Animals as Domesticates

Juliet Clutton-Brock is a Research Associate of the Department of Zoology at the Natural History Museum in London and Associate Editor of Archives of Natural History.

Engagingly written, beautifully illustrated, and packed with fascinating historical details, the book will delight and inform all animal lovers. —David R. Harris, Emeritus Professor of Human Environment, Institute of Archaeology, University College London Few have done more than Juliet Clutton-Brock to advance understanding of the richness of our domesticated animal heritage. This is a fascinating story of humanity's relationships with others of the animal kingdom. —Stephen J. G. Hall, author of Livestock Biodiversity and coauthor of Two Hundred Years of British Farm LivestockAn authoritative, comprehensive, thoughtful, and wonderfully accessible review of the origins and spread of domestic animals based on archaeological, zoological, genetic, behavioral, and historical evidence. The book is a must-read for anyone interested in how we have come to depend upon animals and they upon us. —Richard H. Meadow, Director, Zooarchaeology Laboratory, Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University

• Contents Foreword by James A. Serpell Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Eurasia after the Ice 2. Settlement and Domestication in Eurasia 3. Arrival of Domesticates in Europe 4. Domesticates in Ancient Egypt and Their Origins 5. Domesticates of the Ancient Israelites, Assyrians, and Scythians 6. Domesticates in the Classical World of Greece and Rome 7. Domesticates in Ancient India and Southeast Asia 8. Domesticates in Oceania 9. Domesticates in Africa South of the Sahara 10. Domesticates in the Americas Conclusions Appendix: Nomenclature of the Domestic Animals and Their Wild Progenitors Notes Bibliography Index