Shuffling nags, lame ducks :: the archaeology of animal disease /

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 palaeopathology can identify diseases in archaeozoological assemblages but...

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1. Verfasser: Bartosiewicz, L.
Weitere Verfasser: Gál, Erika
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Oxford : Oakville, CT : Oxbow Books ; David Brown Book Company, [2013]
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Zusammenfassung: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 palaeopathology can identify diseases in archaeozoological assemblages but little interest has been expressed in investigating and understanding the cultural aspects of the diseases identified. Such assemblages represent the cumulative effects of human attitudes, decisions and influences regarding the keeping, care, treatment, neglect and exploitation of animals which resu.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (viii, 302 pages) : illustrations
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-288) and indexes.
ISBN:9781782971948
1782971947
9781782971962
1782971963

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