Krish Seetah is Assistant Professor of Anthropology at Stanford University. He brings vocational experience as a professional butcher to his research on environmental archaeology, especially human-animal interactions, and the ecological consequences of colonialism.  He is the author of Bones for Tools – Tools for Bones: The Interplay Between Objects and Objectives (2012) and Connecting Continents: Archaeology and History in the Indian Ocean (forthcoming).

• Part I. Butchery as Craft and Social Praxis: 1. Animal bodies, human technology; 2. Conceptualising 'butchery'; 3. Thinking practically; 4. Craft, practice, and social boundaries; 5. Intellectualizing practice: bridging analogy and technology; 6. The materiality of butchery; Part II. The Butchers' Practice in Archaeo-Historic Societies: 7. Studying cut marks in historic archaeological contexts; 8. Problematising butchery studies; 9. Harnessing the power of the cut mark record; 10. Humans, animals, and the butchers' craft in Roman and medieval Britain; 11. Connecting complex butchering to complexity in society; 12. Beyond butchery.

Krish Seetah is Assistant Professor of Anthropology at Stanford University. He brings vocational experience as a professional butcher to his research on environmental archaeology, especially human-animal interactions, and the ecological consequences of colonialism.  He is the author of Bones for Tools – Tools for Bones: The Interplay Between Objects and Objectives (2012) and Connecting Continents: Archaeology and History in the Indian Ocean (forthcoming).

• Part I. Butchery as Craft and Social Praxis: 1. Animal bodies, human technology; 2. Conceptualising 'butchery'; 3. Thinking practically; 4. Craft, practice, and social boundaries; 5. Intellectualizing practice: bridging analogy and technology; 6. The materiality of butchery; Part II. The Butchers' Practice in Archaeo-Historic Societies: 7. Studying cut marks in historic archaeological contexts; 8. Problematising butchery studies; 9. Harnessing the power of the cut mark record; 10. Humans, animals, and the butchers' craft in Roman and medieval Britain; 11. Connecting complex butchering to complexity in society; 12. Beyond butchery.

Krish Seetah is Assistant Professor of Anthropology at Stanford University. He brings vocational experience as a professional butcher to his research on environmental archaeology, especially human-animal interactions, and the ecological consequences of colonialism.  He is the author of Bones for Tools – Tools for Bones: The Interplay Between Objects and Objectives (2012) and Connecting Continents: Archaeology and History in the Indian Ocean (forthcoming).

• Part I. Butchery as Craft and Social Praxis: 1. Animal bodies, human technology; 2. Conceptualising 'butchery'; 3. Thinking practically; 4. Craft, practice, and social boundaries; 5. Intellectualizing practice: bridging analogy and technology; 6. The materiality of butchery; Part II. The Butchers' Practice in Archaeo-Historic Societies: 7. Studying cut marks in historic archaeological contexts; 8. Problematising butchery studies; 9. Harnessing the power of the cut mark record; 10. Humans, animals, and the butchers' craft in Roman and medieval Britain; 11. Connecting complex butchering to complexity in society; 12. Beyond butchery.