Animals and Inequality in the Ancient World

Benjamin S. Arbuckle is assistant professor in the Department of Anthropology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Sue Ann McCarty is a doctoral candidate in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Virginia.

“I know of no other edited volume in zooarchaeology that has this breadth of coverage, geographically, temporally, and topically. . . A very important contribution to the field.”—Elizabeth Scott, Illinois State University"Animals and Inequality makes a significant contribution to the discipline both as a scholarly interpretation of the social significance of animals and as a demonstration that it is possible to study that significance while remaining grounded in reliable data." —American Antiquity"[I] heartily recommend this volume to anyone who would like to read interesting and unusual case studies that have been unpacked by archaeologists from various corners of the globe and strata of human history. Those who study human-animal-environmental relationships or who are interested in acquiring a new lens through which to view social inequality will find it well worth their time and it will open up new challenges for their own research projects."—Anthropology News"[Animals and Inequality] will become a standard reference for those wishing to understand the contribution of zooarchaeology to the study of social inequality. . . . an excellent book, one which reads as a powerful statement about the potential of animal studies to illuminate past societies."—Journal of Eastern Mediterranean Archaeology and Heritage Studies"The chapters in this excellent​ ​volume demonstrate that our entanglement with nonhuman animals has a complex​ ​(pre)history that we’re only now beginning to unravel.​"​—Journal of Anthropological Research