The Archaeology Of Wild Birds In Britain And Ireland

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The Archaeology of Wild Birds in Britain and Ireland tells the story of human engagement with birds from the end of the last Ice Age to about AD 1650. It is based on archaeological bird remains integrated with ethnography and the history of birds and avian biology. In addition to their food value, the book examines birds in ritual activities and their capture and role in falconry and as companion animals. It is an essential guide for archaeologists and zooarchaeologists and will interest historians and naturalists concerned with the history and former distribution of birds.

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Genre : Social Science
Author : Dale Serjeantson
Publisher : Oxbow Books
Release : 2023-06-29
File : 258 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9781789259582


The Archaeology Of Wild Birds In Britain And Ireland

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Explores the relationship between wild birds and people in Britain from the Mesolithic to AD 1600, whether eaten or used in falconry or ritual and religious activities.

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Author : Dale Serjeantson
Publisher : Oxbow Books Limited
Release : 2023-04-15
File : 0 Pages
ISBN-13 : 1789259568


The Art And Archaeology Of Human Engagements With Birds Of Prey

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Of all avian groups, birds of prey in particular have long been a prominent subject of fascination in many human societies. This book demonstrates that the art and materiality of human engagements with raptors has been significant through deep time and across the world, from earliest prehistory to Indigenous thinking in the present day. Drawing on a wide range of global case studies and a plurality of complementary perspectives, it explores the varied and fluid dynamics between humans and birds of prey as evidenced in this diverse art-historical and archaeological record. From their depictions as powerful beings in visual art and their important roles in Indigenous mythologies, to the significance of their body parts as active agents in religious rituals, the intentional deposition of their faunal remains and the display of their preserved bodies in museums, there is no doubt that birds of prey have been figures of great import for the shaping of human society and culture. However, several of the chapters in this volume are particularly concerned with looking beyond the culture–nature dichotomy and human-centred accounts to explore perspectival and other post-humanist thinking on human–raptor ontologies and epistemologies. The contributors recognize that human–raptor relationships are not driven exclusively by human intentionality, and that when these species meet they relate-to and become-with one another. This 'raptor-with-human'-focused approach allows for a productive re-framing of questions about human–raptor interstices, enables fresh thinking about established evidence and offers signposts for present and future intra-actions with birds of prey.

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Genre : Nature
Author : Robert J. Wallis
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Release : 2023-10-05
File : 281 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9781350268005


The Archaeology Of Animals

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Ever since the discovery of fossil remains of extinct animals associated with flint implements, bones and other animal remains have been providing invaluable information to the archaeologist. In the last 20 years many archaeologists and zoologists have taken to studying such "archaeofaunal" remains, and the science of "zoo-archaeology" has come into being. What was the nature of the environment in which our ancestors lived? In which season were sites occupied? When did our earliest ancestors start to hunt big game, and how efficient were they as hunters? Were early humans responsible for the extinction of so many species of large mammals 10-20,000 years ago? When, where and why were certain animals first domesticated? When did milking and horse-riding begin? Did the Romans influence our eating habits? What were sanitary conditions like in medieval England? And could the terrible pestilence which afflicted the English in the seventh century AD have been plague? These are some of the questions dealt with in this book. The book also describes the nature and development of bones and teeth, and some of the methods used in zoo-archaeology.

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Genre : Science
Author : Simon J. M. Davis
Publisher : Routledge
Release : 2012-11-12
File : 227 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9781135106591


The National Parks And Other Wild Places Of Britain And Ireland

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This book covers the national parks and other wild places in Britain and Ireland.

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Genre : Travel
Author : Jonathan Elphick
Publisher : New Holland Australia(AU)
Release : 2002
File : 184 Pages
ISBN-13 : STANFORD:36105025970950


Environmental Archaeology In Ireland

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This edited volume of 16 papers provides an introduction to the techniques and methodologies, approaches and potential of environmental archaeology within Ireland. Each of the 16 invited contributions focuses on a particular aspect of environmental archaeology and include such specialist areas as radiocarbon dating, dendrochronology, palaeoentomology, human osteoarchaeology, palynology and geoarchaeology, thereby providing a comprehensive overview of environmental archaeology within an Irish context. The inclusion of pertinent case studies within each chapter will heighten awareness of the profusion of high standard environmental archaeological research that is currently being undertaken on Irish material. The book will provide a key text for students and practitioners of archaeology, archaeological science and palaeoecology.

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Genre : History
Author : Eileen M. Murphy
Publisher : Oxbow Books Limited
Release : 2007
File : 342 Pages
ISBN-13 : STANFORD:36105131790839


Yearbook Of The Scientific And Learned Societies Of Great Britain And Ireland

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Genre : Learned institutions and societies
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Release : 1958
File : 224 Pages
ISBN-13 : UCAL:B3239047


Ireland S Lost Birds

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This book is concerned with the disappearance of a number of once-familiar Irish birds. The 12 case studies which make up the core of the book were compiled from a combination of literary and archaeological sources.'

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Genre : History
Author : Gordon D'Arcy
Publisher :
Release : 1999
File : 192 Pages
ISBN-13 : STANFORD:36105028806821


British Irish Archaeological Bibliography

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Genre : Excavations (Archaeology)
Author :
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Release : 2000
File : 566 Pages
ISBN-13 : UOM:39015072464723


Studies In Palaeoeconomy And Environment In South West England

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Eleven papers based on a 1985 Bristol conference which considered fauna, molluscs, peats, pollens and other environmental factors from sites in the south west.

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Genre : Science
Author : Nicholas D. Balaam
Publisher : British Archaeological Reports Oxford Limited
Release : 1987
File : 282 Pages
ISBN-13 : UOM:39015034320369