Contemporary Zoorchaeology - What’s in your Rubbish Bin? - Ep 44

On this episode of ArchaeoAnimals, Alex and Simona delve into contemporary archaeology. What can our household rubbish tell us about our food consumption habits? How do today’s selection of species and butchering techniques compare to those of the past?

Interested in learning about how to use X-Rays and similar technology in archaeology? Check out the linked PaleoImaging course from James Elliot!

Transcripts

• Segment 1

• Segment 2

• Segment 3

Resources

• Fitzpatrick, A. (2018) "Death Positivity" for Pets: Are We Changing Our Attitudes Towards the Death of Animals? Animal Archaeology.

• McCaferty, A. (2016) The Growing Demand for Pet Funerals. Insight Magazine.

• Norton, E. (2020) UK Meat Consumption. Savills UK.

• Stewart, C., Piernas, C., Cook, B., & Jebb, S. A. (2021). Trends in UK meat consumption: analysis of data from years 1–11 (2008–09 to 2018–19) of the National Diet and Nutrition Survey rolling programme. The Lancet Planetary Health, 5(10), e699-e708.

• https://www.pfma.org.uk/pet-population-2021

• https://yougov.co.uk/topics/food/articles-reports/2018/09/07/revealed-britains-ideal-sunday-roast

Contact

• Alex FitzpatrickTwitter: @archaeologyfitz

• Simona FalangaTwitter: @CrazyBoneLady

• Alex’s Blog: Animal Archaeology

• Music "Coconut - (dyalla remix)" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_2UiKoouqaY

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