We are excited to announce that we have six ZIG sponsored sessions lined up for the 2027 annual meeting, all of which are seeking abstracts! See details on all the sessions below.
Zooarchaeology Interest Group (SAA)
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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!
![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)
