On 12 September 2012 16:34, Henriette Kroll <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

Dear Naomi,

I do not know how familiar the anglophone community is with the two standard works Norbert Benecke wrote: "Der Mensch und seine Haustiere" and "Archäozoologische Studien zur Entwicklung der Haustierhaltung in Mitteleuropa und Südskandinavien von den Anfängen bis zum ausgehenden Mittealter" (both 1994). They are, as well as Sandor Bökönyis "A History of domestic Mammals in Central and Eastern Europe", essential and very very useful, for non-archaeozoologists especially the first mentioned one, as it focusses strongly on the cultural history of human-animal-relationships.

Apart from that, I think that some ICAZ-books, especially those with less zoological topics like "Behaviour behind bones" take the right path.

And I second the vote for Laszlo Bartosiewicz' paper: "There's something rotten in the state..."

What I liked too is: Susan deFrance, Zooarchaeology in Complex Societies: Political Economy, Status and Ideology. J. Archaeol. Res. (2009) 17: 105-168.

All the best!
Henriette

Am 12.09.2012 um 15:16 schrieb Naomi Sykes:

> Dear all,
>
> I'm contemplating our profession and I would like to canvass opinion...
>
> What articles, paper etc spring to your mind as examples that show zooarchaeologists to be at the forefront of mainstream archaeological research, rather than acting as supporting 'specialists'?
>
> I suppose I'm asking for examples, from anywhere in the world and relating to any period, of papers/articles that make you feel proud to be a zooarchaeologist.
>
> The only rule to my query is that you can not vote for yourself - it goes without saying that we are, of course, all doing great things!
>
> I'll kick-off by suggesting Legge and Rowley-Conwy's (1988) Star Carr Revisited.
>
> Any other suggestions?
>
> Thanks is advance,
>
> Naomi
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