Animal bones are one of the most abundant types of evidence found in archaeological sites dating from pre-historic times to the Middle Ages. This book is for anyone seeking to understand how these bones can shed light on our knowledge of the past, as well as man's complex relationship with animals.[...]

In this fascinating book, Terry O'Connor explores a distinction that is deeply ingrained in much of the language that we use in zoology, human-animal studies, and archaeology--the difference between wild and domestic. For thousands of years, humans have categorized animals in simple terms, often ac[...]