Naomi Sykes: 3 books
Beastly Questions
Animal Answers to Archaeological Issues
Language: English
Release Date: August 28, 2014
Zooarchaeology, or the study of ancient animals, is a frequently side-lined subject in archaeology. This is bizarre given that the archaeological record is composed largely of debris from human–animal relationships (be they in the form of animal bones, individual artifacts or entire landscapes)...
by Naomi Sykes, Karis Baker, Ruth Carden
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2014
Deer have been central to human cultures throughout time and space: whether as staples to hunter-gatherers, icons of Empire, or the focus of sport. Their social and economic importance has seen some species transported across continents, transforming landscape as they went with the establishment of...
Extinctions and Invasions
A Social History of British Fauna
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2010
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....