A search using the ADS on-line catalogue, ArchSearch, at
http://ads.ahds.ac.uk/catalogue/
returns six references to 'beaver' including radiocarbon dates for the
activities of the little critters. Ten bibliographic references are also
returned using the on-line version of the BIAB (accessible through the
ADS Special Collections).
Hopefully some useful data amongst these references
Tony
"Fernie, Kate" wrote:
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: David James Musgrove [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: 04 November 1999 07:52
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: SMR Forum-Information request
>
> _____
>
> I am sending out this e-mail on behalf of Professor Bryony Coles, who is
> researching the archaeology and history of beaver (Castor fiber) in Britain.
> The enclosed note provides a brief account of the project, and the purpose
> of this letter is to ask you if you have any records of beaver in your SMR.
> Beaver bones, beaver-chewed wood, beaver dams, etc are all relevant, as are
> beaver place-names and all pictorial representations of beaver prior to
> c.1650 AD.
> Please send any relevant research to Professor Coles at the address below.
> All sources will be fully acknowledged. If you have any information but
> cannot provide the full research, please could you let us know that they
> exist, and Professor Coles will follow them up in due course.
>
> With thanks for your help
>
> David Musgrove
>
> Beaver in Britain's Past: a request for information about bones
> Professor Bryony Coles
>
> I am just starting a new research project, funded by AHRB and the Leverhulme
> Trust, to examine the presence and distribution of beaver in Britain from
> the end of the last Ice Age onwards, and to assess their significance for
> human societies. This project has developed from on-going research funded by
> HRB and NERC on beaver structures (eg dams and lodges) and beaver landscape
> modifications; results have already demonstrated the potential significance
> of the European beaver, Castor fiber, in the lives and landscapes of out
> past.
> As part of the new project, I hope to locate as many native beaver bones as
> possible, from museums and other collections in Britain. Some of these will
> be from archaeological excavations, some from chance finds in natural
> contexts, and some no doubt unprovenanced. The general distribution should
> provide some idea of when and where beaver were present, although the beaver
> is a burrowing animal and due account will need to be taken of this.
> I hope also to obtain funding for a programme of radiocarbon dating of a
> number of the bones, to elucidate questions such as the timing of beaver
> extinction in different regions of Britain.
> Please send any information which you have about beaver bones to me at the
> address below, or contact me via e-mail. Indirect information, eg about
> beaver-chewed wood or pictorial evidence, will also be welcome. If you think
> you have relevant material but do not have the time to check the details, I
> would still like to hear from you.
>
> Professor Bryony Coles
> Department of Archaeology
> Laver Buidling
> North Park Road
> Exeter EX4 4QE
> [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>
>
>
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