ABSTRACT

Process philosophy offers a metaphysical foundation for domestication studies. This grounding is especially important given the European colonialist origin of ‘domestication’ as a term and 19th century cultural project. We explore the potential of process archaeology for deep-time investigation of domestication relationships, drawing attention to the variable pace of domestication as an ongoing process within and across taxa; the nature of domestication ‘syndromes’ and ‘pathways’ as general hypotheses about process; the importance of cooperation as well as competition among humans and other organisms; the significance of non-human agency; and the ubiquity of hybrid communities that resist the simple wild/domestic dichotomy.

摘要

过程哲学为驯化研究提供了形而上学的基础。考虑到“驯化”这个术语和 19 世纪文化项目的欧洲殖民主义起源，这种基础尤其重要。我们探索过程考古学对驯化关系进行深入调查的潜力，将注意力集中在驯化的可变速度上，这是一个在类群内和跨类群的持续过程；驯化“综合症”和“途径”的性质作为关于过程的一般假设；人类和其他生物之间合作和竞争的重要性；非人类能动性的意义；以及抵抗简单的野生/国内二分法的混合社区的普遍存在。