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Reconsidering domestication from a process archaeology perspective

Abstract:
Process philosophy offers a metaphysical foundation for domestication studies. This grounding is especially important given the European colonialist origin of ‘domestication’ as a term and 19th century cultural project. We explore the potential of process archaeology for deep-time investigation of domestication relationships, drawing attention to the variable pace of domestication as an ongoing process within and across taxa; the nature of domestication ‘syndromes’ and ‘pathways’ as general hypotheses about process; the importance of cooperation as well as competition among humans and other organisms; the significance of non-human agency; and the ubiquity of hybrid communities that resist the simple wild/domestic dichotomy.
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Published
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10.1080/00438243.2021.1954990

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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
SSD
Department:
School of Archaeology
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Publisher:
Routledge
Journal:
World Archaeology More from this journal
Volume:
53
Issue:
1
Pages:
56-77
Publication date:
2021-08-25
Acceptance date:
2021-06-15
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EISSN:
1470-1375
ISSN:
0043-8243


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English
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Pubs id:
1185935
Local pid:
pubs:1185935
Deposit date:
2021-07-12

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