Research

HUMAN-NONHUMAN ANIMAL RELATIONSHIPS

  • Incorporate elements of (generalized) North American Indigenous knowledge and worldview, such as community approaches to population studies.
  • Consider findings in ecology (interconnectedness) and ethology (animal intellegence, emotional capacity, and social complexity).

DOMESTICATION

  • Previously outlined models include: OFT, NCT, Domestication Syndrome, Domestication Pathways, Domestication Centers
  • Case study of animal behavior to address holes in these models.

ETHNO-ETHOARCHAEOLOGY

  • Method
  • Incorporate both interviews and participant observation of human practices with animal behavior observation techniques.