World Archaeoprimatology: Interconnections of Humans and Nonhuman Primates in the Past

Archaeoprimatology intertwines archaeology and primatology to understand  the ancient liminal relationships between humans and nonhuman primates.  During the last decade, novel studies have boosted this discipline.  This edited volume is the first compendium of archaeoprimatological  studies ever produced. Written by a culturally diverse group of  scholars, with multiple theoretical views and methodological  perspectives, it includes new zooarchaeological examinations and  material culture evaluations, as well as innovative uses of oral and  written sources. Themes discussed comprise the survey of past primates  as pets, symbolic mediators, prey, iconographic references, or living  commodities. The book covers different regions of the world, from the  Americas to Asia, along with studies from Africa and Europe. Temporally,  the chapters explore the human-nonhuman primate interface from deep in  time to more recent historical times, examining both extinct and extant  primate taxa. This anthology of archaeoprimatological studies will be of  interest to archaeologists, primatologists, anthropologists, art  historians, paleontologists, conservationists, zoologists, historical  ecologists, philologists, and ethnobiologists.