177 Index Aesop, 73 Africa, 13; Algeria, 47, 48, 48, 49, 57; Bantu-speaker migration, 109–110, 113, 117; Bushmen, 109, 113, 113, 114, 117, 118; cattle breed development , 49–54, 110–113, 158 n 5; cattle breeds, original, 110, 111; climate, 47; domestication, 49–52, 114–19; domestication, Sub-Saharan, 109– 119; economy, 57, 113; Egypt, 53–54, 56, 57, 58, 60; Ethiopia, 52, 114, 135; fauna, 78; forests, 114, 115, 118; Garamantes, 51–52; Ghana, 110, 114, 117; herding 110; Hottentots (Khoikhoi), 113, 117; hunter-gatherer migration, 109–110; indigenous domesticates, 159 n 6; Iron Age, 109; Kenya, 109, 112, 114, 115; Libya, 48, 51–52, 57; Limpopo River, 117; Maasai, 112, 135; Mashonaland , 113, 116; Nabta Playa site, 50, 51, 51; original cattle breeds, 113; pastoralists, 51, 109– 110; Pleistocene, 48; tsetse fly, 110, 114, 116; wild cats, 4, 20. See also Egypt; Sahara Africanis Society of Southern Africa, 119 After the Ice (Mithen), 122 agency, human: animal introductions as, 133; in Australia, 5, 101, 106–107; Cyprus cat, 17; dog, 94; fish, 97; Mediterranean fauna, 37–38; in New Zealand, 106–107 agriculture: Asian cultivation sources of, 35; Bantu speakers and, 109–110, 113, 117; benefits of, 41; Natufian period origins, 19–20; replaced huntergatherer culture, 41; Roman books on, 78; “wave of advance,” 35, 36, 51 Alexander the Great, 58, 75–76, 88–89 Algeria, 49, 57; Tassili N’Ajjer site, 47, 48, 48 Allen, Glover, 122 alpaca (Vicugna pacos), 127, 128, 128 Americas: domesticates, 122, 128, 133; European animal impact, 130–132; human settlement, 121. See also Chile; Peru Ammerman, A. J., 35 Amoroso, E. C., 42 Anatolia, 26, 39, 42; Çatal Hüyük, 21, 27, 27–28 Ancestors for the Pigs (Groves), 91, 102 animals: clean and unclean, 56, 61, 65; as food, 15, 78–79, 81, 93, 95; human relationships with, 1, 15, 17, 53, 78, 78, 133–134; identity and Latin names, 5; laws protecting, 80; legendary, 13, 71–75, 95–96; masks made from, 14; as sacred symbols, 58–59, 61, 85, 89, 102, 104, 110; sacrifice of, 28, 30, 56, 60, 61, 63, 67, 77, 93; traction and, 28, 30, 35, 42, 127; transportation, 82; as a “walking larder,” 23, 35, 42 antelope, 26, 85 anthropology: cattle history and, 110; culture and, 6; evolution and, 99; isolation and, 100; pastoralism and, 110 apes, 2 archæology: African Adrar Bous site, 47; African dog sites, 117; African fowl sites, 115; Americas, 122, 126; archæozoology and, 5, 8; bear jawbone, 17, 17; Bedburg-Königshoven site, 14, 20; Belize (Cuello) site, 123; “Bos pit,” mortuary site, 28; carbon isotope analysis, 8, 15; Çatal Hüyük site, 21, 27, 27–28; cattle pastoralism, 51; Çayönü Tepesi site, 26, 39; Deccan Plateau, 85; dingo, 101; dog sites, 117, 123; Ein Mallaha site, 20–21, 21, 22; Epigravettian Eliseevich I site, 11; Fell’s Cave site, 126–127; Harappa site, 81–82, 82, 85; horse sites, 12, 31; hunters in Ukraine, 12; Ice Age, 12, 13, 14; India sites, 7, 81, 82; Jericho Tell site, 24, 24, 25, 25, 26, 36; Khirokitia site, 17, 18, 36; Koster site, 122; Kültepe site, 33; Langhnaj site, 81; Linearbandkeramik (LBK), 41, 42; mammoth fauna, 12, 13, 121; Mehrgarh site, 81, 82; Mohenjo-Daro site, 82, 82–84, 84, 85, 88, 88, 95; Monte Verde site, 121; Nabta Playa site, 50, 51, 51; Neolithic Shillourokambos site, 17, 21–22, 23, 36; Pueblo turkey bone sites, 124–125; radiocarbon dating, 8, 13, 14, 35, 36, 121; reindeer sites, 16; Roche de Solutré site, 12; Seamer Carr site, 14–15; skeletal sites, 8, 14, 20, 126, 127; Star Carr site, 14–15, 20; Tassili N’Ajjer site, 47, 48, 48; Telarmachay site, 126, 128; Tell Brak site, 30, 31; Wadi Teshuinat site, 48, 49, 49 archæozoology: agriculture “wave of advance” and, 35, 36, 51; archæology site work by, 5, 8; asses and, 62–63; Assyria and, 65; auroch records in, 27; bird study and, 115; camelid study by, 128–129; 178| Index archæozoology (continued ) caprine study by, 37; carbon isotope analysis, 8, 15; cattle history and, 110; of Crete, 71; dingo study by, 101; dogs and, 92, 122–123; domestication and, 5, 11, 31, 37–38, 39, 43, 92; ethnozoology and, 62; extinction and, 13; Guinea fowl breeding and, 115; herd expansion unstudied by, 134; horses and, 31, 40, 76; ICZN, 5; Knossos painted bulls and, 71; microliths, 14, 19, 81; molecular...