Dogs provides a comprehensive account of the origins and development of the domestic dog over the past 15,000 years.
This book traces the evolution of the dog, from its origins about 15,000 years ago up to recent times. The timing of dog domestication receives attention, with comparisons between different genetics-based models and archaeological evidence. Allometric patterns between dogs and their ancestors, wolves, shed light on the nature of the morphological changes that dogs underwent. Dog burials highlight a unifying theme of the whole book: the development of a distinctive social bond between dogs and people; the book also explores why dogs and people relate so well to each other. Though cosmopolitan in overall scope, greatest emphasis is on the New World, with entire chapter devoted to dogs of the arctic regions, mostly in the New World. Discussion of several distinctive modern roles of dogs underscores the social bond between dogs and people.
Recenzijos
"Like a hound on scent, Darcy Morey pursues the dog down the twisting paths of prehistory to its wolf origins and then tracks back through the dense tangle of contemporary genetic and neurological research to show how it came to capture our homes and hearts. [ This book] is a work of love and of intellect that confirms Morey as our foremost dog archaeologist." -Mark Derr, author, A Dog's History of America and Dog's Best Friend
Daugiau informacijos
Dogs provides a comprehensive account of the origins and development of the domestic dog over the past 15,000 years.
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List of Figures and Tables |
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| Foreword |
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| Preface and Acknowledgments |
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Preamble to the Dog's Journey through Time |
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Previous Volumes about Dogs |
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2 | (5) |
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7 | (5) |
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12 | (18) |
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Candidates for Dog Ancestry |
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14 | (3) |
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The Genetic Near-identity of Dogs and Wolves |
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17 | (2) |
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19 | (5) |
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The Case of the Bonn-Oberkassel Dog |
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24 | (2) |
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Other Early Possibilities |
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26 | (4) |
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Evidence of Dog Domestication and Its Timing: Morphological and Contextual Indications |
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30 | (27) |
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Allometric Patterns and Morphological Distinctions |
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31 | (19) |
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Morphology, Genetics, and Domestication Timing |
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50 | (3) |
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Dog Burials and Domestication Timing |
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53 | (4) |
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Domestication of Dogs and Other Organisms |
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57 | (29) |
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57 | (10) |
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Domestication as Evolution |
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67 | (2) |
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The Domestication of the Dog |
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69 | (12) |
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81 | (2) |
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The Human-Dog Domestic Relationship: Just What Is It? |
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83 | (3) |
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The Roles of Dogs in Past Human Societies |
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86 | (26) |
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86 | (4) |
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90 | (9) |
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99 | (6) |
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105 | (3) |
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The Use of Dogs by Archaeologists |
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108 | (3) |
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Closing Thoughts on the Past Uses of Dogs |
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111 | (1) |
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Dogs of the Arctic, the Far North |
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112 | (38) |
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112 | (2) |
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Earliest Paleoeskimo Dogs |
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114 | (5) |
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119 | (4) |
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123 | (22) |
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145 | (3) |
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Closing Perspective on Thule/Inuit Dogs |
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148 | (2) |
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The Burial of Dogs, and What Dog Burials Mean |
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150 | (38) |
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151 | (17) |
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Archaic Dog Burials in the Green River Valley, Kentucky |
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168 | (9) |
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177 | (6) |
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Dogs and Spirituality: Beyond the Near East |
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183 | (1) |
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184 | (2) |
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Cats: The Ancient Egypt Phenomenon |
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186 | (2) |
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Why the Social Bond between Dogs and People? |
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188 | (20) |
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The Relevance of Wolf Packs |
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189 | (2) |
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Dogs' Behavioral and Brain Changes under Domestication |
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191 | (6) |
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197 | (2) |
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199 | (2) |
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201 | (3) |
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Dogs and Cats: A Genuine Contrast |
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204 | (2) |
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206 | (2) |
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Other Human-like Capabilities of Dogs |
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208 | (18) |
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208 | (6) |
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214 | (5) |
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Culture and Musical Expression |
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219 | (7) |
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Roles of Dogs in Recent Times |
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226 | (19) |
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227 | (5) |
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Dogs in the Human Health Services |
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232 | (6) |
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The Modern Mortuary Role of Dogs |
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238 | (3) |
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Are Modern Dogs a Reliable Guide to Prehistoric Dogs? |
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241 | (4) |
| Epilogue: One Dog's Journey |
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245 | (4) |
| Appendix A |
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249 | (13) |
| Appendix B |
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262 | (11) |
| References |
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273 | (76) |
| Index |
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Darcy Morey received his Ph.D. in anthropological archaeology in 1990 from the University of Tennessee, in Knoxville. Subsequently, he spent a year as a guest researcher at the University of Copenhagen Zoological Museum in Denmark. He was there for the express purpose of studying dog remains from archaeological sites in arctic Greenland. In addition to participating in archaeological fieldwork there in 1990, he has worked in Norway, France, and Denmark, as well as numerous places in the United States. He has published actively on a variety of topics, with his work on dogs being especially prominent. On that general topic, he has published as sole or senior author many articles and book reviews in journals such as Arctic, Journal of Archaeological Science, Quarterly Review of Biology, Archaeozoologia, Current Anthropology, and Journal of Alabama Archaeology. Dr Morey has also published on the topic of dogs in popular science outlets, for example the American Scientist and La Recherche. He joined the faculty at the University of Kansas in Lawrence in 1998. There, in addition to his ongoing research activities, he was selected by students as the most notable teacher of undergraduates in his department (Anthropology) in 2000. In addition, in 2002 he was elected to the Alpha Pi chapter of Phi Beta Delta, The Honor Society for International Scholars. He resigned from the University of Kansas in 2006 and began working at the University of Tennessee, Martin.
