Love and Death: Theoretical and Practical Examination of Human-Animal Relations in Creating Wild Animal Osteobiography

被引:2
作者
Hull, Emily H. [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Alberta, Dept Anthropol, Edmonton, AB, Canada
关键词
Rangifer tarandus; caribou; zooarchaeology; human-animal studies; animal paleopathology; osteobiography; RANGIFER-TARANDUS-CARIBOU; ARCHAEOLOGY; DOG; DOMESTICATION; WELFARE; BONE;
D O I
10.1163/15685306-BJA10012
中图分类号
C91 [社会学];
学科分类号
030301 ; 1204 ;
摘要
Osteobiographies are a common form of presenting the archaeological analysis of the life history of an individual. This form of analysis, however, is usually reserved for human subjects. Writing an osteobiography of a nonhuman person is complicated by the lack of human understanding of animal thought and experience. Such analysis is further complicated when the subject is not a companion animal, and isolated from human funerary rituals which may shed light on the animal's life. The skeletal remains of an injured wild caribou from Alberta who was collected as a museum specimen presents a unique opportunity to understand an individual animal's life, as well presents an example of the complexities of human-animal relationships in an analytical setting. This study examines both the life of an extraordinary nonhuman person and the impact of reconstructing nonhuman life histories on the analyst.
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页码:84 / 104
页数:21
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