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Sheepdogs and Their Status Within Bronze Age Ontologies in Scandinavia

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ID12476367
AuthorsKristin Armstrong Oma (0000-0001-8249-9332, Museum of Archaeology, University of Stavanger, corresponding author)
Year2020
Issue28
Pages99-120
Publication date2020-12-14
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueCurrent Swedish Archaeology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1102-7355 • E-ISSN: 2002-3901
PublisherSvenska Arkeologiska Samfundet (PUBLISHER • SE)
DOI10.37718/csa.2020.05
OpenAlexW3112501902
LanguageEN
Citations received6
References cited30

This contribution draws mainly on images of dogs, humans and sheep from Nordic Bronze Age rock art sources, but living arrangements within the household and depositional patterns of dog bones on settlements are also considered to extrapolate an understanding of the physical reality and ontological role of sheepdogs within the social aspects of the practice of herding. I use theories from the interdisciplinary field of human-animal studies to understand how socialisation, habituation and trust create a seamless choreography between human, dog and sheep

Archaeology · Bronze Age · Field (mathematics · Geography · Habituation · Herding · Human settlement · Sociology · Anthropology · Geographies of human-animal interactions · History · Human-Animal Interaction Studies · Indigenous Studies and Ecology · Psychology

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