The Symbolic Role of Animals in Archaeology

Edited by Pam J. Crabtree Edited by Kathleen Ryan

Book cover: The Symbolic Role of Animals in Archaeology

Extent: 112 pages

Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Museum

Language: English

Hardback (Published)

(January 1995)

ISBN: 9781931707060

8.46 x 10.98 inches

Price: $34.95

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(September 2018)

ISBN: 9781949057003

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The papers in this volume represent a range of approaches to the study of the symbolic roles of animals in human cultures. The theme that unites these papers is their use of a variety of different kinds of evidenceincluding archaeological, faunal, historical, ethnographic, artistic, and folkloric datain the reconstruction of animal s


The papers in this volume represent a range of approaches to the study of the symbolic roles of animals in human cultures. The theme that unites these papers is their use of a variety of different kinds of evidenceincluding archaeological, faunal, historical, ethnographic, artistic, and folkloric datain the reconstruction of animal symbolism.

  • Edited by Pam J. Crabtree
  • Edited by Kathleen Ryan