Unusual Animals and Unusual Contexts in the Mongol Empire
Dr. Christopher Atwood, Professor of Mongolian History and Civilization at the University of Pennsylvania
The history of human-animal relations has become an important sub-field within the broader field of environmental history; environmental history in turn has become one of the most important fields within historical investigation today. Histories and travelogues on the Mongol empire mention a number of animals that are either unusual in themselves or found clustered in unusual human-animal contexts. Study of these animals and their contexts thus sheds useful light on the human-animal relations of the Mongol empire.
Building: | Michigan League |
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Event Type: | Lecture / Discussion |
Tags: | Anthropology, Archaeology |
Source: | Happening @ Michigan from Museum of Anthropological Archaeology |