Final Report Summary - ARCTIC DOMUS (Arctic Domestication: Emplacing Human-Animal Relationships in the Circumpolar North)
• We documented and analysed complex human/animal relationships across nine regions of the United Kingdom, United States, Canada, Sweden and the Russian Federation;
• We described previously unknown 'local' or aboriginal breeds of domestic animals;
• We introduced new methods in the study of domestic dog and reindeer osteology which reflects the history of use;
• We developed a database of over 2000 genetic samples for wild and domestic Rangifer across Eurasia;
• We identified new mtDNA haplotypes for Western and Central Eurasian Rangifer populations;
• We digitised and analysed archival collections on the history of dog and reindeer domestication;
• We identified new microelements and geoarchaeological models of the presence of domestic animals in Arctic regions making it possible to write a fuller history of these regions.