The Donkey in Human History An Archaeological Perspective

Peter Mitchell, Professor of African Archaeology, University of Oxford; Tutor and Fellow in Archaeology, St Hugh's College, Oxford; Hon. Research Associate, GAES, University of the Witwatersrand,

Peter Mitchell is Professor of African Archaeology, University of Oxford, Tutor and Fellow in Archaeology, St Hugh's College, Oxford, and Hon. Research Associate, GAES, University of the Witwatersrand. His primary specialization has been in southern African hunter-gatherer archaeology and he has directed several projects in Lesotho. More recently, Professor Mitchell has focused on the archaeology of animals (including dogs and horses). President of the Society of Africanist Archaeologists from 2004 to 2006, he is a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London, and co-edit Azania: Archaeological Research in Africa, as well as sitting on the editorial boards of several other journals.

A Note on Nomenclature and Dating
1. Why Donkeys?
2. Origins
3. Along and Beyond the Nile
4. The Ancient Near East
5. The Classical World
6. The Triumph of the Mule
7. New Worlds for the Donkey
8. The Donkey's Tale