December 6 2011
Animal bones and ancient culture
This December, many American families will gather for meals of turkey or ham. You know, traditional holiday foods. But archaeological evidence found on one Caribbean island shows that special occasions 1,000 years ago may have been marked by feasts of opossum, guinea pig, and even armadillo meat. In this podcast, Christina Giovas, a PhD student at the University of Washington, explains what archaeology reveals about the interactions between humans and animals in the ancient world.
