The Puppy in the Pit: Osteobiography of an Eighteenth-Century Dog at the Three Cranes Tavern, Massachusetts

Quinlan, Liz M.

doi:10.1007/s10761-021-00636-1

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“…By their context, the partial skeletons seem occasional in their nature, i.e. opportunistic deposits (Quinlan 2021). Dog carcasses have been recovered from, for example, a tower shaft (Haapsalu Castle) (Lõugas et al 2019b) and a fill layer next to a castle wall (Viljandi Castle) (Haak & Pärnamäe 2003).…”

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“…Dog carcasses have been recovered from, for example, a tower shaft (Haapsalu Castle) (Lõugas et al 2019b) and a fill layer next to a castle wall (Viljandi Castle) (Haak & Pärnamäe 2003). But some specimens, such as the dog burial in the Sargvere settlement site (Saage et al 2021), could also be meaningful deposits (Quinlan 2021), i.e. buried intentionally.…”

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Pets or functional animals: dogs and cats in medieval and early modern Estonia

Nuut,

Rannamäe,

Tõrv

et al. 2023

EJA

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The role of dogs and cats in the history of the human-animal relationship has been variable. They have served as pets, working animals, useful commensals, subjects of worship and sacrifice, and providers of resources, such as skin and meat. These roles have also been more or less visible in Estonian archaeological material. Here, our focus is on the Middle Ages and Early Modern Period (13th to 18th centuries), which was the time of urbanisation and widening contacts as well as wars and famines. During this time of change, also the roles of dogs and cats as companion and commensal species changed. With over 700 specimens from all over Estonia, we aimed to explore the presence of dogs and cats in archaeological material, their keeping conditions, and their economic use. For dogs, essential questions also involved the different (morpho)types and their possible roles. The study confirmed that new dog types emerged in Estonia from the early 13th century. Furthermore, different site types, specifically castle and urban material, contained dogs with significantly diverse sizes, possibly due to their functionality. There is evidence of the economic value of both cats and dogs in the expression of cut marks that could be related to food waste and fur trading. Stable carbon and nitrogen isotope analysis confirmed the assumption that dogs mainly ate food scraps and leftovers, including freshwater and marine resources. Documented pathologies were rare, leaving the question of caring for or neglecting these animals open.

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Pets or functional animals: dogs and cats in medieval and early modern Estonia

Nuut,

Rannamäe,

Tõrv

et al. 2023

EJA

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“…Europeans and Native Americans valued their dogs as important companion animals, and both cultures used dogs in similar ways (Quinlan 2021). Dogs (Canis lupus familiaris) were independently maintained by each society as faithful companions, workers, and symbols of identity.…”

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The Dogs of Tsenacomoco: Ancient DNA Reveals the Presence of Local Dogs at Jamestown Colony in the Early Seventeenth Century

Thomas,

Hill,

Stricker

et al. 2024

Am. Antiq.

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Multiple studies have demonstrated that European colonization of the Americas led to the death of nearly all North American dog mitochondrial lineages and replacement with European ones sometime between AD 1492 and the present day. Historical records indicate that colonists imported dogs from Europe to North America, where they became objects of interest and exchange as early as the seventeenth century. However, it is not clear whether the earliest archaeological dogs recovered from colonial contexts were of European, Indigenous, or mixed descent. To clarify the ancestry of dogs from the Jamestown Colony, Virginia, we sequenced ancient mitochondrial DNA from six archaeological dogs from the period 1609–1617. Our analysis shows that the Jamestown dogs have maternal lineages most closely associated with those of ancient Indigenous dogs of North America. Furthermore, these maternal lineages cluster with dogs from Late Woodland, Hopewell, and Virginia Algonquian archaeological sites. Our recovery of Indigenous dog lineages from a European colonial site suggests a complex social history of dogs at the interface of Indigenous and European populations during the early colonial period.

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On Wolves and Predation: Toward a Multispecies Archaeology of Settler Colonialism

Fowles,

Morris

2024

Hist Arch

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The Puppy in the Pit: Osteobiography of an Eighteenth-Century Dog at the Three Cranes Tavern, Massachusetts

Cited by 3 publications

References 62 publications

Pets or functional animals: dogs and cats in medieval and early modern Estonia

Pets or functional animals: dogs and cats in medieval and early modern Estonia

The Dogs of Tsenacomoco: Ancient DNA Reveals the Presence of Local Dogs at Jamestown Colony in the Early Seventeenth Century

On Wolves and Predation: Toward a Multispecies Archaeology of Settler Colonialism

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