Dale Serjeantson (University of Southampt Honorary Research Fellow

Birds

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This is the first book to examine bird remains in archaeology and anthropology. Providing a thorough review of the literature on this topic, it also serves as a guide to the methods of study of bird remains from the past and covers a wide range of topics.

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Produktdetails

• Cambridge Manuals in Archaeology
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 514
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. Juli 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 254mm x 178mm x 28mm
• Gewicht: 960g
• ISBN-13: 9780521758581
• ISBN-10: 0521758580
• Artikelnr.: 26104398

Autorenporträt

Dale Serjeantson and T. Waldron

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction
2. Biology, behaviour and anatomy
3. Ageing, sexing and pathology with Tony Waldron
4. Identification, recording and quantification
5. Taphonomy: natural changes and recovery
6. Taphonomy: human modifications and element survival
7. Eggs and eggshell
8. Feathers, skins and other products
9. Tools and ornaments
10. Wild birds as food
11. The domestic chicken
12. Other domestic birds
13. Sport and pleasure
14. Birds in symbol and ritual
15. Birds in the environment
16. Conclusions and outstanding questions.