Zooarchaeology and the Environment

Session Organizers & Chairs: Amy Hoffman & Jonathan Dombrosky

Friday, May 17

One important aspect of zooarchaeology is a focus on direct relationships between humans and animals in the past. Papers in this session explore anthropogenic impacts on past environments and human responses to climatic shifts in the Arctic, southwest United States, and from other areas around the world. The relationship between past species distributions and abundances, climate, social structure, and overhunting enriches archaeological understanding of the past and can help increase understanding of present and future environmental challenges.