Dear Colleagues,

We invite you to participate in a session on the relationship between dogs and humans at the upcoming Society for American Archaeology (SAA) conference in Memphis, April 2012.

Organizers: Angela Perri (Durham University) and Jeremy Koster (University of Cincinnati)

Session Abstract:  Although archaeological research continues to contribute to the understanding about the origins of the domestic dog, additional research provides insight into the relationships between humans and dogs following domestication.  The papers in this session will primarily address the role of dogs in hunting, subsistence/consumption, ritualistic and artistic contexts as well as their origins and geographic diffusion.  Drawing on diverse methodologies and theoretical approaches, this session incorporates evidence from burials, middens, faunal assemblages, ethnoarchaeology, and genetics to situate the role of dogs in a diachronic socio-ecological context.

Please feel free to pass this along to anyone you think may be interested. If interested in participating please contact me ([log in to unmask] or [log in to unmask]) as soon as possible and no later than August 19th.

Cheers
Angela


Angela Perri
PhD Researcher
Dept of Archaeology
Durham University