Dr. Krish Seetah

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I am a zooarchaeologist, primarily focused on colonization and colonialism. My zooarchaeological research utilizes butchery analysis, enhanced by my professional ethnographic actualistic experience, to investigate agency within human-animal relationships. I employ geometric morphometrics (GMM) as a mechanism for identifying distinguishing animal populations. My approach involves studying colonial activity centers to understand how people manipulate animal bodies throughout life and death. Alongside strictly faunal research, I have interests in technologies associated with animal processing, used to address questions of technology, trade, and socio-economic attitudes in colonial contexts across the Mediterranean (Venice & Montenegro) and the Baltic (Poland, Latvia & Lithuania). I direct the ‘Mauritian Archaeology Cultural Heritage’ (MACH) project, which examines European imperialism and colonial activity, with a focus on the movement of peoples and material cultures, especially within contexts of slavery and diaspora. My work within this project prioritizes key sites in Mauritius through a systematic program of excavation and environmental sampling, aiming to understand the transitions from slavery to indentured labor and the extent of diversity in trade in the region alongside its environmental impacts due to monoculture agriculture.

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