Animals and People: Archaeozoological Papers in Honour of Ina Plug

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This collection of papers is dedicated to Dr Ina Plug to celebrate her tremendous contributions to archaeozoology (or zooarchaeology) in a career that has so far spanned more than three decades. Front Cover Title Page Copyright Table of Contents Preface Ina Plug: A Tribute Zooarchaeology in Southern Africa: A View from the North Archaeozoology at the Transvaal Museum and Its Future in South Africa Models for Zooarchaeologists from Modern Bushmeat Studies The Contribution of Sibudu Fauna to an Understanding of KwaZulu-Natal Environments at ~60 ka, ~50 ka and ~37 ka Variability and Change in Middle Stone Age Hunting Behaviour: Aspects from the Lithic and Faunal Records Archaeobiodiversity of Ichthyofaunas from the Holocene Sahel Shrews from Ein el Gazzareen, Dakhleh Oasis, Western Desert, Egypt Human and Animal Interaction on the Shire Highlands, Malawi: The Evidence from Malowa Rockshelter Early Herders in Southern Africa: A Synthesis The Canine Connection: Dogs and Southern African Hunter-gatherers Fishing in the Senegal River during the Iron Age: The Evidence from the Habitation Mounds of Cubalel and Siouré Early Iron Age Regional Settlement and Demographic Patterns along the Eastern Seaboard of South Africa: A View from the Lower Thukela River Valley A Consideration of Livestock Exploitation during the Early Iron Age in the Thukela Valley, KwaZulu-Natal Social Memory and the Antiquity of Snake and Crocodile Symbolism in Southern Africa Symbolic Animal Burials from the Venda Region in the Limpopo Province, South Africa Zhizo and Leopard’s Kopje: Test Excavations at Simamwe and Mtanye, Zimbabwe Subsistence Change among Farming Communities in Southern Africa during the Last Two Millennia: A Search for Potential Causes