HI Salima,
A few years ago, Keith Dobney (Durham University) was interested in hawking
in the Gulf region, and its archaeological background. Might be worth
contacting him.
Terry O'Connor
On Nov 14 2008, Salima Ikram wrote:
>I need to find a good book and/or a person who raises hunting birds in
>England and also in Saudi Arabia/Gulf areas.
>Any ideas?
>Salima
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>On 14 Nov 2008, at 13:14, fiona beglane wrote:
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>> Hello,
>> I would be really interested in the replies that you get. Could you
>> explain what characteristics make you think that your specimen is a
>> greyhound?
>>
>> Some references that have good sections on hunting dogs (although
>> more from a historical than an archaeological perspective) include
>> the following - which you may well have already seen:
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>> Almond, R. (2003). Medieval Hunting. Stroud, Sutton.
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>> Cummins, J. (1988). The Hound and the Hawk: The art of medieval
>> hunting. London, Phoenix Press.
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>> Schlag, W. (1998). The hunting book of Gaston Phébus. Manuscrit
>> français 616, Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale. London, Harvey Miller.
>>
>> Thiebaux, M. (1967). The mediaeval chase. Speculum 42(2): 260-274.
>>
>> All the best
>> Fiona
>>
>> From: JH Yvinec <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Sent: Friday, November 14, 2008 10:18:33 AM
>> Subject: [ZOOARCH] greyhound ?
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>> hello,
>> i found greyhound (i think) in a XIe century context.
>> Is anyone aware of any other finds of this kind of dog remains from
>> this period in europe. Can you say when they appear/their origin in
>> france, britain ...?
>> I search biblio on this subject and relation with aristocracy. If
>> someone can help ?
>> cheers
>>
>>
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>Egyptology Unit Head
>American University in Cairo
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