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This is the Society of American Archaeology's (SAA) Zooarchaeology Interest Group (ZIG). If you're interested in formally joining, sign up for an SAA membership and subscribe to interest groups through the Membership Center!
📢🚨 CALL FOR PARTICIPANTS: We are looking for a few more contributions to a session at the upcoming #SAA2026 in San Francisco 🧪🏺! The session is all about combining plant and animal data in archaeology. DM me if you'd like some more info or are interested! Session abstract in the comments 👇.
05.08.2025 14:44 — 👍 6 🔁 4 💬 1 📌 0![Reminder to submit an abstract for one of our 8 ZIG-sponsored sessions at the 2026 SAA Meeting!
1. Standardization in Zooarchaeology (Chair: Pam CRabtree -[pc4@nyu.edu])
2. Fantastic Beasts and How to Resolve Them: Navigating Difficult Assemblages and Other Challenges in Zooarchaeological Practice (Chairs: Maddy McCartin [mjmccartin@ucdavis.edu], Erin Mooneyham, and Nikki Wu)
3. From Interactions to Management: Mutualistic Human–Animal Relationships in the Archaeological Record of the Americas (Chairs: Sarah Noe [snoe@ucsb.edu] and Daniel Damas)
4. Microfauna in Archaeological Contexts: Challenges and Methodological Considerations (Chair: Gillian E Wong [gillian.wong368@gmail.com])
5. Beyond the Osseous: Applications of Soft-Tissue Analysis in Zooarchaeology (Chairs: Morgan Hall [mvhall@ucdavis.edu] and Arianna Garvin)
6. Invertebrates in Global Archaeological Perspectives (Chairs: Isabella Hernandez [Isabella.hernandez@ucalgary.ca] and Elizabeth Paris)
7. Marine Resource Exploitation in the Preindustrial Americas: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Fisheries Baselines (Chairs: Nayeli Jimenez Cano [njimenezcano@ucsd.edu] and Mariela Declet Perez)
8. Reintegrating Zooarchaeology and Paleoethnobotany: New Collaborations, Questions, and Methods (Chairs: R. J. Sinensky and Jonathan Dombrosky [jdombrosky@crowcanyon.org])](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:g567675zyqgqdrlnz54clcp4/bafkreic4zxck3u5fksw5h6hjfdreybowwahesv5yymvkkyueoiz5waplx4@jpeg)
Reminder to submit an abstract for one of our 8 ZIG-sponsored sessions at the 2026 SAA Meeting! 1. Standardization in Zooarchaeology (Chair: Pam CRabtree -[pc4@nyu.edu]) 2. Fantastic Beasts and How to Resolve Them: Navigating Difficult Assemblages and Other Challenges in Zooarchaeological Practice (Chairs: Maddy McCartin [mjmccartin@ucdavis.edu], Erin Mooneyham, and Nikki Wu) 3. From Interactions to Management: Mutualistic Human–Animal Relationships in the Archaeological Record of the Americas (Chairs: Sarah Noe [snoe@ucsb.edu] and Daniel Damas) 4. Microfauna in Archaeological Contexts: Challenges and Methodological Considerations (Chair: Gillian E Wong [gillian.wong368@gmail.com]) 5. Beyond the Osseous: Applications of Soft-Tissue Analysis in Zooarchaeology (Chairs: Morgan Hall [mvhall@ucdavis.edu] and Arianna Garvin) 6. Invertebrates in Global Archaeological Perspectives (Chairs: Isabella Hernandez [Isabella.hernandez@ucalgary.ca] and Elizabeth Paris) 7. Marine Resource Exploitation in the Preindustrial Americas: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Fisheries Baselines (Chairs: Nayeli Jimenez Cano [njimenezcano@ucsd.edu] and Mariela Declet Perez) 8. Reintegrating Zooarchaeology and Paleoethnobotany: New Collaborations, Questions, and Methods (Chairs: R. J. Sinensky and Jonathan Dombrosky [jdombrosky@crowcanyon.org])
Reminder to submit an abstract for a @zig-saa.bsky.social sponsored session at the 2026 SAA meeting in San Francisco! Abstracts can be found on ZIG's facebook page (www.facebook.com/share/g/14Gc...)
22.07.2025 10:37 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0ZIG’s Virtual Journal Club is going on hiatus for the summer-we will resume in September. We are always looking for participants to share their research, discuss a recently published article, host informal discussions, and more. Please contact us if you’d be interested in hosting!
13.06.2025 18:37 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Hi all! We are accepting submissions for sponsored sessions for the 2026 SAAs in San Francisco. ZIG sponsorship helps to get the word out about your session to other zooarchaeologists! If you’d like your zooarch-adjacent session (symposium, poster, etc.) sponsored by ZIG, please contact us!
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Please join us for our Journal Club discussion tomorrow, May 9th at 11:00am PST with Dr. Teresa Steele, who will recap the various zooarch and zooarch-adjacent topics presented at the SAAs last month. We look forward to seeing you all there!
ucdavis.zoom.us/j/91586842988 Meeting ID: 915 8684 2988
Come see us at the #SAA2025 Interest Group fair today from 4-6pm!!!
24.04.2025 14:46 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0Check out the below opportunity for advanced undergrads and grads interested in #Zooarchaeology! 👇👇👇
29.01.2025 16:19 — 👍 2 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0Awesome opportunity for advanced undergrads or recent grads below! 👇👇👇
28.01.2025 15:20 — 👍 4 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0Wow! Right under the wire! Thanks so much.
27.01.2025 19:08 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Hi, @adammarkham.bsky.social! Any chance you could add us to the Zooarchaeology Starter Pack? Thanks for any help you can give.
27.01.2025 19:05 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
