Human-elephant interactions from past to present: an introduction

Abstract

In this introductory chapter of the interdisciplinary volume “Human-elephant interactions: from past to present”, we provide the background and the main questions of the archaeological, paleoanthropological and ethnographic studies that examine this field of ​​research. In addition, we describe the objectives and the thematic sections of the book, and for each section we present the current status of investigations. Finally, we conduct a brief description of the chapters, presenting their subject and their main research results.