Nathanael Fosaaen | The Mundane and Magic Archaeology of Dogs in North America @NathanaelFosaaen | Uploaded June 2020 | Updated October 2024, 2 hours ago.
Domestic Dogs were brought to the Americas by some of the first settlers here thousands of years ago. They were kept for a variety of reasons, including work as pack animals. They also had sacred roles in death and the Afterlife.

Instagram: instagram.com/nfosaaen_archaeology

Further reading:

James, Jenny., 2006 The Dog Tribe. "Southern Anthropologist"
Link: southernanthro.org/downloads/publications/SA-archives/2006-james.pdf

Claassen, C., 2010. Feasting with Shellfish in the Southern Ohio Valley: Archaic Sacred
Sites and Rituals. University of Tennessee Press, Knoxville.