ACAD Guest Speaker - Professor Keith Dobney

Hosted by the Australian Centre for Ancient DNA

ACAD presented Professor Keith Dobney from the Department of Archaeology, University of Aberdeen, UK on February 14.

From falconry to farming: new ways of exploring the "Neolithic Revolution" through the fossil vertebrate record.

Abstract: The processes through which the economic and cultural elements linked with the origins and spread of early farmers throughout Eurasia remain among the least understood and most hotly debated topics in archaeology. Domesticated and commensal animals are integral components of that debate and their remains are key to understanding when, where and why it occurred.

In this presentation, Keith discussed the results of diverse research, carried out over the last 15 years on fossil vertebrate remains across the Old World, which is shedding new light on one of the most important bio-cultural transitions in human history - the shift from foraging to farming.

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