Zooarchaeology Interest Group (SAA)
@zig-saa.bsky.social
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!
Please join us for our first ZIG journal club of the season! Mariana Zechini will discuss the discovery of a half complete cat skeleton from the mansion basement of George Washington's Mount Vernon. The talk will take place Thursday, November 13th @11/8am EST/PST. Looking forward to seeing you all!
November 6, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Please join us for our first ZIG journal club of the season! Mariana Zechini will discuss the discovery of a half complete cat skeleton from the mansion basement of George Washington's Mount Vernon. The talk will take place Thursday, November 13th @11/8am EST/PST. Looking forward to seeing you all!
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Last chance to submit your abstract for our session on challenges in zooarchaeology! We will consider submissions until ~August 20th :)
Have you or someone you know experienced challenges while conducting zooarchaeological research?
If yes, consider submitting an abstract to our @zig-saa.bsky.social sponsored session on challenges in zooarchaeology!
The full abstract can be found in our submission form: forms.gle/r9Keapbm9PFS...
If yes, consider submitting an abstract to our @zig-saa.bsky.social sponsored session on challenges in zooarchaeology!
The full abstract can be found in our submission form: forms.gle/r9Keapbm9PFS...
August 14, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Last chance to submit your abstract for our session on challenges in zooarchaeology! We will consider submissions until ~August 20th :)
Reminder to submit an abstract for one of the nine (!) ZIG-sponsored sessions at the 2026 SAAs!
August 14, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Reminder to submit an abstract for one of the nine (!) ZIG-sponsored sessions at the 2026 SAAs!
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📢🚨 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 👇.
August 5, 2025 at 2:44 PM
📢🚨 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 👇.
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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...)
![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)
July 22, 2025 at 10:37 AM
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...)
ZIG’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!
June 13, 2025 at 6:37 PM
ZIG’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!
Hi 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!
June 13, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Hi 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!
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
ucdavis.zoom.us/j/91586842988 Meeting ID: 915 8684 2988
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May 8, 2025 at 9:02 PM
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
ucdavis.zoom.us/j/91586842988 Meeting ID: 915 8684 2988
Check out the below opportunity for advanced undergrads and grads interested in #Zooarchaeology! 👇👇👇
🚨📢 I am excited to announce the Crow Canyon Archaeological Center will support another paid Zooarchaeology Internship this summer from May 11 to July 18. Application deadline is March 3. More info here: crowcanyon.org/internships/. Feel free to DM with questions! 🏺🧪
January 29, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Check out the below opportunity for advanced undergrads and grads interested in #Zooarchaeology! 👇👇👇
Awesome opportunity for advanced undergrads or recent grads below! 👇👇👇
I'm hiring two upper-level undergraduates (or recent graduates) this August for a 3 week long PAID Smithsonian internship in Connecticut. We'll be visiting several archaeological collections to measure quahog clam shells!
Please share!
Apply here by March 1:
internships.si.edu/opportunity/...
Please share!
Apply here by March 1:
internships.si.edu/opportunity/...
Marine Historical Ecology and Zooarchaeology Internship
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internships.si.edu
January 28, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Awesome opportunity for advanced undergrads or recent grads below! 👇👇👇
Hi, @adammarkham.bsky.social! Any chance you could add us to the Zooarchaeology Starter Pack? Thanks for any help you can give.
January 27, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Hi, @adammarkham.bsky.social! Any chance you could add us to the Zooarchaeology Starter Pack? Thanks for any help you can give.