Research Catalog

Title

Beavers in Britain's past / Bryony Coles ; illustrations by Mike Rouillard.

Author

Coles, Bryony.

Publication

Oxford : Oxbow Books : WARP ; Oakville, CT : [Distributed in the U.S. by] D. Brown Bk. Co., c2006.

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Additional Authors

• Rouillard, Mike.
• WARP (Project)

Description

ix, 242 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), maps (chiefly col.); 28 cm.

Series Statement

WARP occasional paper ; 19

Uniform Title

WARP occasional paper ; 19.

Subject

• European beaver > Great Britain > History
• European beaver > Great Britain
• Excavations (Archaeology) > Great Britain
• Great Britain > Antiquities

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 221-230) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Why beaver? -- An introduction to the European beaver -- Fieldwork in beaver territories -- Fieldwork results and the potential archaeological record for beavers -- Human exploitation of beaver resources -- Studying beavers in Britain : Somerset as a case study -- From tundra to temperate forest : glacial retreat and the return of the beaver -- The fourth and third millennia BC : expanding wetlands, increasing predation? -- The second and first millennia BC : further diversification -- The first millennium AD : retreat and resurgence? -- Beaver place-names -- The earlier second millennium AD : food for feasting and food for thought -- The later second millennium AD : from extinction to re-introduction -- Beavers in Britain's past : reflections -- Appendices. Catalogue of beaver evidence from Britain ; Beaver evidence from Britain, listed by period ; Beaver evidence from England, listed by county ; Details of radiocarbon dates ; Map of undated beaver evidence.

ISBN

• 9781842172261 (pbk.)
• 1842172263 (pbk.)

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Harvard Library