Biological Sciences

ISBN: 9780859895743
Published by : The Exeter Press
Exeter Cathedral Library, established in the eleventh century, houses medical and scientific books from all periods. The collection is one of the best of its kind and is a major resource. It includes the library of the Exeter physician Thomas ... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781782974017
Published by : Oxbow Books
Animal Secondary Products investigates animal exploitation and the animal economy from the end of the Neolithic to the beginning of the Bronze Age in the Near East and Europe. Incorporating current zooarchaeologial theory and cutt... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780718893194
Published by : Lutterworth Press
How does biotechnology touch on human destiny? What are its promises and challenges? In search for a response, the present volume turns to the thought of Hans Jonas, one of the pioneers and founding fathers of bioethics. The continued relevance of... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781782971894
Published by : Oxbow Books
The analysis of animal bone assemblages from archaeological sites provides much valuable data concerning economic and husbandry practices in the past, as well as insights into cultural and symbolic or ritual activity. Animal palae... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781842175330
Published by : Oxbow Books
Global Ancestors is a collection of papers which reflect on modern museological responses to the often complex and emotive relationship that people have with the ancestors and objects which they created. Set out in three broad the... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9783515104883
Published by : Franz Steiner Verlag
Series: Pallas Athene
Volume: 47
Während jede Technik nach einer Abwägung ihres Nutzens und Schadens für die Gesellschaft verlangt, zog die zunehmende Technisierung des menschlichen Körpers eine Unschärfe der Grenzen zwischen dem Natürlichen und Technischen nach sich. Dies führte... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9789491431265
Published by : Barkhuis
The taxonomic identification of individual seeds and fruits of wild and cultivated plants is not always straightforward. The specialist literature and botanical reference collections can be helpful, and knowing where to begin reading and comparing... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781407311340
Published by : British Archaeological Reports
Series: Bar S
Volume: 2516
The 21 articles collected in this commemorative volume centre on animals in relation to men and gods. Many articles deal with iconographical issues, but epigraphy, ceramics and animal bones are subject of research as well. Althoug... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781407311166
Published by : British Archaeological Reports
Series: Bar S
Volume: 2500
This publication has its origin in the colloquium Animals and Otherness in the Middle Ages held at the Faculty of Geography and History at Complutense University in Madrid in February 2011. This publication aims to bring to... .... Learn More