Nose to Tail: An Interdisciplinary Look at Dogs in the Past

Part of: Society for American Archaeology 80th Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA (2015)

The relationship between humans and dogs has long been a focus ofarchaeological inquiry and continues to capture the interests ofresearchers from different disciplines and the general public. This sessiontakes an interdisciplinary approach to understanding the human-dogconnection in the past by presenting research from archaeology,ethnography, cognitive psychology, genetics and biology. Presentations willprovide insight on the complexity of the human-dog relationship byexploring the deep history of this connection. From understanding wolfcognition as a template to dog domestication, genetic variation, ancientdog health, dogs as technology, and the more sacred dog-human bond, a broadanalysis of dogs in the past will be presented

Other Keywords
Dogs • Domestication • Zooarchaeology • Dog • ancient DNA • evolution • symbolism • Hunting • Wolf • Psychology

Geographic Keywords
Europe • Arctic • Oceania • Central America • North America - Midwest • North America - California • North America - Northeast • North America-Canada

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  1. Beyond bones: Non-faunal evidence for the role of dogs in Anglo-Saxon society (2015)
  2. Do dingoes hold the key to understanding human behavioural change in ancient Australia? (2015)
  3. Dogs as Weapon Technology: Their Role in Prehistoric Hunting Groups (2015)
  4. The earliest domesticated dogs in the Midcontinent: Chronology, Morphology, and Paleopathology (2015)
  5. Economic benefits of hunting dogs in the context of tropical horticulture (2015)
  6. Genetics of Behavior in Fox Model of Animal Domestication (2015)
  7. Insights into Dog Domestication from Psychological Studies on Dog and Wolf Behavior (2015)
  8. Investigating Genetic Structure and Dietary Ecology through Ancient DNA and Stable Isotopic Analysis of Prehistoric Dogs from San Nicolas Island, California (2015)
  9. Living with People can be Bad for your Health: Tooth Loss and Trauma in Northern Wolves and Dogs (2015)
  10. Next-generation sequencing unravels the relationship of Paleoeskimo and Thule dogs from the North American Arctic (2015)
  11. Palaeolithic dogs in Europe and Siberia (2015)
  12. Paleo-population genomics as a means to understand the history of dog domestication (2015)
  13. The Paleolithic Domestic Dog Hypothesis (2015)
  14. Thinking through Dogs in the Arctic (2015)