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Extinctions and Invasions: A Social History of British Fauna
edited by Terry O'Connor and Naomi Sykes
Eight thousand years ago, when the sea cut Britain off from the rest of the Continent, the island's fauna was very different: most of the animals familiar to us today were not present, while others, now extinct, were abundant. Over the course of millennia humans have manipulated Britain's fauna. For reasons of fear, suspicion, or desire, or simply inadvertently, certain species were brought to extinction. In their place new animals were ...
Paperback. Price US$56.00
Mammals of Ancient Egypt
by Dale J.Osborn and Jana Osbornová
The Egyptians had a peculiarly close relationship with animals as every visitor to Egypt who is captivated by the paintings and reliefs of the flora and fauna becomes aware. Animals seem to penetrate into every aspect of their daily lives and religious beliefs; both as wild animals for hunting and domestic animals for food and companionship. This encyclopedic and authoritative book focuses on the mammals depicted by the Egyptians and the many ...
Paperback. Publisher's Price US$80.00, Our Price US$19.98
Horses and Horsemanship in the Athenian Agora
by John McK Camp II
Full-colour booklet illustrating the many role played by the horse in Greek life, from myth and early history to its significance as a mark of status and its use in war, transport, games and festivals.40p, 56 col illus (ASCSA 1998)
Paperback. Publisher's Price US$5.00, Our Price US$1.00
Skeletons in her Cupboard
edited by Anneke Clason, Sebastian Payne and Hans-Peter Uerpmann
The 22 essays on various aspects of archaeozoology in this new volume form a Festschrift dedicated to Juliet Clutton-Brock. Contributors include: J Altuna (Northern mammals in the southern Pyrenees during the Upper Pleistocene); L Chaix (Environment and ecology of the Mesolthic hunters inn the northern Alps); C S Churcher (Dogs from Ein Tirghi cemetery, Balat, Egypt); J Paters and A von den Driesch (Mesolithic ...
Paperback. Price US$80.00
Der Lipizzaner im Spiegel der Wissenschaft
^BDer Lipizzaner im Spiegel der Wissenschaft edited by Gottfried Brem Hans Hadler, for many years director of the Spanish Riding School in Vienna, has stated that "classical horsemanship is both an art and a science." To some extent this statement is a motto for the present volume. Although it does not deal with horsemanship specifically, the volume does deal with the perfection in classical horsemanship for which the Lipizzaners are famed. The ...
Hardback. Price US$105.00
Of Plants and Snails: A Collection of Papers Presented to Wim Kuijper in Gratitude for Forty Years of Teaching and Identifying
edited by Corrie Bakels, Kelly Fennema, Welmoed A. Out & Caroline Vermeeren
This richly illustrated book contains 24 scientific articles on plants and molluscs written by 38 colleagues and former students of Wim Kuijper. The majority of these articles deal with one or a few species found on archaeological excavations, from corncockle via Glycymeris shells to forget-me-nots. A member of staff of the Faculty of Archaeology at Leiden University for 40 years, Wim has supervised students and advised colleagues in the fields ...
Paperback. Price US$58.00
The Common Hamster (Cricetus cricetus): Perspectives on an Endangered Species
edited by Eva Millesi, Hans Winkler and Renate Hengsberger
The Common Hamster is a fascinating species that differs from other hibernating small mammals in several aspects. Females have up to three litters per season and under favourable conditions both males and females are sexually mature in their first year. The ability to cache food changes the need for fattening prior to hibernation and consequently can alter the pattern of reproductive activity. The Common Hamster has lived in agricultural areas in ...
Paperback. Price US$42.00
Bioestratinomía de Macromamíferos Terrestres de Doñana: Inferencias ecológicas en los yacimientos arqueológicos del S.O. de Andalucía
edited by Eloísa Bernáldez Sánchez
A biostratinomic study of the cadaver association scattered the Donana Biological Reserve (Huelva, SW Spain) to learn more of the general conservation dynamics and to deduce possible patterns that might be applied to the taphonomic study of archaeological ...
Paperback. Price US$102.50
Osteometry, and Osteological Age and Sex Determination of the Sisimiut Reindeer Population (Rangifer Tarandus Groenlandicus)
by Kerstin Pasda
283p (Archaeopress 2009)
Paperback. Price US$125.00
Animals and People: Archaeozoological Papers in Honour of Ina Plug
edited by Shaw Badenhorst, Peter Mitchell, and Jonathan C. Driver
This collection of papers is dedicated to Dr Ina Plug to celebrate her tremendous contributions to archaeozoology (or zooarchaeology) in a career that has so far spanned more than three decades. Contents: Preface; Ina Plug: A Tribute (Shaw Badenhorst); ...
Paperback. Price US$90.00
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