Seminar: Dr. Shayla L. Monroe on What is Rendered versus What Remains: An Integrated Chronology of Human-Animal Relationships in Saharan Prehistory

The Knight Science Journalism Program at MIT is excited to welcome Dr. Shayla L. Monroe of Harvard for a seminar on zooarchaeology.

Human-animal relations have always been essential for the survival of Saharan peoples. These relationships between people, wild fauna, and domesticated animals, however, go far beyond survival, impacting the ideology, sociality, and political relationships of human populations since the early Holocene.

Dr. Monroe will broadly summarize the zooarchaeological evidence illustrating how Saharan communities transitioned from dependence on large wild mammals, followed by domesticated cattle, goat, and sheep, and the trade systems that flourished via donkeys, horses, and finally, camels.

Please contact Learning and Events Coordinator Claire Sadar if you are interested in attending.