecological consequences of colonialism. He is the author of Bones for Tools - Tools for Bones: The Interplay Between Objects and Objectives (2012) and Connecting Continents: Archaeology and History in the Indian Ocean (forthcoming).

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