Breaking the Mold: A Consideration of the Impacts and Legacies of Richard W. Redding

Part of: Society for American Archaeology 89th Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA (2024)

This collection contains the abstracts of the papers presented in the session entitled "Breaking the Mold: A Consideration of the Impacts and Legacies of Richard W. Redding" at the 89th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

Richard Redding’s scholarship, leadership, and teaching has left profound and lasting impacts on generations of scholars. This session strives to honor his intellectual impact and scientific legacies, particularly on those studying human-animal interactions in the Near East, Europe, and Africa. Scholars working in diverse areas and periods owe a debt of gratitude to his intellectual curiosity and creativity. Papers in this session highlight the foundational contributions of Richard’s work, the creativity with which he combined his background in biology and ecology with his intricate knowledge of archaeology, and his ability to link the archaeological record and modern-day pastoral strategies.

Other Keywords
Zooarchaeology • Bronze Age • Neolithic • Subsistence and Foodways • Urbanism • Subsistence and Foodways: Domestication • Political economy • Pastoralism • Domestication • Theory

Geographic Keywords
State of Israel (Country) • West Bank (Country) • Gaza Strip (Country) • Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan (Country) • Lebanese Republic (Country) • Syrian Arab Republic (Country) • Republic of Cyprus (Country) • Arab Republic of Egypt (Country) • Republic of Turkey (Country) • Republic of Iraq (Country)

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  1. The Animal Provisioning System for a Late Bronze Age Temple at Hazor, Israel (2024)
  2. Archaeological Legacy Data and Archaeological Data Legacies (2024)
  3. The Biological Baseline in Zooarchaeology: Unpacking the Domestication of South American Camelids (2024)
  4. Cattle Production and Strategic Meat Distribution in Egypt and Nubia (2024)
  5. Decision-Making in Subsistence Herding: A View from Mediterranean Europe (2024)
  6. A Hippo Hip and and an Olive Pit (2024)
  7. Local Organization in Imperial Settings: Evidence from Late Antique and Middle Islamic Dhiban, Jordan (2024)
  8. Picking Up the Pieces: The Continued Influence and Impact of Redding's “Breaking the Mold” on Animal Domestication (2024)
  9. Reassessing Herd Management Strategies in the Early Bronze Age of Southern Israel-Palestine: Preliminary Insights from Tell el-Hesi (2024)
  10. Risky Research (2024)
  11. Toward a Multispecies Perspective on Human-Animal Networks in Early Urban Societies of Upper Mesopotamia (2024)
  12. Understanding Livestock in Political Economies in West Africa: Archaeological Insights Inspired by the Legacy of Richard Redding (2024)
  13. Variability in Human-Animal Interactions at the Emergence of Animal Domestication in Southwest Asia (2024)