Lecturer in Newcastle, Historical archaeologist, zooarchaeologist, Canadian expat. Currently researching historical treatment of dogs. Views are my own.
Oct 27, 2020 • 20 tweets • 12 min read
Do All Dogs go to Heaven? My new research published today in @AntiquityJ! Join me on an archaeological journey of human-animal relationships through time in my survey of #PetCemeteries. A thread 1/18👇🏼🐶🐱 doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2…
Gravestones are full of fascinating information! They tell us so much more than who is buried where and when they died… Additional text, designs and symbolism can reveal how a society constructs social relationships, what they thought about death and peoples’ emotions. 2/18