Ruth,
The reference is:
McCormick, F. (1999) Early evidence for wild animals in Ireland. in N.
Benecke (ed.). The Holocene history of the European vertebrate fauna:
Modern aspects of research. Archäologie in Eurasien 6. 355–371.
Deutsches Archäologisches Institut. Berlin.
It is the proceedings of a conference held in the Berlin Natural History
Museum.
You might also want to point your researcher in the direction of this
paper too which may be relevant:
Silvia Mascheretti, Margarita B. Rogatcheva, I.slam Gündüz, Karl Fredga,
Jeremy B. Searle. (2003). How did pygmy shrews colonize Ireland? Clues
from a phylogenetic analysis of mitochondrial cytochrome b sequences.
Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 270,
(1524):1593-1599.
You might also put your researcher in touch with Dr Ceiridwen Edwards
(Smurfit Institute of Genetics,Trinity College Dublin - [log in to unmask])
who is carrying out ancient DNA research on the introduction of mammals
to Ireland.
Keith
Carden, Ruth wrote:
> Dear all
>
> I have had an enquiry from a Irish researcher in regard to any known/unknow dates for pygmy shrew (Sorex minutus) in Irish deposits - Neolithic and/or Mesolithic periods, or older! He provided a reference, McCormick (1999), but no other detail. Does anyone know of this publication? and if there are any exact dates in this paper or indeed, does anyone have any known locations and associated dates? Or if anyone can point me in the right direction I would greatly appreciate it.....
>
> Many thanks - Ruth
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