Saladoid Dog Burials from the West Indies

Summary

This is an abstract from the "The Intangible Dimensions of Food in the Caribbean Ancient and Recent Past" session, at the 84th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

Across the Caribbean, there are numerous dog burials from the Saladoid period and they warrant a closer look as to their purpose and function. Dog remains have been found both as burials associated with human graves but also in refuse middens along with other archaeofauna from prehistoric meals. This paper will examine the dog remains from the French Antilles and Barbuda, West Indies focusing on the multifaceted place of dogs in the Saladoid society from a zooarchaeological perspective.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• The Intangible Dimensions of Food in the Caribbean Ancient and Recent Past   •
• Society for American Archaeology 84th Annual Meeting, Albuquerque, NM (2019)

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Abstract Id(s): 23704