Welcome to the ICAZ Website

The International Council for Archaeozoology (ICAZ) is a nonprofit organization devoted to promoting archaeozoological research of the highest scientific standards and fostering communication among the international community of archaeozoologists.

ICAZ members number more than 500 individuals from 59 countries around the world—all with the common interest of understanding past relationships between humans and animals. Institutional affiliations of ICAZ members range from colleges and universities to government agencies, research institutions, museums, and private firms. ICAZ also encourages student participation in the organization.

Check our calendar page to see a list of zooarchaeology-related events happening in 2012.

Recent News:

Archaeozoologist and veterinary historian Professor Angela von den Driesch passed away in January 2012. Please visit the commemoration posted in BoneCommons.

The first academic meeting of the Neotropical Zooarchaeology Working Group (NZWG) will be held in Santiago de Chile on June 1, 2012. It will be a one-day workshop on the issue Towards a Zooarchaeology of the Neotropics. See the NZWG page for more information.

The biennial business meeting of the ICAZ International Committee and the business meeting of the Executive Committee will be held at the Koç University Research Center for Anatolian Civilizations in Istanbul, Turkey. The business meeting will be followed by a one-day scientific meeting (October 6, Saturday) entitled World Archaeozoology Today: International Approaches to Common Problems.

The next ICAZ working group on Archaeozoology and Genetics will take place in Basel, Switzerland from June 4th to 6th, 2012. See the A&G Working Group page for more details.

The 10th international meeting of the ASWA-working group was held in Brussels, from June 28 to June 30, 2011, at the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (RBINS), Brussels – Belgium. The meeting was followed by a workshop on 'Animal exploitation in Neolithic Central and Western Anatolia'.

The 2010 ICAZ International Conference was held in Paris, France from August 23-28, 2010. The conference focused on the three themes of (1) Archaeozoology in Central and Eastern Europe, (2) Palaeolithic Archaeozoology and (3) the History of Archaeozoology; however, papers and posters on many other topics were also presented. The group photo is now available in BoneCommons. Congratulations to winners of the ICAZ 2010 Poster Competition, the Stine Rossel Award and the Junior Research Open Zooarchaeology Prize.