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X-WR-CALNAME:Surf and Turf: zooarchaeometry as a tool for understanding the
  role of environment in shaping past risk-management systems in Croatia an
 d Florida
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DESCRIPTION:"Surf and Turf: zooarchaeometry as a tool for understanding the
  role of environment in shaping past risk-management systems in Croatia an
 d Florida"\n\nAbstract: Understanding how humans navigated their environme
 nts in the past can inform modern strategies for increasing resilience and
  sustainability. Zooarchaeometric studies- traditional faunal analyses cou
 pled with stable isotopic data- provide an opportunity to examine the dive
 rsity of human responses to perceived environmental risk through the lens 
 of animal management practices. To illustrate this\, I present faunal and 
 isotopic data from two vastly different locations and time periods: the ma
 rginal mountainscape of Late Bronze Age central Croatia and a biodiverse e
 stuary in pre-contact northeastern Florida. Zooarchaeometric analyses from
  these case studies highlight the complex decision-making processes that s
 haped these early economic systems\, including concerns about intensificat
 ion\, centralization\, and scheduling at multiple spatial and organization
 al scales. Moreover\, while both communities undoubtedly concerned themsel
 ves with mitigating risk\, analyses show that local environments were impo
 rtant drivers in how each group defined “risk” itself.\n\nBiography: D
 r. Emily Zavodny is an environmental archaeologist specializing in paleoec
 ology\, zooarchaeology\, and stable isotope geochemistry. She received her
  MA and PhD from The Pennsylvania State University and BA from Wake Forest
  University. She is broadly interested in how prehistoric human and animal
  populations successfully adapted to uncertainty and risk posed by margina
 l landscapes\, resource scarcity\, and/or changing climate and environment
 s. Her ongoing research examines the spread of agriculture and animal husb
 andry throughout southeast Europe and the long-term impact of these intens
 ive practices on human behavior and local landscapes. Her current research
  focuses on the introduction and acclimatization of domesticated animals (
 cattle\, sheep\, goats\, pigs) to different ecosystems in the Balkans and 
 their enduring impact on human behavior and local landscapes. Dr. Zavodny 
 has active field and lab projects based on her ongoing work in Croatia\, a
 nd directs the Zavodny Isotope Geochemistry and ZooArchaeology Group (ZIGZ
 AG) Lab at UCF.
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SUMMARY:Surf and Turf: zooarchaeometry as a tool for understanding the role
  of environment in shaping past risk-management systems in Croatia and Flo
 rida
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 as-a-tool-for-understanding-the-role-of-environment-in-shaping-past-risk-m
 anagement-systems-in-croatia-and-florida
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