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Animal Biology

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, whilst others, now extinct, were abundant. Over the course of millennia humans have manipulated Britain's fauna. For reasons of fear, suspicion, desire, or simply inadvertently, certain species were brought to extinction. In their place new animals were introduced: ...
Paperback. Price GB £28.00

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 GB £45.00, Our Price GB £14.95

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 GB £2.50, Our Price GB £1.00

The Ten-Thousand Year Fever: Rethinking Human and Wild-Primate Malaria
by Loretta A. Cormier
In this pathbreaking book Loretta Cormier integrates a wide range of data from molecular biology, ethnoprimatology, epidemiology, ecology, anthropology, and other fields to reveal the intimate relationships between culture and environment that shape the trajectory of a parasite. She argues against the entrenched distinction between human and non-human malarias, using ethnoprimatology to develop a new understanding of cross-species exchange. She ...
Paperback. Price GB £23.50

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 GB £29.00

Knochen Pflastern Ihren Weg
edited by Roland de Beauclair, Suzanne Munzel and Hannes Napierala
A festschrift for Margarethe and Hans-Peter Uerpmann, containing articles on human and animal osteoarchaeology in Europe and the Near East, ranging from the Pleistocene to the Middle Ages. Essays in German and English. 257p b/w figs (Verlag Marie ...
Hardback. Price GB £55.00

Osteometry, and Osteological Age and Sex Determination of the Sisimiut Reindeer Population (Rangifer Tarandus Groenlandicus)
by Kerstin Pasda
This book publishes the results of investigations carried out between 1999-2003 in West Greenland on reindeer that died naturally. 282 complete skeletons and 403 skeleton parts were recorded and measured, mostly in the field, but with some analysed at the ...
Paperback. Price GB £50.00

The Domestication and Exploitation of Plants and Animals
edited by Peter J Ucko and G W Dimbleby
These fifty papers were presented at a two-day meeting of the Research Seminar in Archaeology and Related Subjects held at the Institute of Archaeology in London in 1968. Archaeologists, anthropologists and biologists discuss the environmental ...
Paperback. Price GB £39.95

Incremental Structures and Wear Patterns of Teeth for Age Assessment of Red Deer
by Tina Dudley Furniss-Roe
The principal aim of this research was to examine the scientific basis and methodology of incremental analysis in order to arrive at increased understanding of the British Mesolithic. The approach includes an examination of every aspect of incremental ...
Paperback. Price GB £29.00

Les petits bovidés (Caprini et Rupicaprini) pléistocènes dans le bassin Méditerranéen et le Caucase
by Florent Rivals
A detailed study of the exploitation of small bovine species based on faunal assemblages from eight sites in the east Pyrenees, the Languedoc region of France, southern Turkey and the Caucasus. Four main species are identified (Ovis, Hermitragus, ...
Paperback. Price GB £35.00