tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5113282927267632491.post7113491101567537355..comments2023-04-15T08:32:28.412-07:00Comments on Networks in the Roman Near East: On dromedaries and the art of classifying diplomatic giftsEH Selandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16844174559784933499noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5113282927267632491.post-86579699463172681982016-10-23T12:09:28.076-07:002016-10-23T12:09:28.076-07:00Thank you Alexandros! Perhaps this is an interesti...Thank you Alexandros! Perhaps this is an interesting approach to exotic animals as diplomatic gifts, I will check it out. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02243733497295755454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5113282927267632491.post-80616855582603927732016-10-10T10:15:07.369-07:002016-10-10T10:15:07.369-07:00Well, in the end you seem to think that it may hav...Well, in the end you seem to think that it may have mattered the camels themselves too ;-)<br />Beyond the joke though, it is in my opinion vital to reconsider the role that animals were playing in human affairs, as well as the importance of the relation of humans with the animals that participated in their social constructs and sensual perception of the world.<br />Somehow, in the manner of "A manifesto for a social zooarchaeology" by Overton and Hamilakis (https://www.academia.edu/5152214/Overton_N._and_Hamilakis_Y._2013._A_manifesto_for_a_social_zooarchaeology_swans_and_other_beings_in_the_Mesolithic._Archaeological_Dialogues_20_2_111-136).<br />But perhaps this is rather secondary in a most interesting and inspiring blog post!<br />Thanks for sharing these thoughts with us.alexandroshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13725167683503700073noreply@blogger.com