Yes I have! racoon and manatee from the disposal of material from the
original 17th collections and dissections of the first Ashmolean, found when
building the new History of Science Museum. There is a popular summary
available already and a full report in press, also a link to the Oxford
Museum newsletter 11 on my projects page. Very exciting stuff with
crucibles, humans and dogs as well, and the manatee might be the 'mermaids
hand' listed in documents!
Sheila
SH-D ArchaeoZoology
http://www.shd-archzoo.co.uk/
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From: "Umberto Albarella" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Wednesday, May 08, 2002 11:53 AM
Subject: exotic animals in medieval sites
> Dear All,
>
> A while ago there was some discussion about monkeys in Roman sites,
> but now I would like to extend the question to the medieval period
> and, in fact, not just for monkeys but any other exotic animals. The
> evidence I am aware of seems to suggest that the trade in exotic
> animals was much more active in the Roman than in the medieval period,
> but I would like to explore this a bit further.
>
> If you have any information or references about the finding of bones
> of exotic animals in European sites for the period 7th-17th century AD
> I would be most grateful if you could let me know. I am thinking more
> of truly exotics like monkeys, parrots or other cage birds, than
> introduced species like fallow deer, rabbit or brown rat. Many thanks
> in advance.
>
> Cheers,
> Umberto
>
>
>
>
> Umberto Albarella
> Dept of Archaeology
> University of Durham
> Durham DH1 3LE, UK
> tel. +44-191-3741139
>
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