Biological Sciences
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Life and Death in Asia Minor in Hellenistic, Roman and Byzantine Times: Studies in Archaeology and Bioarchaeology [Hardback]
J. Rasmus Brandt (Editor); Erika Hagelberg (Editor); Gro Bjørnstad (Editor); Sven Ahrens (Editor)
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ISBN: 9781785703591
Published by : Oxbow Books
Series: Studies in Funerary Archaeology
Volume: 10
Life and Death in Asia Minor combines contributions in both archaeology and bioarchaeology in Asia Minor in the period ca. 200 BC – AD 1300 for the first time. The archaeology topics are wide-ranging including death and territory, death a... .... Learn More -
Egyptian Bioarchaeology: Humans, Animals, and the Environment [Hardback]
Salima Ikram (Editor); Jessica Kaiser (Editor); Roxie Walker (Editor)
£120.00ISBN: 9789088903854
Published by : Sidestone Press
Although the bioarchaeology (study of biological remains in an archaeological context) of Egypt has been documented in a desultory way for many decades, it is only recently that it has become an inherent part of excavations in Egypt. This volume c... .... Learn More -
Behaviour Behind Bones [Paperback]
Sharyn Jones O'Day (Editor); Wim Van Neer (Editor); Anton Ervynck (Editor)
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ISBN: 9781785705717
Published by : Oxbow Books
This book is the first in a series of volumes which form the published proceedings of the 9th meeting of the International Council of Archaeozoology (ICAZ), held in Durham in 2002. The 35 papers present a series of case studies from around the wor... .... Learn More -
Colonisation, Migration, and Marginal Areas: A Zooarchaeological Approach [Paperback]
Stephen Wickler (Author); Sebastián Munoz (Author); Mariana Mondini (Author)
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ISBN: 9781785705151
Published by : Oxbow Books
Series: Proceedings of the 9th ICAZ Conference
Volume: 2
Human migration tends to involve more than the odd suitcase or two - we often carry other organisms on our travels, some are deliberately transported, others move by accident. This volume of 12 papers offers a zooarchaeological approach to questio... .... Learn More -
Amphibians and Reptiles of Land Between the Lakes [Paperback]
Edmund J. Zimmerer (Author); David H. Snyder (Author); A. Floyd Scott (Author); David F. Frymire (Author)
£23.00ISBN: 9780813167671
Published by : University Press of Kentucky
Known for its natural beauty, Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area is the largest inland peninsula in the United States. Consisting of 170,000 acres of forested and protected public land between Kentucky Lake (Tennessee River) and Lake ... .... Learn More -
Biosphere to Lithosphere: new studies in vertebrate taphonomy [Paperback]
Terry O'Connor (Author)
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ISBN: 9781785704604
Published by : Oxbow Books
Series: Proceedings of the 9th ICAZ Conference
Taphonomic studies are a major methodological advance, the effects of which have been felt throughout archaeology. Zooarchaeologists and archaeobotanists were the first to realise how vital it was to study the entire process of how food enters ... .... Learn More -
Shades of Green: An Environmental and Cultural History of Sitka Spruce [Paperback]
Ruth Tittensor (Author)
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ISBN: 9781909686779
Published by : Windgather Press
Sitka spruce has contributed to the Pacific Coast landscapes of North America for over ten millennia. For the Tlingit First Nationit is the most important tree in terms of spiritual relationships, art, and products in daily use such a... .... Learn More -
Dogs and People in Social, Working, Economic or Symbolic Interaction [Paperback]
L. Snyder (Author)
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ISBN: 9781785703997
Published by : Oxbow Books
Series: Proceedings of the 9th ICAZ Conference
This, the final title to be published from the sessions of the 2002 ICAZ conference, focuses on the role of man's best friend. As worker or companion, the dog has enjoyed a unique relationship with its human master, and the depth and variety of th... .... Learn More -
Cod and Herring: The Archaeology and History of Medieval Sea Fishing [Paperback]
James Barrett (Editor); David Orton (Editor)
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ISBN: 9781785702396
Published by : Oxbow Books
Quests for cod, herring and other sea fish had profound impacts on medieval Europe. This interdisciplinary book combines history, archaeology and zooarchaeology to discover the chronology, causes and consequences of these fisheries. It crosscuts t... .... Learn More -
Bones and Identity: Zooarchaeological Approaches to Reconstructing Social and Cultural Landscapes in Southwest Asia [Paperback]
Nimrod Marom (Editor); Reuven Yeshuran (Editor); Lior Weissbrod (Editor); Guy Bar-Oz (Editor)
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ISBN: 9781785701726
Published by : Oxbow Books
Seventeen papers demonstrate how zooarchaeologists engage with questions of identity through culinary references, livestock husbandry practices and land use. Contributions combine hitherto unpublished zooarchaeological data from regions straddling... .... Learn More
