there are more dog burials in prehistory than there are burials of any other
than there are burials of any other
than there are burials of any other animals including cats for example or
animals including cats for example or
animals including cats for example or horses dogs seem to have a very special
horses dogs seem to have a very special
horses dogs seem to have a very special place in human communities in the past
place in human communities in the past
place in human communities in the past as soon as we see in the archaeological
as soon as we see in the archaeological
as soon as we see in the archaeological record skeletal remains that look like a
record skeletal remains that look like a
record skeletal remains that look like a modern dog we see dogs being buried I
modern dog we see dogs being buried I
modern dog we see dogs being buried I mean 14,000 years ago we see the first
mean 14,000 years ago we see the first
mean 14,000 years ago we see the first dog burials appear I started about 12 or
dog burials appear I started about 12 or
dog burials appear I started about 12 or 13 years ago doing archeology and
13 years ago doing archeology and
13 years ago doing archeology and Siberia around Lake Baikal as part of a
Siberia around Lake Baikal as part of a
Siberia around Lake Baikal as part of a long-standing archaeological project
long-standing archaeological project
long-standing archaeological project that’s centered here at the University
that’s centered here at the University
that’s centered here at the University of Alberta the dogs were being treated
of Alberta the dogs were being treated
of Alberta the dogs were being treated just like people when they died they
just like people when they died they
just like people when they died they were being carefully placed in a grave
were being carefully placed in a grave
were being carefully placed in a grave some of them are wearing necklaces when
some of them are wearing necklaces when
some of them are wearing necklaces when they’re buried some they play spoons and
they’re buried some they play spoons and
they’re buried some they play spoons and other offerings in the grave with the
other offerings in the grave with the
other offerings in the grave with the dog with the idea I think being
dog with the idea I think being
dog with the idea I think being essentially for some of them that they
essentially for some of them that they
essentially for some of them that they had souls they had an afterlife and
had souls they had an afterlife and
had souls they had an afterlife and people loved them so they treated them
people loved them so they treated them
people loved them so they treated them like human persons when they when they
like human persons when they when they
like human persons when they when they passed away
passed away
passed away one of the things we’re doing here in
one of the things we’re doing here in
one of the things we’re doing here in this laboratory is we’re studying the
this laboratory is we’re studying the
this laboratory is we’re studying the diets of dogs in the past we do this by
diets of dogs in the past we do this by
diets of dogs in the past we do this by looking at chemical components of the
looking at chemical components of the
looking at chemical components of the bone the big question in dog
bone the big question in dog
bone the big question in dog domestication research has been where
domestication research has been where
domestication research has been where and when did dogs emerge from wolves but
and when did dogs emerge from wolves but
and when did dogs emerge from wolves but I don’t think it really tells us very
I don’t think it really tells us very
I don’t think it really tells us very much I’m more interested in what can we
much I’m more interested in what can we
much I’m more interested in what can we learn about people’s relationships with
learn about people’s relationships with
learn about people’s relationships with dogs in the past and learn more about
dogs in the past and learn more about
dogs in the past and learn more about our own relationships with dogs what was
our own relationships with dogs what was
our own relationships with dogs what was its life like and that’s more
its life like and that’s more
its life like and that’s more interesting to me was it accompanying
interesting to me was it accompanying
interesting to me was it accompanying people and hunting was it carrying packs
people and hunting was it carrying packs
people and hunting was it carrying packs was it loved or was it abused these are
was it loved or was it abused these are
was it loved or was it abused these are interesting questions I think more
interesting questions I think more
interesting questions I think more interesting than just when
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