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Description for Birds
Paperback. Birds is the first book to examine bird remains in archaeology and anthropology. Series: Cambridge Manuals in Archaeology. Num Pages: 512 pages, 171 b/w illus. 1 map 61 tables. BIC Classification: HDW; RBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 252 x 180 x 24. Weight in Grams: 916.
Birds 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, including anatomy and osteology, taphonomy, eggs, feathers, and bone tools. It examines the myriad ways in which people have interacted with birds in the past. The volume also includes discussion on the consumption of wild birds, the domestication of birds, cockfighting and falconry, birds in ritual and religion, and the role of birds ... Read more
Birds 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, including anatomy and osteology, taphonomy, eggs, feathers, and bone tools. It examines the myriad ways in which people have interacted with birds in the past. The volume also includes discussion on the consumption of wild birds, the domestication of birds, cockfighting and falconry, birds in ritual and religion, and the role of birds ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
486
Condition
New
Series
Cambridge Manuals in Archaeology
Number of Pages
512
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780521758581
SKU
V9780521758581
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 4 to 8 working days
Ref
99-1
About Dale Serjeantson
Dale Serjeantson is a Research Fellow in Archaeology in the School of Humanities, University of Southampton, UK. She is the co-author, with Alan Cohen, of Manual for the Identification of Bird Bones from Archaeological Sites and has contributed papers on birds and other zooarchaeological topics in journals and popular magazines. She is an Associate Editor of the International Journal of ... Read more
Reviews for Birds
"...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, including anatomy and osteology, taphonomy, eggs, feathers, and bone tools." The Birdbooker Report "... interesting and well-researched book... Birds will be a valuable resource for ... Read more