This volume of nine papers is derived from two sessions focusing on current research in British zooarchaeology; the first of which took place on Wednesday 17th October 2003, at the meeting of the Theoretical Archaeology Group in Lampeter, entitled 'Just Skin and Bones? New Perspectives on Human-Animal Relations in the Historical Past'; and the second of which took place on Thursday the 9th September 2004, at the annual meeting of the Association of European Archaeologists in Lyon, entitled 'Advancing Zooarchaeology - Beyond Socio-Economics in Faunal Research'.