Beavers in Britain's past / Bryony Coles ; illustrations by Mike Rouillard.
- Title
- Beavers in Britain's past / Bryony Coles ; illustrations by Mike Rouillard.
- Published by
- Oxford : Oxbow Books : WARP ; Oakville, CT : [Distributed in the U.S. by] D. Brown Bk. Co., c2006.
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- 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
- 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.
- Owning institution
- Harvard Library
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 221-230) and index.
- Processing action (note)
- committed to retain